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2.0 Weekly Beta Megathread

Welcome to the Mlem 2.0 Feedback Megathread! This is where we will be posting changelogs for the Weekly TestFlight (the Stable Pre-Release changelogs will get full posts), so check back here to see what's new!

This is also the place to post feedback on the Weekly beta (or you can just open an issue on our GitHub if that's your style).

Please be aware that this is an early beta build, may be missing features you consider essential. See the "Roadmap" section of our 2.0 release post for more details.

If you want to join our Weekly TestFlight group, you can do so here.

If you would rather join the Stable Pre-Release group, which receives curated, stable pre-release builds, you can do so here

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2024-09-02

Features

  • Added two new color themes: Solarized and Dracula
  • Added the ability to include links and images in posts
  • Significantly optimized image handling, resulting in a smoother feed (especially in the Tiled layout) and a more responsive image viewer
  • Added a "new account" flair

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed an issue where the image viewer would not work on instances using image proxying
  • Fixed a compatibility issue with versions running Lemmy v0.18

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2024-08-29

We got a ton of great feedback from our initial release, and have implemented a number of new features and bug fixes:

  • Added mark read on scroll (Settings -> General)
  • Added a default feed setting (Settings -> General)
  • Added a setting to adjust haptic behavior (Settings -> General)
  • Fixed the lock icon being the wrong color

We’ve got a lot more in the works, so if you commented yesterday with a bug or feature request that isn’t mentioned here, stay tuned! We expect to be releasing builds fairly rapidly over the next few days.

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2024-08-28

This is the initial beta release. We're still bringing 2.0 up to feature parity with 1.0--this build should have everything you need to browse and interact with Lemmy. Please note that post creation and moderation tools are not currently supported in the 2.0 build--post creation is in active development and moderator tools are a high-priority item, so if you want to join the beta but those are important to you, check back in a week or two!

We've also got some new features:

  • Markdown support
  • Tiled post layout
  • Keep place on account switch (allows you to switch accounts without fully reloading the app)
  • Guest accounts
  • Color themes

Check out our 2.0 release post for more details on the new release.

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Mlem for Lemmy 2.0 Public Beta

Hi Mlem Community,

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our 2.0 public beta!

Please be aware that this is an early beta build, may be missing features you consider essential. See the "Roadmap" section further down for a full list.

We’re trying out a new TestFlight structure with two groups:

  • Weekly: this group gets a weekly build with the latest state of our development branch. Changelogs for these builds will be posted to the new Beta Feedback Megathread
  • Stable Pre-Release: this group receives curated manual releases that have been tested by the bleeding edge group. Each release represents a coherent development scope, and changelogs for these builds will get their own “New Beta Release” posts.

Join the weekly beta

Join the stable beta

If you prefer the most stable, feature-rich Mlem experience, we encourage you to stay on our v1 until 2.0 is ready for the App Store.

What’s New

Markdown Support

  • Full Markdown rendering powered by our custom cmark-gfm fork
  • Rich Markdown editing tools built right into the keyboard

Tiled Posts

The new “Tiled” post layout renders posts in a 2-column grid, giving you the content density of Compact mode with much larger thumbnails.

Keep Place on Account Switch

You can now switch accounts without losing your place in feed, perfect for saving a post to a different account. This behavior can be toggled in Settings -> Accounts; you can also long press an account in the quick switcher to choose your refresh behavior.

Updated Middleware

We rebuilt how we communicate with and manage instances from the ground up to address the challenges of a federated platform and give us a clean, strong base to build future updates on. Backend changes aren’t very visible (for now--we’ve got some very exciting features planned to take full advantage of the new architecture), but they support a lot of the new features in this list.

Guest Accounts

You can now add guest accounts to any instance and browse its content without creating an account!

Performance Improvements

We’ve also refactored our entire UI structure to cut out a lot of inefficiencies present in the v1 codebase. The result is a noticeably snappier app.

Color Themes

Or, properly, a framework to support color themes. Right now you can choose between Default and Monochrome, but more are on the way!

UI Upgrades

We’ve kept the majority of our v1 UI/UX, but taken the opportunity to spruce some things up. See if you can spot what’s new!

Misc

  • Improved cross-instance resolution—opening content not accessible from your instance now opens the content in-app using a guest session on the host instance, rather than in the browser
  • The subscription list can now be sorted alphabetically or by instance
  • Post creator is now hidden by default in aggregate feeds. This behavior can be changed in Settings -> Posts.

