Alpha Release [v0.2.1+5]
Watch out, new update incoming! This update includes a few major things, including the ability to create posts, and comments at a basic level! In addition to that, theres b...
Hi there, me again 😄 coming to you with another release. This release adds in some initial support for creating posts and comments, as well as a whole bunch of other things!
For those on TestFlight, the update should automatically install on your device. I have not personally tested this, so if someone could let me know, that would be great!
Seems to be coming along very well. The subscription button is wonky, it doesn't always register the tap, and doesn't show whether or not it was successful in the way the usual "pending" does.
But, links actually work! Even lemmy.world links that sometimes time out will take you to the community if you back out and try again
The full height images option is awesome.
The layout is easy to navigate, andn the dark theme is very well balanced.
The subscription button is wonky, it doesn’t always register the tap, and doesn’t show whether or not it was successful in the way the usual “pending” does.
This is usually due to network delays, and should improve as the instances improve! However, I do agree that it is a bit difficult to tell whether you've successfully subscribed/unsubscribed to a community. An idea here is to maybe provide a toast notification whenever the action was done successfully/unsuccessfully
But, links actually work! Even lemmy.world links that sometimes time out will take you to the community if you back out and try again
This is still a bit of a WIP but I did try to support some of the common use-cases that I saw. However, if you notice that something is not being redirected back to the app, feel free to open up an issue on GitHub so that it can be tracked!
Excellent app so far. There’s a couple of things right off that bat that the app needs imo:
Tap comment to collapse the chain/thread
Small main screen view where images/previews are on the left or right side with the title of the post next to it (a la Apollo, and now an option in Memmy)
Fun fact: you can actually tap on the top part of the comment (where the username is) to collapse it!
Small main screen view where images/previews are on the left or right side with the title of the post next to it (a la Apollo, and now an option in Memmy)
I agree, having more types of views is something that will be worked on - just haven't had the time to actually do it yet 😅
Swiping down/up on an image should close it
Right now, you can swipe right to close the image! But I do agree that having more ways to dismiss the image would be good/more intuitive
For the OLED black mode, there’s an issue on GitHub created for it already! I’m not sure when I’ll be able to get around to that but if anyone wants to take a crack at it, this is the link to the issue: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder/issues/18
Yeah, the loading times is something that I want to improve a bit more in the future. There’s a lot of different factors that play a role in why it takes a while to load:
Instance responsiveness and how fast the server responds back
If there are a lot of images being loaded, then it also takes a bit of time, especially if you’re using the “full image height” setting
Optimizations in the code to better handle loading/caching data, etc.
This will hopefully improve as instances get better at handling loads, and once more optimizations are made in the code! 😅
The loading times have actually gotten better since I've used the app more
It's down to 5 seconds now which is reasonable
One issue I've noticed is that the app does refresh itself and open up like you've opened the app after closing it if you leave it open in the background for too long
I have turned off background optimisation just to test and it still happened
Editing will hopefully be here soon, I have not started implementation for that but it should work similarly to creating posts/comments crosses fingers
Are you using an Android phone or iPhone? If you’re using an Android phone, then you can download the APK directly from GitHub (linked to this post)
If you’re using an iPhone, then it should be installed automatically through TestFlight unless automatic updates is turned off. I dont know if TestFlight pushed out the update properly so it would be good if you could let me know!
It might run on Android 7, I don’t quite remember what the lowest supported version is. I think the best bet is to try it out and see!
It would be nice if the blurb could explain why Thunder is being developed given that Jerboa is already there.
I’ll definitely improve the community sidebar a bit! This project is honestly just something that I wanted to work on while learning a bit more about Dart/Flutter. It’s both a learning opportunity for me and also something to give back to the community!
What I really wish to see more is markdown formatting just like Discord has. You can still type raw markdown, but it highlights as you write, so you can be sure the text will be formatted as expected.
Or even something like Github has with it's issues editor - you have formatting tools and those buttons literally inserts markdown rather than using a full fancy-pants editor.
Yeah, I agree with you and I do want to eventually make it so that markdown is easier to write and preview. However, it is a bit more technically challenging to do that, which is why I opted for this solution for now!
Thanks for trying it out! I’ll try to figure out a better way to handle the reply button overlapping content (currently thinking that maybe the reply is hidden automatically when you start scrolling? but maybe there are better ways to do this)
If you’d like, feel free to make an issue on GitHub for this issue so that it can be tracked!