Release v0.2.1+5 · hjiangsu/thunder
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Alpha Release [v0.2.1+5] Watch out, new update incoming! This update includes a few major things, including the ability to create posts, and comments at a basic level! In addition to that, theres b...

Hi there, me again 😄 coming to you with another release. This release adds in some initial support for creating posts and comments, as well as a whole bunch of other things!

To see the full details of this release, check out the GitHub release announcement: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder/releases/tag/v0.2.1%2B5

For those on TestFlight, the update should automatically install on your device. I have not personally tested this, so if someone could let me know, that would be great!

There is also a discussion page here for any general discussions about this release if anyone is interested: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder/discussions/43

Thanks again for all the support so far!

  • @darklightxiOPM
    3•1 year ago

    Yeah, the loading times is something that I want to improve a bit more in the future. There’s a lot of different factors that play a role in why it takes a while to load:

    • Instance responsiveness and how fast the server responds back
    • If there are a lot of images being loaded, then it also takes a bit of time, especially if you’re using the “full image height” setting
    • Optimizations in the code to better handle loading/caching data, etc.

    This will hopefully improve as instances get better at handling loads, and once more optimizations are made in the code! 😅

    • @x4740N
      3•1 year ago

      The loading times have actually gotten better since I’ve used the app more

      It’s down to 5 seconds now which is reasonable

      One issue I’ve noticed is that the app does refresh itself and open up like you’ve opened the app after closing it if you leave it open in the background for too long

      I have turned off background optimisation just to test and it still happened

      • @darklightxiOPM
        3•1 year ago

        The loading times have actually gotten better since I’ve used the app more

        Thats good to hear! This could potentially be due to some images/media being cached, so there’s less things that the app needs to fetch (or maybe the instance is less busy so it can respond to requests faster)

        One issue I’ve noticed is that the app does refresh itself and open up like you’ve opened the app after closing it if you leave it open in the background for too long

        This is most likely due to the system clearing out memory for other apps - I have yet to do any profiling on the app, so I’m not too sure how much memory it uses on average

    • @x4740N
      2•1 year ago

      I’d also suggest the ability to edit comments be added if they haven’t already because I couldn’t find any way to edit a comment I posted

      • @darklightxiOPM
        2•1 year ago

        Editing comments is not here yet, but will get around to it once some other features are completed (greater focus on accessibility, initial inbox features, etc.)

        If you want, you can create a new issue on GitHub for this so that it can be tracked!