Roadmap

This is by no means a complete list of everything we have planned, but it’s the major outstanding items we have mapped out. If there are v1 features missing from this list that you’d like to see prioritized, let us know and we’ll work that into our development plan!

  • Post/comment improvements
    • Inline image uploads in comments
    • Create posts
    • Crossposts
  • Moderation/administration tools
    • Mod mail
    • Moderator, administrator actions
    • Moderated feed
  • Media improvements
    • Improved image handling (all backend work, but should improve performance)
    • Proper video handling
  • Post and comment searching
  • iPad support
  • Keyword filtering
  • Settings icons
  • Mark read on scroll

Known Issues

  • You will need to sign back into your accounts. This is an unfortunate consequence of migrating the app from Lionel Hanners' account to my own. We apologize for the inconvenience.
  • The tile layout can be a little stuttery. We’re working on a fix with the “Improved image handling” item.
  • Navigation and tab bar accents remain gray after closing the composer sheet
  • Tall images in website previews don’t get appropriately cropped

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you'd like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.

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Mlem for Lemmy is live on the App Store!

It's here!

Download Mlem for Lemmy on the App Store

Please note: it may take a couple minutes for it to be available in all regions. We just pressed the button.

Mlem for Lemmy is out of beta and live on the App Store!

Thank you to everybody who tested our app and submitted feedback, whether through TestFlight or a GitHub issue or a post on the community. Your insight has been an integral part of making this app what it is, and we look forward to working with you to make it even better in the months to come.

The past month and a half of hard work has been an amazing journey, but this is just the beginning. We hope you give it a download and join us as we strive to bring you the best mobile Lemmy experience we can.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

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| Mlem for Lemmy TestFlight | 1.0.0 (213)

Here it is, our 1.0 RC.

There are just a couple more Apple requirements we need to meet to ship but expect no more major features till after AppStore.

NEW

Eric has been toiling from a secret remote location to refine the post layout and bring you some highly-requested customization options. Check out the settings to see what's new!

Weston has been polishing the voiceover and dynamic text features and implemented the first version of blocking users (currently done via posts).

Mormaer has been tweaking the session authentication and refreshing... you shouldn't be logged out without warning anymore. Be advised, due to these changes you will have to log in again upon first launch.

He also built a new account switcher that now lives in the settings screen (we are planning to revisit this soon, we aren't huge fans of the new location either but we needed it out of the home screen).

Darknavi and Jo have been helping out with PR reviews, bug fixes and lots of behind the scenes ops stuff.

BUG FIXES

Lots of tiny stuff here, not gonna add them all, but mostly just spit and polish getting ready for the AppStore.

COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS

Thanks to tht7 for a ton of performance work. Thanks to Sjmarf for the PR improving the timestamp component.

WEBSITE

It's super basic, but needed for Apple, https://mlem.group will be our landing going forward. Links to all the important stuff like community, chat and TestFlight should be there.

NEXT

For Apple we need to finish up some reporting entry points and get the about page updated to take care of license commitments. We are aiming to be under review my Friday, but that might change.

We want to thank everyone for participating in this TestFlight and providing feedback. We are still debating keeping it open after launch, watch this space for more info once we have it.

Thank you for your support. 🙏

The Mlem Group

EDIT: We are aware that you might have to sign in again with this update, but it should be the last time. It was necessary as part of the session fixes we put in. We apologize for this.

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State of the Mlem 2023-07-22: TestFlight Closing (for now!), 2.0 Roadmap

Hi Mlem Community,

We’ve been quiet recently, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy! Our development efforts over the last few months have been primarily focused on our 2.0 build. This is a ground-up rebuild, which is no small undertaking. We’ve solidified our backend groundwork, and are now well into rebuilding the UI with a clear roadmap to an early TestFlight beta.

As we mentioned in April, We’re also taking the opportunity to move the app from Lionel Hanners’ account to mine. Doing this requires shutting down the TestFlight, and since we aren’t planning any major releases against the v1 codebase, we’re going to keep it down until 2.0 is ready for beta testing.

