[ APP STORE UPDATE ] Mlem for Lemmy 1.0.1: Smooth Scrolling, Editing, Customization, and More!
[ APP STORE UPDATE ] Mlem for Lemmy 1.0.1: Smooth Scrolling, Editing, Customization, and More!
Download Mlem 1.0.1 on the App Store
We are absolutely thrilled to announce the release of our 1.0.1 update to the App Store. New in this update:
Editing Posts and Comments
You can now edit your posts and comments using the new button in the context menu. Groundbreaking, we know.
Account Quick-Switcher
Swipe up anywhere on the tab bar or long press on the profile tab to quickly hop between your accounts. For those of you who use accessibility font sizes and rely on the tab bar info HUD, don't worry--we've made sure the long press gesture opens the HUD instead, and you can still access the quick-switcher with the swipe up.
Profile Nicknames
Do you have twelve profiles on eight instances using three names? Do you have so many accounts that you no longer know who or where you are? No longer! You can now add nicknames to your accounts and display them in the tab bar--or display the instance, or the username, or the enigmatic 'Profile.'
Compact Comments
Customizable Post and Comment Info
Only see what you care about. Just about every piece of meta-information about a post or a comment can be toggled on and off to suit your whims.
Quality of Life Improvements
- Implemented aggressive background prefetching, caching, and processing to smooth out the feed scrolling
- Image previews can be swiped down to dismiss
- Read posts are now indicated by grayed out title text. For users who use "differentiate without color," we've added two different options to indicate read posts: a gray bar on the leading edge or a checkmark by the ellipsis menu. You can configure them in the new "Accessibility" settings menu.
- Read posts can now be hidden using a new button in the navigation bar ellipsis menu
- Added an unread count on the inbox tab (it can be disabled)
- Organized and beautified settings
- Refined haptics across the app
- Added .webp image support
- Improved animations
- Fixed comments not collapsing interaction bar
Cheers, The Mlem Group
I’m on 1.0.1 on TestFlight and the scrolling is anything but smooth - in fact, I was just coming to the community to see if it’s a common complaint.
I’ll clear cache, uninstall and install App Store version and report back in this comment if that fixed it.
Edit: still happens with App Store version.
We've heard this from a small percentage of users in the TestFlight--we're still trying to determine what's triggering it. Would you mind taking a screen recording and sharing what model/year of phone you're on? You can also message me directly if you don't want to put it in a comment
Thanks for asking, I’d love to help! Here’s the video: https://drive.proton.me/urls/BB1V66QHW8#Q0Qu8p1Gv5xS
I’m on an iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 16.6. This video is after I uninstalled the TestFlight version and installed the App Store version.
My most important feature that only Memmy offers so far is mark read on scroll. I don’t see that on Mlem yet. Are there plans to offer it?
There are! We haven't implemented it yet out of concerns around API etiquette--there is no batch mark read endpoint yet, so it's kind of a "scroll fast to spam server" feature and we really don't want to build something that's harmful to the Lemmy ecosystem. We'll run some numbers and reach out to a couple admins, see what their sense of the impact might be, and proceed from there.
Lemmy does have rate limiters, so it's probably fine, but it's still something we want to make sure isn't going to be a headache for instance owners, especially small ones.
FYI: Voyager has this too.
Avelon, Voyeger, and Lemmios have mark read on scroll as well.
With post editing and read posts, I think Mlem has reached the point I don’t need any other Lemmy apps. This is great, feels very familiar now.
I’m sampling lots of different apps and have noticed that, while I prefer a massive chunk of Mlem’s features and style, I often find myself using others like Memmy because they have an option for images to show the whole image while scrolling rather than merely a square preview of it.
I get lots of cut off heads, spoiled meme punchlines, and just all around unclear content while scrolling on Mlem due to this missing option. I absolutely see a rationale or two for it, both on the side of an app encouraging engagement and user preference, so I was curious if:
A. I’m missing something and didn’t have any reason to cheat on my beloved Mlem for unspoiled memes, or B. There are any plans for this as an option in the future.
I’m pleased to see the existing advancements with image viewing, though! And so much else! Thanks for all your hard work!
We're playing around with some ways to handle this right now--the two main options are:
- Downsize tall images to fit in the max height (this is the most promising one, since ~95% of truncated images only get very slightly downsized)
- Just show the whole image, who cares if it takes up five screens (easier to implement but makes tall images a pain to scroll past)
Chances are we'll just end up with a toggle between the two though lol
That makes a lot of sense! And it’s possible I shared some early super long image issues that resulted in the image size cap. I look forward to watching the process. You guys are doing great work.
Are there any plans to support other servers than lemmy, like kbin?
Yes! We're currently working on a robust middleware system that will, among other things, let us elegantly handle multiple APIs
Very cool to hear ... fediverse probably needs a lot more middleware!!
The Account Quick-Switcher causes problems on iPhones without Touch ID when changing apps — it automatically registers the swipe up to change accounts. Can you add a toggle for this feature?
There's a fix for that coming out in the next build, but we can definitely make it toggleable too
Very excited to have the compact comments and swipe down on the image previews!
Congrats 👍 I love the App so far 🫶