Oh hey look, its another release around the corner! This release adds in OLED dark mode, initial inbox features, better accessibility, compact mode, and improvements to a whole bunch of things too long to post here.
Obligatory message: If there are any developers out there who want to contribute to this project, that would be greatly appreciated!
Update: A hotfix has been released to fix some initial issues with the release: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder/releases/tag/v0.2.1%2B7
To see the full details of this release, check out the GitHub release announcement: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder/releases/tag/v0.2.1%2B6
For those on TestFlight, the update should automatically install on your device. For those who obtained the app through IzzyOnDroid, that update should eventually reach your devices!
There is also a discussion page here for any general discussions about this release if anyone is interested: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder/discussions/67
It has been incredible to see all the community support and feedback from the last release! Let’s continue this and make Thunder an even better experience :D
Thunder is quickly becoming my favorite Lemmy app, absolutely great job so far.
A few suggestions/wishlist items for me:
Is it possible to make it so when you swipe to the right on the bottom bar, it can open the side menu? Right now, especially on large screen phones, having to click the top left corner is very difficult one handed.
I would also love to have an option to click to collapse the text in a main post (the one submitted by the original poster).
One more minor thing, the icon on Android looks pretty bad, at least on a Pixel. A Material You icon (that changes with the system theme) would be amazing, but I would be happy with an icon that used the circle system theme instead of a square icon inside a white circle.
Overall this app is phenomenal, I’m super excited to see how it progresses. I’m also happy to buy a premium version/donate, so know there are people out here that will happily pay for you to continue development.
Becoming my favorite lemmy app! Thank You
Compact mode is so goooood. This is seriously one of the best looking Lemmy apps by far :)
- I wouldn’t mind if the bottom nav bar slid offscreen as I scrolled through my feed - a few other apps do this which I do like. It slides back in usually if you scroll back up a little
- would love some up/down arrows to navigate through parent threads in comment view (bonus points if holding down the up arrow brings you back to the top of the post!)
- it would be cool if we could select the accent color of the app (currently seems to be purple?) - some other apps offer the option for this to pull the system accent color on Android which is pretty neat!
- I noticed that images on my feed autoplay if they’re animated, and I think if possible it would be cool to have a toggle to not have these autoplay? Personal preference, but also probably a good place to save data
- I’d mentioned it in another post, but eventually would love the option to have thumbnails on the right side in compact mode
- one small tweak I’d suggest coming from jerboa - they color the community name on a post to help it stand out a bit from the title and instance and other info (I think with the accent color?)
- a feature request coming from Boost for Reddit - in that app you can long-press the community name on a post in-feed for a popup menu in which you can quickly block/hide that entire community from your feed, without clicking through to that community. Huge time saver!
Sorry for the wall of text, but hope there’s some helpful/constructive stuff in there. Thanks for building such an awesome experience here!
EDIT: added some screenshots to explain a few points above. I’d also consider moving account view/account switcher into the side panel (some other reddit/lemmy apps do this as well), while keeping home/search/notifications/settings in the nav bar, since one may be less likely to need immediate access to that menu?
Oh wow, thanks for taking all the time to write the feedback! I’m glad you’re enjoying it so far. More feedback is always better than less 😄
It would be awesome if you could create these points into issues on GitHub, so that it can be tracked and discussed about within the community
I can do that! :)
The compact mode is fantastic and the accessibility is already top notch. This may very well be the most screen reader accessible lemmy app. If not its in the top 1% for sure.
Thank you so much, the app looks great and works well with lemmy.ml
With Lemmy.world I have an 400 error, I guess because they are still running .17.4 instead of .18?
Oh no, do you have any more information about the 400 error? If you do, that might help me determine the root cause.
Thunder should be working for 0.17.x versions with initial support for 0.18.x versions!
Wow. Thanks for putting an inbox here. And for making buttons labeled for voiceover. This and Mlem are my favorites so far. Keep up the great work! 😊
Slowly getting there 😅There’s still a whole bunch of improvements to be made to the inbox feature!
For sure. But this update, especially, seems to be really great. :)
I love the app, but wish you would add a feature to save the images when opening them
This is currently in the works! There’s just some more testing that needs to happen to make sure it works as widely as possible (different permissions are required for iOS and Android, and perhaps even different permissions between different versions of Android)
So far the best Lemmy app I could find :) Looking forward to contributing to the codebase
test comment. test edit. More test edits.
I just found this app and it’s really good. My favourite so far!
I also like how the upvoting/replying works with the swiping. It took me a while to figure out I have to tap the bar the username is in to collapse the comment and its replies. However, one thing that I really like in these kinds of apps is being able to tap the contents of a comment to collapse it’s children but not the comment itself (so basically the same kind of functionality except I’d still be able to see/read the parent comment).
I have a question. I found the app through that post that lists the known Lemmy apps, but I see it’s currently only available on GitHub. When the app is finished (as I understand it this is a prerelease version, but correct me if I’m wrong!), will it be available on the Play store as well? I’m just asking because I’d love for the app to automatically update (or notify me when an update is available) when a new update is released. Or is that already possible from within the app itself?
Thanks for your hard work on this great app. I’m really enjoying it so far!
Hey, I’m glad you found your way here and I’m glad you’re enjoying it so far!
The point about tapping the comment itself to hide the replies but not the comment itself is actually completed and will be coming in the next release!
As for releasing on the Play store, there are currently no plans to do that in near future since there’s still a lot of work to be done 😅 However, there are actually in-app notifications when I push a new release on GitHub! You can also get it through IzzyOnDroid and it should update automatically (if I’m not mistaken)
Hopefully, that answers your questions! Have fun exploring the app, and feedback is always welcomed here :D
Compact mode is amazing! That was the one thing keeping me on Jerboa. Thank you for your efforts!
Does commenting on posts work? I’m having trouble seeing them show up after submitting
Edit: replying to comments seems to work, but replying to posts doesn’t for me :(
Seeing as you edited your comment. How did you do that? I can’t get an edit option to appear
I just figured out how to swipe for up/down vote. Can’t say I care for it. Buttons?
Yes me too I was long pressing for a while. Might just take a little bit of getting used to?