Roadmap

We want to get 2.0 into your hands as quickly as we can, and so we’re planning to ship a TestFlight as soon as we have a minimal working feature set for daily use. That feature set is:

  • All non-moderator feed options
    • All (DONE)
    • Local (DONE)
    • Subscribed (DONE)
    • Saved (DONE)
    • Community (DONE)
  • Profile (DONE)
  • Search (DONE)
  • Non-moderator Inbox
    • View replies/mentions/messages (DONE)
    • Reply to items (IN PROGRESS)
  • Reports
    • Posts (DONE)
    • Comments (DONE)
    • Messages (DONE)
  • Account deletion (IN PROGRESS)
  • Persist favorite communities (IN PROGRESS)

Bonus features:

  • A brand new post layout option
  • Full support for Lemmy’s custom Markdown dialect
  • Color themes
  • Guest mode
  • Sort community list by instance

We also have a few features we’re making good progress on and hope to have in the 2.0 release, but might come a little later:

  • Basic video handling (videos play properly, tap to play/pause) (IN PROGRESS)
  • Improved iPad UX (IN PROGRESS)

We’ll put out an announcement when the new TestFlight takes off with a link to join, and keep this post (roughly) up-to-date with development.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

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Update 2024-07-24 19:45 EST

The v1 TestFlight is officially shut down. A massive thanks to all our testers, and we can't wait to launch the new v2 TestFlight!

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Mlem for Lemmy 1.3.3

Mlem 1.3.3 is live!

Changes in this patch:

  • Added a Paste Link from Clipboard button to the Search tab. If the pasted link is a valid Lemmy URL, Mlem will attempt to open it on your home instance.
  • Fixed an issue where certain menu actions were erroneously displayed
  • Added compatibility logic for the upcoming 2.0 build

This update has been rolled out to both the TestFlight and App Store environments.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you'd like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.

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Mlem for Lemmy 1.3.2: Private Message Hotfix

Mlem 1.3.2 is now available. This update addresses an issue where sending private messages would fail with an "unknown" error.

This update has been rolled out to both the TestFlight and App Store environments.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

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Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you'd like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.

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Mlem for Lemmy 1.3.1: Lemmy v19.4 Compatibility Hotfix

Mlem 1.3.1 is now available. This update adds compatibility for Lemmy v19.4, resolving an issue where marking posts read on instances running that version would trigger an "unknown" error.

This update has been rolled out to both the TestFlight and App Store environments.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

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Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you'd like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.

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Mlem for Lemmy 1.3: Moderation

Mlem 1.3 is now live on the App Store! This version brings a suite of moderation and administration tools to Mlem, along with some other highly requested features.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

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Mark Read on Scroll

When this setting is enabled, posts are marked read as you scroll past them. Enable it under Settings -> General -> Mark Read on Scroll.

Inbox Redesign

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The "Inbox" tab has been redesigned to be compact and easier to use.

  • Replies and Mentions now use the same interaction bar as comments, which is customizable under Settings -> Appearance -> Comments -> Customize Widgets.
  • Each inbox tab now shows the unread count for that category.
  • Private messages are now labeled as "sent" or "received".

Select Text

Posts and comments now have a "select text" menu action, letting you highlight text from the post/comment and quickly copy/paste it elsewhere.

Inline Image Uploading

Images can now be uploaded inline in posts, comments, messages and reports. If you cancel before submitting, Mlem will request that your instance deletes any images that you may have uploaded.

Save Images from Feed

Images can now be saved or shared without opening the image viewer by long-pressing on the image in the feed.

Show Website Host in Compact/Headline Mode

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This replaces the thumbnail indicator for link posts, which was removed. It can be re-enabled under Settings -> Accessibility -> Website Thumbnail Indicator.

Instance Uptime

A new tab in the instance page lets you see the uptime of that instance. This is only available for select instances. The data is fetched from https://lemmy-status.org.

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Better Blocking

  • Instances can now be blocked from the nav bar menu of the instance page
  • Your list of blocked users, communities, and instances can now be viewed and managed (Settings -> Account -> Block List).

Performance Improvements

Fixed an issue where subscribing to a large number of communities would negatively impact the app's performance. This should make the app noticeably snappier for most users, especially those subscribed to 100+ communities.

Moderation Actions

The following moderator and administrator actions are now available:

  • Pin a post to community or instance
  • Lock a post
  • Remove posts, comments and messages
  • Ban users from a community or instance
  • Purge posts, comments, messages, users, and communities
  • View votes of a post/comment. Only admins can do this right now, but as of 0.19.4 moderators will be able to do this too.
  • Add and remove moderators of a community

You can customise how these actions are displayed in Settings -> Moderation. By default, the "remove" and "ban creator" actions are shown for posts in the feed.

Other actions, such as Pin and Lock, are accessible via the ellipsis menu in the expanded post. These actions can be made available in the feed as well under Settings -> Moderation -> Show All Actions in Feed.

