Voyager @lemmy.world aeharding @vger.social 3mo ago

Introducing two-column mode! (BETA)

NOTE: This feature is currently being rolled out to the Apple and Google stores and should be available in the next day or two. However on desktop you can try it out right now (after enabling - see below) at https://vger.app/!

This is currently in BETA, and is turned off by default. On tablets and desktop, you can turn it on in Settings -> Appearance -> Layout. (The setting won't show up on phones.)

The right column is dedicated to viewing a specific post. The left column is for the regular navigation of the app.

Pro tip: On macOS, I recommend adding Voyager to your Dock (https://vger.app/) with Safari's new "Add to Dock" feature! Check out the above screenshot - it's quite slick.

Enjoy and let me know what you think!

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Game changer for folding phones. Awesome feature!
- I marked it enabled on "phablets" but still need to test with specific foldables. Hopefully the setting shows up, otherwise lmk, any feedback is welcome!
Wide-screen desktop Lemmy browsing!
Is it supposed to look like this?
- Yes! When you tap a post it should open on the right.
  
  Maybe I am dumb
Thank you! This has been the only missing feature from my perspective and it’s a real game changer. I’ll provide feedback once I have a chance to test it. I’d like to donate as thanks, where can I do that?
- https://www.patreon.com/voyagerapp
  
  https://liberapay.com/aeharding
  
  https://github.com/sponsors/aeharding/
  
  Thank you!
- where can I do that?
  
  https://github.com/sponsors/aeharding
  
  https://github.com/aeharding/voyager
Finally, I was wondering why not a single Lemmy front-end had a decent tablet landscape mode
We finally got ~~Apollo~~ Voyager iPad app
Great !
This is awesome, ty!
Enjoying this now on my self-hosted Kubernetes instance. :)
Alexandrite in shambles.

And it would be immensely better if there was an option to automatically scroll down to comments.
- If you click the title or post body, it should collapse and scroll to comments. Auto scroll might be cool on open though, is that what you were thinking?
  
  Alexandrite in shambles
  
  I really like Alexandrite :D Voyager will always remain a more touch-oriented UI, vs alexandrite is stronger as a more traditional desktop UI. imho
  
  I didn't know that it's possible to collapse the post body, that's good to know. In that case, it would be great if it there was an option to have it collapsed by default because vast majority of posts are images or links, and they are already visible on the left side, so opening a post just shows the content twice.
Working on an iPad mini. It'll get some getting used to. Been so used to the single column wide mode.
I love it, this feature made me use Voyager on the desktop! Just one small nitpick. When you click posts in the inbox (and maybe other places as well) they don't open in the right pane, they stay in the left.

Unrelated but since I am here already here, it would be great if voyager gets a feature that combines posts with the same links in post list, like some other front ends do. Removes a lot of noise which I really like.
- Just one small nitpick. When you click posts in the inbox (and maybe other places as well) they don't open in the right pane, they stay in the left.
  
  Already fixed! ^^
  
  it would be great if voyager gets a feature that combines posts with the same links in post list
  
  What clients? I’m curious their implementation. I’ve always been a bit skeptical of this, for things like the same link being posted in cars and fuckcars communities.
  
  Hm, I am not seeing the fix, when I click your last message in my inbox for example it just opens it in the left pane. Also when I then click "View All Comments" they all stay in the left pane. Do you mean it's internally fixed already but not yet deployed?
  
  https://piefed.social/ combines the posts and there was a t least one other web client I saw which does it as well but I can't find it at the moment.
Any chance you could make the width of the columns resizable to I can make the post column wider? I use it on the desktop and really love it but a wider post list would make it even better.
- Yes, that’s something I’ve thought about doing
  
  Oh that's great to hear. Can't wait.
I'll consider using Voyager once the Android app looks and feels more like an android app instead of iOS.

Just saying. I have to deal with this kind of issues every day at work.

Signed; an android dev.
- There’s an android mode in settings, and any fresh install defaults to the android theme now. However, it’s the older material design because ionic doesn’t support the latest V3 yet..
  
  Material design V2 is fugly. I don’t know how anyone thought it was a good idea lol
Is it possible to switch those columns? Left at the right place and right on the left? I like to scroll with my right hand.

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