Mlem for Lemmy

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by ericbandrews@lemmy.ml to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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Welcome to the Mlem 2.0 Feedback Megathread! This is where we will be posting changelogs for the Weekly TestFlight (the Stable Pre-Release changelogs will get full posts), so check back here to see what's new!

This is also the place to post feedback on the Weekly beta (or you can just open an issue on our GitHub if that's your style).

Please be aware that this is an early beta build, may be missing features you consider essential. See the "Roadmap" section of our 2.0 release post for more details.

If you want to join our Weekly TestFlight group, you can do so here.

If you would rather join the Stable Pre-Release group, which receives curated, stable pre-release builds, you can do so here

2024-09-18

Features

Improved mark-read-on-scroll behavior
- This feature is only available on devices running iOS 18. On iOS 17, the old behavior will be used.
Added dark and tinted app icons for iOS 18

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where swipe actions were interfering with scrolling on iOS 18
Fixed an issue where image context menu actions would fail on certain instances using image proxies

2024-09-14

Features

Added image uploads, both for image posts and inline in post/comment bodies
Added compact comments
Added sign up to onboarding flow
Added a settings import/export system (Settings -> General -> Import/Export Settings)
- Added the ability to save the current settings state and restore to that snapshot
- Added the ability to export the current settings state as a JSON file
- Added the ability to import settings files
- Added settings migration from v1 (pending 1.3.5 release to App Store)
Added image proxy failure handling. If your instance’s image proxy fails, you can now choose to manually bypass the proxy and load directly from the image host. This behavior is fully opt-in.
Added sorting and filtering options to search

Bug Fixes

Improved scroll-top-comment behavior
Fixed an issue where the image viewer would open at extremely low resolution
Fixed an issue where the comment editor sometimes wouldn’t submit the right text

2024-09-02

Features

Added two new color themes: Solarized and Dracula
Added the ability to include links and images in posts
Significantly optimized image handling, resulting in a smoother feed (especially in the Tiled layout) and a more responsive image viewer
Added a "new account" flair

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where the image viewer would not work on instances using image proxying
Fixed a compatibility issue with versions running Lemmy v0.18

2024-08-29

We got a ton of great feedback from our initial release, and have implemented a number of new features and bug fixes:

Added mark read on scroll (Settings -> General)
Added a default feed setting (Settings -> General)
Added a setting to adjust haptic behavior (Settings -> General)
Fixed the lock icon being the wrong color

We’ve got a lot more in the works, so if you commented yesterday with a bug or feature request that isn’t mentioned here, stay tuned! We expect to be releasing builds fairly rapidly over the next few days.

2024-08-28

This is the initial beta release. We're still bringing 2.0 up to feature parity with 1.0--this build should have everything you need to browse and interact with Lemmy. Please note that post creation and moderation tools are not currently supported in the 2.0 build--post creation is in active development and moderator tools are a high-priority item, so if you want to join the beta but those are important to you, check back in a week or two!

We've also got some new features:

Markdown support
Tiled post layout
Keep place on account switch (allows you to switch accounts without fully reloading the app)
Guest accounts
Color themes

Check out our 2.0 release post for more details on the new release.

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[ New TestFlight Beta ] Mlem for Lemmy 2.0 Public Beta (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by ericbandrews@lemmy.ml to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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Hi Mlem Community,

We are thrilled to announce the launch of our 2.0 public beta!

Please be aware that this is an early beta build, may be missing features you consider essential. See the "Roadmap" section further down for a full list.

We’re trying out a new TestFlight structure with two groups:

Weekly: this group gets a weekly build with the latest state of our development branch. Changelogs for these builds will be posted to the new Beta Feedback Megathread
Stable Pre-Release: this group receives curated manual releases that have been tested by the bleeding edge group. Each release represents a coherent development scope, and changelogs for these builds will get their own “New Beta Release” posts.

Join the weekly beta

Join the stable beta

If you prefer the most stable, feature-rich Mlem experience, we encourage you to stay on our v1 until 2.0 is ready for the App Store.

What’s New

Markdown Support

Full Markdown rendering powered by our custom cmark-gfm fork
Rich Markdown editing tools built right into the keyboard

Tiled Posts

The new “Tiled” post layout renders posts in a 2-column grid, giving you the content density of Compact mode with much larger thumbnails.

