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Hey everyone, Thunder v0.4.0 is finally here! This release cycle took a bit longer than usual, but as a result, introduces a lot of new features, changes, and fixes which should make for a even better Thunder experience. If you have any suggestions or feedback, feel free to discuss it in the Thunder community or on GitHub.

If you're enjoying Thunder and would like to show some support, star this project on GitHub! This helps gain visibility for the project and allows more contributors to help with the continued development of Thunder. If you'd like to show some appreciation, here is a post with details on how to donate to the active contributors of Thunder.

A quick reminder: if you are using the Google Play version or App Store version, please note that it may take a bit of time before you receive the update. Now onto the update notes. This update brings a few major features:

🎉 New Features

  • The comment creation page has been fully re-built from the ground up and introduces a few new features, including the ability to specify the comment language, ability to comment as a different user, and addition of spoilers to the markdown toolbar. If you have any suggestions or feedback regarding these changes, feel free to make a new issue on GitHub!
  • There is now initial support for video playback on Thunder! The built-in video player should work with most video URLs (that end in a proper video extension) and should work with YouTube URLs. Additionally, you can customize some video settings such as playback speed, auto-mute, auto-play and more in the Settings page. The video player is still experimental, so there may still be some issues present.
  • Additional customization options including the ability to customize the colours of actions (upvotes, downvotes, saving, etc.), hiding thumbnails from the feed, showing user/community avatars, and much more.

ℹ General

  • There have been improvements to the overall UI/UX across the board. This includes improvements to the pure black theme, improvements to markdown rendering of tables, quotes, and more.
  • There have also been a lot of changes under-the-hood to hopefully improve the overall performance and reliability of actions. As a result of these changes, there may still be some issues that were not caught during testing. If you notice any general issues, please make a new issue on GitHub.

And much much more. I can't go through all the changes in the changelog, but for those who are curious, feel free to check out the full changelog below.

We have a Matrix space if you would like to join in on discussions: https://matrix.to/#/#thunderapp:matrix.org

Additions

Changes

  • Show individual unread counts in inbox page by @micahmo in #1262
  • Improved missing post snackbar message by @micahmo in #1291
  • Improved spoiler appearance by @micahmo in #1286
  • Adjusted markdown editor link dialog styling by @micahmo in #1307
  • Adjusted padding to community sidebar by @micahmo in #1285
  • Added loading page for posts/comments on slower connections by @micahmo in #1311
  • Adjusted post/comment language selector styling by @hjiangsu in #1316
  • Refactored post metadata and user/community chips by @hjiangsu in #1281
  • Refactored post page quick actions by @hjiangsu in #1279
  • Implemented core architecture to handle push notifications (APNs, UnifiedPush) by @hjiangsu in #1237
  • Added retry action when initial feed loading fails by @micahmo in #1284
  • Improved markdown appearance for block quotes, code blocks, and dividers by @micahmo in #1328
  • Apply full name customizations to inbox mentions view by @micahmo in #1271
  • Allow creating posts/comments with null language by @micahmo in #1338
  • Optimistically mark replies as read by @micahmo in #1314
  • Improved cross-post UI by @CTalvio in #1332
  • Disabled Thunder's edge swipe to go back on Android by @hjiangsu in #1350
  • Fixed various OLED color theme issues, community name format by @CTalvio in #1347
  • Improved UX for notification settings by @micahmo in #1335
  • Improved swipe gesture setting clarity with icons by @CTalvio in #1345
  • Added loading page when opening notifications and increased size of notification icon by @micahmo in #1355
  • Replaced score indicator icon by @CTalvio in #1341
  • Improved image dimension fetching logic by @hjiangsu in #1369
  • Improved the comment context jumping by @micahmo in #1319
  • Improved account page and management UI by @CTalvio in #1354
  • Improved selection of text when creating post/comment by @micahmo in #1359

Fixes

  • Fixed subscribe/favourite app bar action not updating UI by @micahmo in #1288
  • Fixed comment load spinner showing incorrectly by @micahmo in #1278
  • Fixed account page back button behaviour on Android by @hjiangsu in #1293
  • Fixed issues with deleted comment content showing up by @micahmo in #1303
  • Fixed search FAB primary single press action not triggering by @micahmo in #1308
  • Fixed issue marking multiple replies as read by @micahmo in #1305
  • Fixed issue with tablet mode images and full-height images by @hjiangsu in #1334
  • Fixed pan/pinch triggering unintentional double tap zoom by @CTalvio in #1337
  • Fixed issue popping notification page triggering twice by @micahmo in #1349
  • Fixed viewing notifications as correct user by @micahmo in #1339
  • Fixed FAB modal transparency and exit fade animation by @CTalvio in #1357

Misc

  • Integrate run on save scripts for VSCode by @micahmo in #1294
  • Configure i18n.ally plugin by @ipcjs in #1277
  • Apply linter suggested fix-ups by @micahmo in #1292
  • Updated translations by @hjiangsu in #1362
  • Updated instances by @github-actions in #1275
  • Replaced scrollable_positioned_list with super_sliver_list by @hjiangsu in #1361
  • Added test endpoint for UnifiedPush server and reduced UnifiedPush notification payload (in development) by @micahmo in #1364

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Full Changelog: 0.3.0...0.4.0

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