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Mlem for Lemmy @lemmy.ml Eric @lemmy.ml 6mo ago

New Beta Release

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,

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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 for Lemmy @lemmy.ml Eric @lemmy.ml 7mo ago

New Beta Release

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,

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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:

Or as a completely separate menu:

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.

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 for Lemmy @lemmy.ml Eric @lemmy.ml 9mo ago

Mlem for Lemmy 1.2

Mlem 1.2 is ready for testing!

Major Features

Profile editor: you can now change your display name, biography, avatar and banner image, and matrix ID 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.
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 now shows 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 is now listed as a feed, rather than a sub-view of profile.

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

Update 2023-02-05: RC 1 Changes

Fixed an issue where interacting with items in the saved feed would crash the app
Fixed blocking communities from posts not working
Fixed "Show n replies" tap hitbox
Fixed "No items" message appearing briefly in Saved feed before content loads
Bubble picker now scrolls to the selected item on tap if it is partially offscreen
Fixed /u/user@instance and /c/community@instance links not behaving properly
Added options to adjust the behavior of easy-tap links in Settings -> General
Fixed sidebar navigation not working properly on iPad
Fixed the Saved feed not properly refreshing
Fixed comments of depth 1 not collapsing properly with auto collapse enabled

Cheers,

Mlem for Lemmy @lemmy.ml Eric @lemmy.ml 11mo ago

Mlem for Lemmy 1.1.1 RC 3: Reauthentication Flow

Tiny update that adds a prompt to reauthenticate when logging into a 0.19 server for the first time. This should fix the incorrect_login errors that users have been reporting.

Mlem for Lemmy @lemmy.ml Eric @lemmy.ml 11mo ago

Mlem for Lemmy 1.1.1 RC 2: Lemmy 0.19 Support Bugfixes

Thanks to the feedback from our wonderful TestFlight users, we’ve fixed a number of bugs with the 1.1.1 RC.

Features

Jump button can now be placed in the center

Bug Fixes

Fixed decoding error when marking posts as read that caused the error haptic to trigger every time a post was opened or an image was viewed
Fixed being unable to block users from a post
Fixed being unable to edit own posts from the expanded post view
Fixed image uploading not working on 0.19 instances

Mlem for Lemmy @lemmy.ml Eric @lemmy.ml 11mo ago

Mlem for Lemmy 1.1.1 RC 1: Lemmy 0.19 Support, Double Tapping Tabs

We have achieved (hopefully) full 0.19 compatibility, and added a couple new features while we’re at it!

Features

0.19 compatibility. You should now be able to properly log into and use accounts on instances running 0.19.
Double tap feed, inbox, and profile to scroll to the top
New image viewer. We’ve moved from QuickLook to a popup sheet that appears much faster and lets you long press the image to save, share, or open the full QuickLook interface.

Bug Fixes

Fixed crashes and state loss when moving to the background on iPad
Sorting by top 3/6/9 months now works

Mlem for Lemmy @lemmy.ml Eric @lemmy.ml 12mo ago

Mlem for Lemmy 1.1.1 RC 0: Lemmy 0.19 Support

We have released our first release candidate for 1.1.1 to TestFlight. This is a backend-focused update that adds compatibility with Lemmy 0.19 and cleans up some of our backend logic.

Features

Rewrote inbox backend. This is the biggest thing to test in this release, since we’ve implemented a completely new approach to displaying feeds that we hope to roll out across the app. There shouldn’t be any new behavior (although swipe actions should feel a tiny bit smoother), but it’s way more computationally efficient and should be easier to work with moving forwards.
Added Lemmy 0.19 compatibility and features (note that these features are only available on the few instances currently running 0.19 pre-release software):
- Added option to delete posts and comments when deleting your account
- Added cursor-based pagination, which should result in slightly more efficient page loading
Added context menus to search results
Improved “no posts found” message
Search bar is now always shown in the search tab
Added a reset button to the Widget Wizard
Organized app icons by creator
Added a new icon, “Alien Mlem,"" by Sjmarf
Adjusted haptic feedback
Improved account deletion page

Bug Fixes

Fixed compact comments not appropriately displaying vote status when net votes are displayed

Cheers,

Mlem for Lemmy TestFlight | 1.1 RC 1 (715) - 2023-10-08

Ahead of our App Store update tomorrow, we’ve fixed a whole lot of bugs and refined some of our new features:

Features and Improvements

Recent searches are now stored per-account
Optimized search view rendering
Added a swipe gesture to delete a recent search
Improved account switching screen
Added an option to disable the “swipe up from tab bar” gesture

Bug Fixes

Recent searches from instances not federated with the current account no longer appear
Refreshing your own profile no longer causes an error
Refreshing a profile now also refreshes the content of that profile, including things like vote counts
Fixed certain actions being published on background threads
Fixed inbox unread count incrementing every time you vote on a mention or reply
Fixed search spamming the API
Fixed home page sometimes having no items when navigating back from search
edit Fixed info stack not aligning properly