Keep Place on Account Switch

You can now switch accounts without losing your place in feed, perfect for saving a post to a different account. This behavior can be toggled in Settings -> Accounts; you can also long press an account in the quick switcher to choose your refresh behavior.

Updated Middleware

We rebuilt how we communicate with and manage instances from the ground up to address the challenges of a federated platform and give us a clean, strong base to build future updates on. Backend changes aren’t very visible (for now--we’ve got some very exciting features planned to take full advantage of the new architecture), but they support a lot of the new features in this list.

Guest Accounts

You can now add guest accounts to any instance and browse its content without creating an account!

Performance Improvements

We’ve also refactored our entire UI structure to cut out a lot of inefficiencies present in the v1 codebase. The result is a noticeably snappier app.

Color Themes

Or, properly, a framework to support color themes. Right now you can choose between Default and Monochrome, but more are on the way!

UI Upgrades

We’ve kept the majority of our v1 UI/UX, but taken the opportunity to spruce some things up. See if you can spot what’s new!

Misc

Improved cross-instance resolution—opening content not accessible from your instance now opens the content in-app using a guest session on the host instance, rather than in the browser
The subscription list can now be sorted alphabetically or by instance
Post creator is now hidden by default in aggregate feeds. This behavior can be changed in Settings -> Posts.

Roadmap

This is by no means a complete list of everything we have planned, but it’s the major outstanding items we have mapped out. If there are v1 features missing from this list that you’d like to see prioritized, let us know and we’ll work that into our development plan!

Post/comment improvements
- Inline image uploads in comments
- Create posts
- Crossposts
Moderation/administration tools
- Mod mail
- Moderator, administrator actions
- Moderated feed
Media improvements
- Improved image handling (all backend work, but should improve performance)
- Proper video handling
Post and comment searching
iPad support
Keyword filtering
Settings icons
Mark read on scroll

Known Issues

You will need to sign back into your accounts. This is an unfortunate consequence of migrating the app from Lionel Hanners' account to my own. We apologize for the inconvenience.
The tile layout can be a little stuttery. We’re working on a fix with the “Improved image handling” item.
Navigation and tab bar accents remain gray after closing the composer sheet
Tall images in website previews don’t get appropriately cropped

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you'd like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.

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Cannot search posts (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 days ago by PennyRoyal@sh.itjust.works to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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I have a couple of things I’m not managing to do - I can’t seem to search posts, only instances/users etc, and can’t block whole instances from the app. Am I doing something wrong, or are these just features that don’t work in version one on iOS? Thanks

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No longer able to change app picture (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by Taalnazi@lemmy.world to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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Every time I try to change it, the app crashes. No error code given.

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Mlem scroll issue in 1.3.5 [resolved with update 1.3.6] (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by SzethFriendOfNimi@lemmy.world to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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I just updated yesterday to the 1.3.5 release.

Unfortunately now when I use my thumb to quickly scroll posts and comments it doesn’t respond.

But if I stop, and move very slowly it does register the scroll. After it finally does scroll then for about 10 seconds or so it behaves normally.

This doesn’t happen, however, in the top half of the screen. Just the bottom half.

Thank you again for all the hard work you do on the app.

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Imagine comment crash (startrek.website)

submitted 1 week ago by hopesdead@startrek.website to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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On version 1.3.3, when adding an image to a comment without any existing text, the app crashes. If text is placed in the comment field, image being added will upload successfully with no crash.

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Empty Comments (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 weeks ago by nokturne213@sopuli.xyz to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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Unsure if this is a Mlem or Sopuli issue, but I have been having comments be empty after posting them. Even after multiple edits they are still empty. I went back and fixed a few of them with Arctic and the edits appear to have stayed (which leads me to believe this is a Mlem issue rather than my instance).

Has anyone else been experiencing this while using Mlem (possibly on a different instance).

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Mlem broken? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by RememberTheApollo_@lemmy.world to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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Crashes on open every time.

iOS 17.6.1.

