v0.2.1+6

[hjiangsu]

Alpha Release [v0.2.1+6]

Hey look, its another update! 😅 This update includes a few major things, including a new OLED theme, introduction of a basic inbox to keep track of your replies, mentions, and private messages, improved accessibility, some sharing features, and much much more! As always, this is an alpha release, so do expect bugs to pop up here and there. Without further ado, here are the changes:

If you encounter any issues, it is highly recommended to reinstall the app if possible for the best (and hopefully less buggy) experience

Major Features

• There is now a new tab which shows you your inbox including mentions, replies, and private messages
  • Note: The inbox features do not automatically refresh when you're actively in the app. Relaunching the app, or navigating to the inbox will trigger a refresh of the information! Automatic refresh will happen in a future release
  • This is an entirely new feature, so there is only basic functionality at the moment - more features to come in a future release
  • You can toggle between showing all messages, or just unread messages
  • You can reply to mentions and replies. Replying to private messages is not available in this release
  • Tapping on a mention or a reply will open up the corresponding post
• External links now have more options! You can reload the page, open the link in an external browser, or share the link using your system's share dialog
• Improved accessibility labels for those using Talkback on Android or VoiceOver on iOS
• New compact post view, along with swipe gestures for posts to allow voting, and saving (replying directly by swiping on a post is not yet implemented)
• Improved image previews - you can now swipe down to dismiss an image
• New OLED black theme toggle in the settings, giving you even more darkness
• New about page within settings for links to GitHub and the lemmy community

QoL Improvements

• When in the post page, you now have extra options to reply and share the given post using your system's share dialog
• The FAB reply button now automatically hides when you are at the end of the comments to allow you to see the contents of those comments
• Improved GIF support - contribution from @MrAntonS
• Whitespace trimming for instances, in case you accidentally add an extra space at the beginning or end of the instance name
• When selecting an account from the profile page, the current account will now be highlighted
• Search now sorts by Active rather than the default provided by lemmy - contribution from @Benjamint22

Fixes and Misc

• Some fixes when creating new posts or comments, where the scrolling would behave in weird ways
• Fixed an issue where users were having issues logging on when trying to log in with passwords > 60 characters long
• Adjusted limit of subscriptions to fetch to be 50 for the meantime to fix some issues with subscriptions not showing on the sidebar

And many more changes under the hood!

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If you find any issues or would like to suggest features, please open up a new issue! As always, contributions are always welcomed here.

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This discussion was created from the release v0.2.1+6.