Cheers,

Mlem for Lemmy TestFlight | 1.1 RC 0 (707) - 2023-10-01

It’s here: our 1.1 release candidate! This is the last set of features for our App Store update next week, and we’ve got some exciting ones for you:

Features and Improvements

Brand new search interface, allowing you to search for users or communities (posts coming soon) and featuring a beautiful new result preview
Image uploading. You can now upload an image when creating a post!
New icon: “Stargazer", designed by Sjmarf
Edited posts and comments now display the updated time

Bug Fixes

Fixed images all appearing as squares (and, I hope, finally put our scrolling issues to bed)
Fixed settings icons not rendering properly on iOS 17
Fixed a bug where connecting to instances on localhost was impossible
Smoothed out editor sheet animations
Fixed logging in before email verification crashing the app
Fixed opening posts from URL links crashing the app
Fixed swipey action animation and context menu animation trying to run at the same time (ONLY on iOS 17—Apple fixed this behavior generally in iOS 17, there’s unfortunately nothing we can do about it in iOS 16)
Clarified error message when trying to log into a private instance

Known issues

Tapping a “recent searches" suggestion for a community or user not federated with the current account will fail to load
"Official Community" link on some instances federated with lemmy.ml still opens in-browser
Items to the right of the spacer in the widget customizer do not initially register taps if the widgets have not been customized since the last build. This is due to inconsistencies in the saved widget config data, and can be fixed by simply moving some widgets around.
Info stack does not properly adjust its alignment when it is the leftmost or rightmost element

Cheers, The Mlem Group

Mlem for Lemmy TestFlight | 1.1 Pre-RC 1 (697) - 2023-09-22

We're back with bugfixes, bugfixes, a new icon, and more bugfixes! Thanks to all of our wonderful TestFlight members for finding and reporting bugs--we really couldn't do it without you.

Small patch today, but we figured that the fixes are important enough to be worth releasing ahead of our regular cadence.

Features and Improvements

Added a new "Classic Lemmy" icon, designed by yours truly, based on the Lemmy logo
Refined the onboarding flow. The instance list now only shows the top 30 instances, with the others accessible via search; we've also smoothed out the navigation between pages.
Refined the editor. Now it can be pulled down to only cover half the screen so you can see context while you're composing, and it can't be swipe-dismissed so you won't accidentally lose a half-written post.

Bug Fixes

Fixed images not prefetching
Fixed the first ~40 posts not showing up
Fixed posts loading after the end of the feed
Fixed large posts rendering incorrectly on iPad

Cheers, The Mlem Group

Mlem for Lemmy TestFlight | 1.0.2 Pre-RC (687) - 2023-09-16

I'm going to start by saying we didn't actually want to release this one just yet. A couple major instances changed their API spec without updating the published build number, which led to us needing to rush out a fix, so what we've got isn't quite fully cooked yet. Anyway, we figured it would be more fun to ship what we've got then to ship a patch, so here's what's new:

Features and Improvements

Added an option to upvote posts on save (comments still WIP)
Added an option to show the user avatar in the tab bar instead of the generic profile
Made profile headers more readable
Updated the behavior of the NSFW filter. In expanded post mode, tapping anywhere on the image will dismiss the filter; in feed, the filter can still only be dismissed by tapping the warning sign.
Added post overscroll for the jump button

Bug Fixes

Fixed website icon not appearing in the right place on thumbnails
Fixed the "share" button crashing the app on iPad
Fixed the widget customizer not working on iOS 17
Fixed feed refresh not behaving consistently
Fixed login not handling incorrect 2FA code properly
Fixed instances with optional .admin field not loading
Added handling for inconsistent date formats across instances
Fixed unencoded URLs breaking the feed

Known issues:

Swipe voting in inbox has an animation hitch
Comments don't apply interactions instantly
It's hard to get image posts to collapse
Putting too many widgets and too much info in the bar causes view clipping
Onboarding flow is kinda rough. If you've got thoughts on how to make it smoother, please share!
In Large Post mode, all images are crunched into a square. This is a temporary hack for performance reasons while we polish up some fun new changes, and will be gone in the next build.

Cheers, The Mlem Group

Mlem for Lemmy TestFlight | 1.0.2 Pre-RC (605) - 2023-09-04

We're motoring on ahead towards our 1.0.2 RC. It's a little ways off yet, but we've just got so many new changes that we couldn't help but share them with you.