Settings -> Moderation also allows moderation actions to be hidden in a disclosure group:

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Or as a completely separate menu:

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You can add and remove moderators from the "Moderation" section of communities you moderate. Users can also be appointed as moderators from the ellipsis menu of their profile.

"Moderated" Feed

The new "Moderated" feed shows posts from communities you moderate.

Mod Mail

Mod Mail has been integrated into the Inbox tab. It can be accessed by tapping the drop-down at the top of the Inbox page, or by tapping the "Inbox" tab icon when already viewing the tab. In the Mod Mail, you can view and act on both reports and registration applications.

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By default, the unread mod mail count is included in the Inbox tab's unread badge. You can customize which types of notification are included under Settings -> Appearance -> Tab Bar.

Swipe actions are available on all mod mail items, and the widgets can be customized under Settings -> Moderation -> Customize Widgets

Modlog

Added the ability to view the moderation log for a community or instance. The modlog for communities can be found under 'Moderation' in the community page, and for instances under 'Administration' in the instance details page.

Fediseer Integration

A new "Trust & Safety" tab on instance pages displays the guaranteed status of that instances, along with any endorsements, hesitations or censures it may have received.

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Minor Changes

  • The Saved feed can now be filtered by posts or comments only.
  • The upvote, downvote, save and reply actions now display side-by-side in context menus, and the "Block User" and "Block community" are now consolidated under "Block".
  • The ellipsis menu in the expanded post view has moved from beside the post title to the toolbar, making it accessible from anywhere on the page.
  • Added the option to always open links in reader mode (Settings -> Links -> Open in Reader)
  • Added a new app icon, "Ocean".
  • Keyword filters no longer apply to communities you moderate.
  • Updated the bubble-style picker animation.
  • Removed the confirmation popup for "Report".
  • Pinned posts are now rendered compactly in the community view once read.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed the inbox tab unread badge sometimes showing "-1".
  • Fixed the instance pin icon not showing in compact mode.
  • Fixed sent messages being permanently displayed as unread.
  • The comment collapse animation now respects the system "Reduce Motion" setting.
  • Image save failure now displays an error message.
  • Biometric unlock now prompts for device password on failure.
  • Deleted and removed comments now collapse properly.

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Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you'd like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.

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Link URL review

Anyone else want to be able to review the link text on hyperlinks? I appreciate how they are called out in a list below the post, but they only show the link text and not the href link. I would like to see whether the link leads to e.g. an untrusted or disliked URL without opening it.

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Mlem for Lemmy 1.3 RC 0

We’ve finished developing the full feature set for 1.3 and are pleased to present 1.3 Release Candidate 0, live on TestFlight, hopefully coming soon to the App Store!

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

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Customizable Mod Widgets

Mod mail widgets can now be customized just like post and comment widgets (Settings -> Moderation -> Customize Widgets)

Mod Mail Swipe Actions

Mod mail now has swipe actions!

Blocklist

Your list of blocked users, communities, and instances can now be viewed and managed (Settings -> Account -> Block List).

Minor Changes

  • Instances can now always be blocked from the instance details page, regardless of how you got there
  • Pinned posts are now rendered compactly in the community view once read

Bug Fixes

  • Biometric unlock now prompts for device password on failure
  • Deleted and removed comments now collapse properly

Known Issues

We are aware of an issue where the iPad app crashes when closing it or switching apps. We have been trying to reproduce this in our development environment for weeks, but to no success. If you can reproduce this bug and have the technical fluency to build and run our app using Xcode, please reach out—we’d love to get this fixed, but are completely stuck until we can get detailed crash logs.

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Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you'd like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.

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Mlem Development and iOS Compatibility Roadmap

Hi Mlem community,

We're putting the final touches on our 1.3 update, which means it's time to start looking to the future.

Mlem 2.0

It's been nearly a year since Mlem took off, and we've come a long way in that time. We've also learned a lot about the shortcomings of our initial architecture, but in the interests of reaching feature richness we have simply been working around them. 1.3 represents a broad enough feature set that we feel comfortable taking the time to go back and rebuild that original architecture with eight months' experience to guide us.

Mlem 2.0 will look and feel just about the same, but the new architecture will let us deliver many features that are impossible under the current system, including guest mode and multi-account functionality. It should also be more performant, since we won't need all our weird workarounds we bolted on to handle cases we didn't know existed eight months ago.