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iOS App Network Activity (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by hPkEud74N6DJ@lemmy.world to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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Hello,

Could someone explain why the Mlem app seems to be at the top of the list based on my iOS privacy report collected over a couple of months? It's a bit weird that no other apps or Mastodon clients reach such high numbers. The Ice Cubes app, for example, only collected 10 domains even though it's also an ActivityPub based network. Additionally, Mlem app's second most frequently contacted domain was a Google domain used to track app analytics, similar to Snapchat, Reddit, or Monzo. Can anyone provide some transparency on this? Thank you.

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Question on UI (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 months ago by dzaffaires@sh.itjust.works to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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When on the feed, scrolling as usual. If I go to the left sidebar (usually by accident), there doesn't seem to be a way to go back to the feed at the position I was in. I either have to choose All, Subscribed at the top - or a community in the list, and the feed starts back at the top.

Is there a way to go back to the feed where I was located once I'm in the left sidebar?

Thanks for the great app!

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[ Community Update ] State of the Mlem 2023-07-22: TestFlight Closing (for now!), 2.0 Roadmap (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by ericbandrews@lemmy.ml to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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Hi Mlem Community,

We’ve been quiet recently, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy! Our development efforts over the last few months have been primarily focused on our 2.0 build. This is a ground-up rebuild, which is no small undertaking. We’ve solidified our backend groundwork, and are now well into rebuilding the UI with a clear roadmap to an early TestFlight beta.

As we mentioned in April, We’re also taking the opportunity to move the app from Lionel Hanners’ account to mine. Doing this requires shutting down the TestFlight, and since we aren’t planning any major releases against the v1 codebase, we’re going to keep it down until 2.0 is ready for beta testing.

Roadmap

We want to get 2.0 into your hands as quickly as we can, and so we’re planning to ship a TestFlight as soon as we have a minimal working feature set for daily use. That feature set is:

All non-moderator feed options
- All (DONE)
- Local (DONE)
- Subscribed (DONE)
- Saved (DONE)
- Community (DONE)
Profile (DONE)
Search (DONE)
Non-moderator Inbox
- View replies/mentions/messages (DONE)
- Reply to items (IN PROGRESS)
Reports
- Posts (DONE)
- Comments (DONE)
- Messages (DONE)
Account deletion (IN PROGRESS)
Persist favorite communities (IN PROGRESS)

Bonus features:

A brand new post layout option
Full support for Lemmy’s custom Markdown dialect
Color themes
Guest mode
Sort community list by instance

We also have a few features we’re making good progress on and hope to have in the 2.0 release, but might come a little later:

Basic video handling (videos play properly, tap to play/pause) (IN PROGRESS)
Improved iPad UX (IN PROGRESS)

We’ll put out an announcement when the new TestFlight takes off with a link to join, and keep this post (roughly) up-to-date with development.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

Update 2024-07-24 19:45 EST

The v1 TestFlight is officially shut down. A massive thanks to all our testers, and we can't wait to launch the new v2 TestFlight!

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Separate vote score design (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 months ago by Tywele@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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Could the design and/or placement of the separate up- and downvote score be improved?

It would be nice to have them where the main score is shown on posts and comments instead of in comment/post info which is very small and not where you look at first.

When I saw the setting I was happy it exists but pretty disappointed that it doesn’t change the main score display of posts and comments.

Or am I just overlooking that setting?

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Is it possible to add a tab on instances to see their local communities? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 2 months ago by nokturne213@sopuli.xyz to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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Currently you cannot view the local communities when viewing their instance from within Mlem. This is particularly nice for niche instances such as the one in the image, as well as ones like mtgzone.

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Smooth scrolling? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by fer0n@lemmy.world to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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It’s great how mlem keeps evolving and there’s some incredible work being done here, thanks :)

There‘s sadly one deal breaker for me: mlem doesn’t scroll smoothly.

It may seem like it’s not a big deal, but for an app that’s showing a feed and where 90% of the time I’m scrolling, it ruins the experience for me. Is there anything that can be done on that front? Or maybe I’m the only one who feels that way.

Again, thanks for your hard work :)

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[ App Store Update ] Mlem for Lemmy 1.3.3 (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by ericbandrews@lemmy.ml to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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Mlem 1.3.3 is live!

Changes in this patch:

Added a Paste Link from Clipboard button to the Search tab. If the pasted link is a valid Lemmy URL, Mlem will attempt to open it on your home instance.
Fixed an issue where certain menu actions were erroneously displayed
Added compatibility logic for the upcoming 2.0 build

This update has been rolled out to both the TestFlight and App Store environments.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you'd like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.