What's new:

The Widget Wizard: fully customize your post and comment interaction widgets with a new drag-and-drop interface! Check it out in Settings -> Appearance -> Posts or Comments -> Customize Widgets
Jump button: we've added a handy little button to jump to the next top-level comment. You can disable it in Settings -> Comments.
Instant post feedback: we've done some major backend work on how we handle posts to make the app more stable and set up new features down the line. You'll notice that posts now apply your interactions immediately, rather than waiting for network round trip. You might also notice some new bugs, which we would love to hear about.
Onboarding: new users now get a proper onboarding flow. You can check it out by removing all your accounts from Mlem.
Collapse post content: in the detailed post view, you can tap the title or body of a post to collapse it and get right to the comments
Collapse comments: swipe way to the left to reveal a new swipe action: collapse comment
Haptic levels: you can now disable some or all of the haptic feedback in the app in Settings -> General -> Haptic Level
Opaque tab bars: in case you think material design is so 2014 and yearn for strong, assertive views, you can now make the tab bars fully opaque in Settings -> Accessibility -> Translucent Insets.

Quality of life updates:

Link posts now have an indicator on their thumbnail in Compact and Headline mode
Fixed a problem where the account switcher would be open when re-opening the app
Inbox now persists unread status
Search no longer has auto-correct or auto-capitalization
Large images now display as shrunk. You can make them display in their full, glorious height in Settings -> Appearance -> Posts -> Limit Image Height In Feed.
You can now block communities directly from posts
Various actions have been flagged as destructive
Fixed some issues with images embedded in links displaying poorly
Fixed nav bar disappearing on device rotation
Haptic feedback no longer causes an animation hitch on first play

Known issues:

Swipe voting in inbox has an animation hitch
Comments don't apply interactions instantly
It's hard to get image posts to collapse
Putting too many widgets and too much info in the bar causes view clipping
Onboarding flow is kinda rough. If you've got thoughts on how to make it smoother, please share!

Cheers, The Mlem Group

Mlem for Lemmy TestFlight | 1.0.1 RC 2 (432) - 2023-08-09

Thanks to all your feedback on the first 1.0.1 Release Candidate build, we've smoothed out some of the edges and are targeting an App Store submission tomorrow.

The Highlights:

Added swipe down to dismiss QuickLook preview
Added the ability to give profiles nicknames to display in the tab bar (settings -> appearance -> tab bar)

Full Changelog:

Added swipe down to dismiss QuickLook preview
Added the ability to give profiles nicknames
Fixed "show instance" toggles not doing anything
Fixed voiceover on the tab bar. It now properly announces each tab and is considered the last item in the view, so the reader starts in the right place and will select the tab bar on four-finger tap at the bottom of the screen
Improved voiceover on posts. The items in the info stack are now properly grouped and annotated.
De-emphasized the body of text posts in feed. Text post bodies now appear as secondary content (gray) in the feed instead of primary (black or white)
Added haptic feedback on long press account quick switcher
Fixed tab bar spacing on devices with a physical home button
Tightened up tab bar animations significantly
Added auto-selection of text fields in post and comment editors
Improved consistency of settings menus
Fixed an issue where all users in community feeds were being flaired as OP
Improved comment folding animation
Changed some stale links
Added .webp image support
Even more caching to further improve feed performance

Cheers, The Mlem Group

Mlem for Lemmy TestFlight: We Fixed Scrolling | 1.0.1 RC (432) - 2023-08-05

We've been hard at work tuning our image caching, prefetching, and optimizations, and are excited to finally bring you a smooth and highly performant feed with none of the stuttering or jumping that's been plaguing us.

This build also brings a few new smaller improvements:

Read posts are now indicated in the feed and can be hidden using the "hide read" button in the navigation bar ellipsis menu. By default read posts are indicated with grayed title text, but if the system-wide "differentiate without color" setting is enabled we've added two different ways to indicate read posts: a checkmark by the ellipsis menu on read posts or a gray bar on the leading edge on unread posts.
New accessibility menu in settings. Right now it's just got the settings to customize differentiation without color, but long-term it's going to serve as a place to house all the customizations needed to make Mlem work smoothly and easily for everybody.
Updated thumbnail behavior. Tapping an image post's thumbnail opens the image quicklook and tapping a link post's thumbnail opens the link. Both of these actions mark a post as read.
Greatly improved the robustness of our haptics system, which previously would sometimes just stop working if the app was closed.

This build's our 1.0.1 App Store Release Candidate, so if testing goes well it'll be hitting the App Store in the next couple days.

Cheers,

| Mlem for Lemmy TestFlight | 1.0.1 (387) - 2023-07-31

We've been hard at work over the past couple weeks on our 1.1 build. We're excited to be rolling out our first set of new features to the TestFlight beta (and, soon, to the App Store). The highlights:

Editing posts and comments
Account quick-switching. You can access the new accounts menu by long pressing on the profile tab, swiping up from the tab bar, or going to your profile and using the button in the navigation header.
More post customization
Compact comments option. Also, the interaction bar now properly collapses when you collapse a comment.
Organized the settings and gave them a facelift while we were at it
Unread count on the inbox tab (this can be disabled it in settings)
The inbox menu now has options to show only unread and mark all messages as read

We've also got a ton of bugfixes, backend changes, minor tweaks, and other goodies for you. You can see the full details on our GitHub page, or just jump into the app and see what's new. Check it out and let us know what you think!

Cheers,

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