We'll also be taking the opportunity to clean up the non-technical side of the house. The app will be transferred from Lionel Hanners' account to my own, and we will be completely refreshing the TestFlight beta.

iOS Compatibility

Mlem 1.3 will be the final version of Mlem that is compatible with iOS 16. Mlem 2.0’s architecture is built on powerful new SwiftUI features that are only available on iOS 17 and above, and so Mlem 2.0 and beyond will only support iOS 17+.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

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Mlem for Lemmy 1.3 Beta 1

We’ve fixed several bugs and made some minor tweaks to the 1.3 beta. We have one final beta build planned before we upgrade it to a Release Candidate.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

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Minor Changes

  • Added the ability to block instances from the nav bar menu of the instance details page. NOTE: due to quirks of the Lemmy API, this is currently only available when navigating to the instance from a community, or from a user if you are on an instance running 0.19.4+; it is not available when navigating to an instance from search. This will be fixed in the next beta build.
  • Mark read on scroll no longer marks posts read while they are still visible
  • Added instance uptime support for toast.ooo and szmer.info

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed the interaction bar widgets resetting when upgrading to 1.3
  • Fixed sent messages not being filtered when “filter read” is active
  • Fixed the inbox tab unread badge sometimes showing "-1” (again)
  • Fixed user blocking not showing a confirmation dialog. It will now prompt for confirmation when blocking from profile; when blocking from a post, no additional dialog will be shown beyond the “Block” -> “Block User” flow.
  • Fixed incorrect padding in post report sheet
  • Fixed an issue where subscribing to a large number of communities would negatively impact the app’s performance. This should make the app noticeably snappier for most users, especially those subscribed to 100+ communities.

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Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you'd like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.

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Mlem for Lemmy 1.3 Beta 0

UPDATE: Beta 1 is now available. See the patch notes here

Mlem 1.3 is now available for beta testing! This version brings a suite of moderation and administration tools to Mlem, along with some other highly requested features.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

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Mark Read on Scroll

When this setting is enabled, posts are marked read as you scroll past them. Enable it under Settings -> General -> Mark Read on Scroll.

Inbox Redesign

!

The "Inbox" tab has been redesigned to be compact and easier to use.

  • Replies and Mentions now use the same interaction bar as comments, which is customizable under Settings -> Appearance -> Comments -> Customize Widgets.
  • Each inbox tab now shows the unread count for that category.
  • Private messages are now labeled as "sent" or "received".

Select Text

Posts and comments now have a “select text” menu action, letting you highlight text from the post/comment and quickly copy/paste it elsewhere.

Inline Image Uploading

Images can now be uploaded inline in posts, comments, messages and reports. If you cancel before submitting, Mlem will request that your instance deletes any images that you may have uploaded.

Save images from Feed

Images can now be saved or shared without opening the image viewer by long-pressing on the image in the feed.

Show Website Host in Compact/Headline Mode

!

This replaces the thumbnail indicator for link posts, which was removed. It can be re-enabled under Settings -> Accessibility -> Website Thumbnail Indicator.

Instance Uptime

A new tab in the instance page lets you see the uptime of that instance. This is only available for select instances. The data is fetched from https://lemmy-status.org.

!

Moderation Actions

The following moderator and administrator actions are now available:

  • Pin a post to community or instance
  • Lock a post
  • Remove posts, comments and messages
  • Ban users from a community or instance
  • Purge posts, comments, messages, users, and communities
  • View votes of a post/comment. Only admins can do this right now, but as of 0.19.4 moderators will be able to do this too.
  • Add and remove moderators of a community

You can customise how these actions are displayed in Settings -> Moderation. By default, the "remove" and "ban creator" actions are shown for posts in the feed.

Other actions, such as Pin and Lock, are accessible via the ellipsis menu in the expanded post. These actions can be made available in the feed as well under Settings -> Moderation -> Show All Actions in Feed.

Settings -> Moderation also allows moderation actions to be hidden in a disclosure group:

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Or as a completely separate menu:

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You can add and remove moderators from the "Moderation" section of communities you moderate. Users can also be appointed as moderators from the ellipsis menu of their profile.

"Moderated" Feed

The new “Moderated” feed shows posts from communities you moderate.

Mod Mail

Mod Mail has been integrated into the Inbox tab. It can be accessed by tapping the drop-down at the top of the Inbox page, or by tapping the "Inbox" tab icon when already viewing the tab. In the Mod Mail, you can view and act on both reports and registration applications.

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By default, the unread mod mail count is included in the Inbox tab's unread badge. You can customize which types of notification are included under Settings -> Appearance -> Tab Bar.