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[ App Store Update ] Mlem for Lemmy 1.3.2: Private Message Hotfix (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by ericbandrews@lemmy.ml to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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Mlem 1.3.2 is now available. This update addresses an issue where sending private messages would fail with an "unknown" error.

This update has been rolled out to both the TestFlight and App Store environments.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you'd like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.

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How can I open federated links in my home instance? (aggregatet.org)

submitted 3 months ago by amanda@aggregatet.org to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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I’m trying to find content on other instances (primarily communities but sometimes posts). Sometimes I have the @-handle, sometimes I have a URL. I want to open them in my instance in Mlem.

So far I’ve tried the standard search-for-the-URL trick which works for links on the web, but not at all in Mlem.

How do I get Mlem to open a link to a community or post in my active instance? Or, even better, in an arbitrary instance I have an account for?

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Comment chains not appearing. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 months ago by nahuse@sh.itjust.works to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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Hey mlem folx! I’m using mlem on iOS.

I’m noticing that comment chains don’t always show up in the app. This happens one of two ways, from what I can tell:

the top level comment appears as normal, and there is an icon for however many replies, but none of them appear unless I share and open it with a browser; or,
I become eventually unable to see comments in comment chains, even if it’s a thread I am participating in.

I don’t know if this is a known thing or not, I admit I didn’t do too much looking through the history here. I hope it’s not a repost.

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[ App Store Update ] Mlem for Lemmy 1.3.1: Lemmy v19.4 Compatibility Hotfix (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by ericbandrews@lemmy.ml to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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Mlem 1.3.1 is now available. This update adds compatibility for Lemmy v19.4, resolving an issue where marking posts read on instances running that version would trigger an "unknown" error.

This update has been rolled out to both the TestFlight and App Store environments.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you'd like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.

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Constant unknown error (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 months ago by lilja@lemmy.ml to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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When I open a post I get an "unknown" error. This happens on every post, no matter what community/instance, whether it has attachments/comments/etc. Not sure how to debug it.

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Crash while scrolling in feed (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 3 months ago by CyberSeeker@discuss.tchncs.de to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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Hi all,

The following post appears to crash my feed while scrolling:

https://mander.xyz/post/13720820

It is a very long text post with some technicals, so possibly a parsing error in the text preview?

Thanks! Worked around it by blocking the user temporarily.

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Is it possible to not darken quoted text? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 4 months ago by nokturne213@sopuli.xyz to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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Since quoted text already gets the pipes to show it is quoted is it possible to not darken the text? Or a setting to disable it? I already have per app high contrast set for Mlem but this really does not do too much.

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Ringer audio shows on relaunch. (midwest.social)

submitted 4 months ago by awesomesauce309@midwest.social to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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Hello, when I relaunch the app, my control center shows ringer volume instead of media volume. If I go home or swap apps control center shows media volume until I relaunch. When I close the app it’s back to media. Lmk if you need more info.

If I see it up I always wonder why I turned it up so loud, turn it down, then sleep through my alarm 😅 I already had to set up an automation to fix my ringer after my car mutes it. I’m glad my boss isn’t a hardass. Maybe iOS 18 will add a systemwide alarm volume

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Gifs not working on iPad (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by Agr8lemon@lemmy.world to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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Maybe I’m missing a setting, but inline gifs don’t seem to work on the iPad version. Love the app overall, thanks for all your work!

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Issue with login in Mlem (lemm.ee)

submitted 4 months ago by chimera@lemm.ee to c/mlemapp@lemmy.ml

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Hi everyone, I hope you are well.

I’m unable to login with my account in the Mlem app, it says "please check your username and password, if you made an account with email, check that you have confirmed it with the link sent".

I was confused in the beginning, maybe I did misclick ? So I carefully rewrite my credentials and still got the "please check" prompt.

I downloaded another client and it worked well, with the exact same username/password (which I’m currently writing this post with).

It’s really annoying me I truly wanted to try Mlem, it looks like it has the best UI on iOS.

My account is tied to the lemm.ee instance if it can help, my email is of course verified, and my credentials are correct.