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

2024-09-14

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.

  • @egretsEnglish
    1•9 days ago

    Very much looking forward to V2! I’ve had to switch to Voyager for working spoiler markdown – it’s also excellent, but I generally prefer Mlem.

    Cheeky questions while I’m here:

    1. Voyager also seems to handle GIFs in comments better, is that something on the cards for Mlem?
    2. Is there a plan to introduce swiping forward? I frequently accidentally swipe back to the community list and lose my place in the feed.
    • SjmarfEnglish
      3•8 days ago

      I’m glad you’re looking forward to v2!

      Voyager also seems to handle GIFs in comments better, is that something on the cards for Mlem?

      It’s something we’d like to add at some point; we’re tracking the issue here. It may end up being in 2.0 or may not be.

      Is there a plan to introduce swiping forward? I frequently accidentally swipe back to the community list and lose my place in the feed.

      We’d love to have this feature but it is annoyingly very difficult to implement. The framework we’re using doesn’t natively support this, and neither does the framework that framework is built on. Apollo had this, but the code is of course closed-source so we can’t get any insight into how they did it. We’re tracking the issue here.

    • EricOPMEnglish
      2•8 days ago

      To add a little more insight on the gifs side: video handling is the next major item I’m working on. In theory, the media framework we use should make gifs free once video handling is working, so hopefully they’ll be coming soon.

      • @egretsEnglish
        2•8 days ago

        Thanks - looking forward to it!