Upcoming planned TestFlight releases will further improve Mod Mail by adding swipe actions to moderator items and a setting for customizing the report interaction bar widgets the same way as for posts and comments.

Modlog

Added the ability to view the moderation log for a community or instance. The modlog for communities can be found under 'Moderation' in the community page, and for instances under 'Administration' in the instance details page.

Fediseer Integration

A new "Trust & Safety" tab on instance pages displays the guaranteed status of that instances, along with any endorsements, hesitations or censures it may have received.

!

Minor Changes

  • The Saved feed can now be filtered by posts or comments only.
  • The upvote, downvote, save and reply actions now display side-by-side in context menus, and the "Block User" and "Block community" are now consolidated under "Block".
  • The ellipsis menu in the expanded post view has moved from beside the post title to the toolbar, making it accessible from anywhere on the page.
  • Added the option to always open links in reader mode (Settings -> Links -> Open in Reader)
  • Added a new app icon, "Ocean".
  • Keyword filters no longer apply to communities you moderate.
  • Updated the bubble-style picker animation.
  • Removed the confirmation popup for "Report".

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed the inbox tab unread badge sometimes showing "-1".
  • Fixed the instance pin icon not showing in compact mode.
  • Fixed sent messages being permanently displayed as unread.
  • The comment collapse animation now respects the system "Reduce Motion" setting.
  • Image save failure now displays an error message.

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Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you'd like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.

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Missing Posts in Mlem

I have been noticing a number of posts missing from my subscribed feed. I went and looked at my community [email protected] and in Mlem no posts are shown. However, if I visit the website, or view the community through other apps there are posts, as well as the missing posts from my subscribed feed.

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What is the current state of Mlem development?

I've noticed that the most current post here was 22 days ago. Is Mlem still being developed?

BTW, I'm one of the Beehaw admins. Several users have reached out to me because they love Mlem so much.

EDIT: I just noticed a few comments from one of the Mlem developers here.

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Mark/Signify New Comments

The number of new comments since last thread visit shown in your feed is great.

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Would it be possible to also signify within the thread which of those comments are new?

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Mlem for Lemmy 1.2

Mlem 1.2 is out of beta and live on the App Store! We’ve got loads of new features big and small for you to enjoy.

Major Features

  • Profile editor: you can now change your display name, biography, avatar and banner image, and matrix ID. Check it out in Settings -> Account.
  • Easy-tap links: links detected in posts and comments now get a nice big tappable button at the bottom of the post. You can copy and share these links via long-press on the link button, and customize their behavior in Settings -> General.
  • Tab bar navigation: tapping the currently selected tab while at the top of the feed will navigate back. Reselecting the search tab from the top of the feed will focus the search bar.
  • Upgraded post composer: we’ve made the post composer prettier, added the ability to upload images from files and clipboard, and made it show the account you're posting from. It also now displays a warning if your post runs afoul of your instance’s slur filter.
  • Instance page: you can now view detailed instance information, accessible from a community or profile via the ellipsis menu in the navigation bar.
  • Saved content feed: saved content has moved! It’s now listed under Feeds along with all the other feeds, and you can also open it from the app shortcuts.

Minor Features

  • Voting icons are now colorized in compact mode
  • “Report” and “Block” items in context menus are now colored red and ask for confirmation
  • Fixed some inconsistent wording and incorrect capitalization
  • Improved performance of markdown rendering
  • Redesigned the account switcher and tweaked the behavior of long press/swipe up: long press on profile now swaps accounts immediately if you have two accounts and opens the switcher if you have more, while swipe up always opens the switcher. Both of these gestures can be enabled and disabled in Settings -> Accounts -> Quick Switcher
  • Added an indicator to posts from subscribed communities in All and Local feeds
  • Added headers to feed pages
  • Redesigned app icon selector
  • Added more app icons
  • Added a new comments indicator to posts you’ve already viewed
  • Added the option to open links in the system browser, rather than in-app
  • Added support for image links and shields.io badges
  • Added options for how your accounts are sorted in the account view and quick switcher
  • Tidied the settings page
  • Added the option to disable tap-to-collapse on comments
  • Refined the swipe action activation angle, so it should be harder to accidentally trigger it while scrolling
  • Added the option to require biometric unlocking when opening the app
  • Added the option to automatically collapse child comments
  • Redesigned the profile page

Bug Fixes

  • Disabled swipe actions on items embedded within the post/comment composer
  • Fixed a bug where favoriting a community from the ellipsis menu would cause the subscription status to display incorrectly
  • Fixed a bug where adding an account while already logged in would fail on instances running 0.19
  • Fixed a bug where account details were not being loaded in the user view
  • Fixed “failed to determine site version” error
  • Saved content now loads dynamically on scroll, rather than all at once
  • Fixed /u/user@instance and /c/community@instance links not behaving properly

As always, a huge thanks to our TestFlight for all their bug reports and feedback.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

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The ability to follow people on Lemmy

I would love to see what my favourite people are up to on Lemmy.

It could be a shortcut listed under the subscribed communities tab and it could also notify of new posts in your inbox. It would have to be implemented client side as I haven’t seen it on the site.

This feature would also drive up engagement on high quality content. Such as art or storytelling.

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iPad bugs in mlem ver. 0.1.2

  • If viewing a community you cannot switch to another community from the side menu unless you switch to all/subscribed/local first. This was also present in the previous version i believe, however i only noticed it when in subscribed and had to switch to local or all to go back to subscribed to refresh my feed.

  • The bug tabbed out of mlem (such as uploading an image to imgur) and then back into mlem, mlem loses your place (i believe it was said it was crashing in the background).

  • Spoiler tags are not working (i think this may not be ipad specific).

  • Blocking a community does not removd the post from feed any longer (may also not be ipad specific, have not tested on my iphone). [ETA: Blocking from the All feed does nothing, going into a community and blacking there crashes the app][Edit 2: on iphone blocking from the feed does nothing, i have to go into a community to block it, then refresh my feed for the posts to be removed. But it is working on iphone, but not on ipad]

I will add more if I remember, or find them.

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2.0 Weekly Beta Megathread
  • Feature Request: View comments section like posts on the Lemmy website to watch the new comments in a community.

  • 2.0 Weekly Beta Megathread
  • I'm glad you're looking forward to v2!

    Voyager also seems to handle GIFs in comments better, is that something on the cards for Mlem?

    It's something we'd like to add at some point; we're tracking the issue here. It may end up being in 2.0 or may not be.

    Is there a plan to introduce swiping forward? I frequently accidentally swipe back to the community list and lose my place in the feed.

    We'd love to have this feature but it is annoyingly very difficult to implement. The framework we're using doesn't natively support this, and neither does the framework that framework is built on. Apollo had this, but the code is of course closed-source so we can't get any insight into how they did it. We're tracking the issue here.

  • 2.0 Weekly Beta Megathread
  • We shut down the old TestFlight for Mlem v1, which you can read about here. You can find links to join the new TestFlight in this post.

  • 2.0 Weekly Beta Megathread
  • Thanks for the feature request! I've opened an issue to track it.

  • 2.0 Weekly Beta Megathread
  • We did consider this in the past, but decided against it. Implementing this would mean that we - the Mlem developers - would have to decide who gets the flair and who doesn't. As the development teams of those projects change over time, we'd have to keep up with ensuring their current developers are correctly flaired. This would take time that could be spent developing new features for Mlem instead. There are also many Fediverse projects, and we don't want people asking "why don't the [XYZ] developers have flairs?" if we start giving out flairs to only the developers of certain projects. I hope that makes sense :)

  • 2.0 Weekly Beta Megathread
  • Mlem 2.0 is missing a lot of features at the moment, which we'll be re-adding before the final 2.0 release. You can find a full list in the "Roadmap" section on the 2.0 release post :)

  • 2.0 Weekly Beta Megathread
  • The old bug of loud keyboard clicks is back. And now when I get a notification while Mlem is open my notifications are LOUD. I keep my ringer 2 up from off, but in Mlem (non-Mlem notifications coming in from any other app) are at about 2/3rd to 3/4th from max volume. But it appears if you turn the screen off and on again the loud keyboard clicks go away (still testing more).

    Random large blank spaces appear between posts when scrolling. It happens in subscribed and all. Sometimes scrolling past and back to it fixes it.

    Spoiler

    When editing a post, the text is all on a single line, it does not wrap at the screen edge.

    Spoiler

    Thank you for getting spoiler to work! And the markdown bar at the top of the keyboard is neat.

    While typing out this post the text window keeps going to the top. The cursor does not move, just the window itself.

  • 2.0 Weekly Beta Megathread
  • I agree about the padding between posts, and if the diving line could be enlarged (or the size set by the user) that would help too.

    Also if more room could be added after the bottom response in a thread. Currently the up/down vote and reply buttons are so close to the nav bar at the bottom I click the nav bar by mistake sometimes.

  • [ New TestFlight Beta ] Mlem for Lemmy 2.0 Public Beta
  • As we announced in our compatibility roadmap, 2.0 will only support iOS 17+. iOS 17 has surpassed a 75% market share, which our benchmark for dropping support for the previous iOS version; you can read our full compatibility strategy here.

  • [ New TestFlight Beta ] Mlem for Lemmy 2.0 Public Beta
  • We'll no longer be supporting iOS 16 from Mlem 2.0 onwards, I'm afraid. We're sorry if that means you can't use newer versions of Mlem. You can read more about our reasons for doing so here.

  • [ New TestFlight Beta ] Mlem for Lemmy 2.0 Public Beta
  • So this is one feature I really like from Voyager that I think would be nice to implement. Accounts that are 30 days old or younger can have a tag applied to their comments to show you that. I find it pretty helpful. Here's an example:

    The other thing that's a much more minor refinement, is that I think you should be able to just paste a URL in the search box as well. I know the button is there, but it disappears when the search box is activated, including by double-tapping in the tab bar, which means backing out to click it. I think this would just make the flow a little better and mean people can choose which suits their muscle memory better.

    Also, if I can put in a theme request for Dracula? 😅 Hell, point me to the right files in the repo and I'll make a pull request.

    Edit: Oh, a comment/post preview button in the editor would be nice :)

  • [ New TestFlight Beta ] Mlem for Lemmy 2.0 Public Beta
  • Is there a way to preserve settings from the old version to the new?

    Not right now. We've rewritten and reorganized the entire infrastructure that handles settings and configuration, and the new and old schemas are more or less alien. We've got an issue open to build a settings import/export tool which will allow things like easily migrating settings across platforms that should also make this possible.

  • [ New TestFlight Beta ] Mlem for Lemmy 2.0 Public Beta
  • Is there a way to preserve settings from the old version to the new? Specifically appearance.

    Edit: I think I got it pretty well back to what it was. But I found when going to edit a post your text does not wrap. The only way I was able to get to the end of the line was to hit return and make it two lines.

  • iOS App Network Activity
  • It's looking like we'll have the public 2.0 TestFlight launched within the next couple of weeks, though the error bars on that timeline are pretty wide because development speed is dependent on our free time. You can also check our roadmap post for a feature-by-feature list of what's left; we're expecting to merge a couple of the outstanding items in the next few days.

  • Question on UI
  • There isn't a way to do this at the moment. Apollo had this feature, and we've been keeping track of the idea here. Unfortunately, this is tricky to implement because of limitations imposed by Apple's frameworks. It's certainly possible, but would take some time to work out and isn't on our immediate agenda.

  • [ Community Update ] State of the Mlem 2023-07-22: TestFlight Closing (for now!), 2.0 Roadmap
  • We're making several quality-of-life tweaks to the iPad layout in 2.0! So far, we've made the image viewer full-screen and updated the sidebar to look a bit more modern. Here's a sneak peek:

    There's also a setting for a more compact sidebar layout, if you prefer that:

    (This is all WIP, it might change. Ignore the lack of All/Local/Subscribed buttons, those will be back in before the first TestFlight).

    We're also adding a setting that displays posts in a grid with two or more columns, which will make the posts look less wide in this format.

    Longer-term we're considering some ways that we can improve the iPad layout as a whole - such as having a three-column layout - but there's some navigation problems to work out and we can't promise that anything like that will be in 2.0.

  • [ App Store Update ] Mlem for Lemmy 1.3.3
  • Heya, I downloaded the recent version from the iOS AppStore but can’t log in. This is, what happens. Any suggestions (I blanked the name and password). (iPhone 15 pro, 17.5.1)

  • *Permanently Deleted*
  • Yep, this is a known issue. When a comment chain gets too long, Lemmy doesn't send all of the comments in the initial API response. When this happens, the web UI displays a "show n more replies" button that can be tapped to load the remaining comments:

    We just haven't got around to adding this button to Mlem yet, but it's something we will certainly look into in future. We're tracking the issue here.

    Sorry I didn't see your comment until now; your post didn't federate to lemmy.ml properly for some reason so I only just saw it whilst using my alt account.

  • Constant unknown error
  • This is related to a change in Lemmy v0.19.4. We've fixed this issue; it'll be live in a day or two.

  • Ringer audio shows on relaunch.
  • This is a known issue, and one that has us completely stumped--we don't have a single line of code that touches anything related to audio. We're monitoring it closely as we bring our 2.0 codebase online to try to figure out what's causing it, and aim to have it fixed in 2.0.