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Alpha Release [v0.2.9]: Moderator actions, high-refresh support, and more! - Lemmy.World
lemmy.worldHey everyone, it’s time for yet another Thunder release. As always, there have
been many improvements, additions, changes and fixes in this release 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. 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 - Initial
support for moderator actions. Thunder has added support for some moderator
actions such as locking, pinning, and removing posts. To access these actions,
simply long-press on a post and select “Moderator Actions” from the menu.
Additional moderator actions such as mod logs, and reports will come in a future
update. - Support for high-refresh rate devices. Thunder should now feel
smoother on Android devices with high-refresh rate displays, and should no
longer be limited to 60 Hz. For iOS, Thunder also supports ProMotion devices. -
Customizable post metadata. You can now customize the post metadata information
(vote counts, comment counts, etc) on your feed! This can be done in Settings ->
Appearance -> Compact/Card View Settings. Simply drag and drop the metadata
information you want to see on your feed. The order of the information will be
the order that you drag it into the preview. - Experimental local push
notification support on Android. Thunder has experimental support for handling
push notifications locally on Android devices. When enabled, Thunder will
attempt to fetch new notifications in the background while the app is not
running. Please note that this feature is highly dependent on the Android OS and
their battery saving settings ℹ General - Additional UI/UX and quality-of-life
improvements. This includes but is not limited to: - Support for spoiler
markdown tags. Spoiler tags will be automatically minimized, and can be expanded
when tapping on them - Support for creating cross posts for an existing post,
and deleting existing posts - Addition of more options including hiding top app
bar, medium font scale option, and colorized usernames - Added new condensed
post body view to the post page which shows a smaller preview of images and
thumbnails - Added the ability to search posts/comments directly from community
feed 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
[https://matrix.to/#/#thunderapp:matrix.org] — I would just like to thank
everyone for the continued support and contributions. Thunder is still a project
that I can only work on the side, and knowing that others enjoy it drives me to
continue working on it! If you would like to show a token of appreciation to me
or anyone else that has contributed, check out the following link for more
information: https://github.com/thunder-app/thunder/issues/756
[https://github.com/thunder-app/thunder/issues/756] Thanks again for everything
so far, and I hope you enjoy this update! — Changelog Additions * Added new
condensed post body view to the post page by micahmo * Added compatibility with
high-refresh displays to Thunder on Android devices by mufeedali * Added initial
support for markdown spoiler tags by hjiangsu * Added ability to create
cross-posts from the post page by micahmo * Added ability to share user profiles
by micahmo * Added ability to subscribe/unsubscribe to community from long-press
action by hjiangsu * Added option to hide the top app bar on scroll by hjiangsu
* Added user counts to instance page by micahmo * Added additional medium font
scale option by hjiangsu * Added moderated communities to drawer by hjiangsu *
Added ability to share communities by micahmo * Added ability to clear image
cache on startup, and manually by hjiangsu * Added experimental local push
notifications on Android by micahmo * Added notification page to display
individual messages by micahmo * Added ability to delete posts by micahmo *
Re-introduced in-app browser as an option by micahmo * Added community icon
indicator when posting is restricted to mods by hjiangsu * Added option for
colourized usernames by ggichure * Added new unread comment indicator for read
posts by CTalvio * Added ability to customize post card metadata information by
hjiangsu * Added ability to search posts/comments from community feed by micahmo
* Added setting to change image cache settings on Android by micahmo * Added
initial moderator post actions (lock, pin, remove) by hjiangsu Changes *
Improved post/comment score formatting by micahmo * Adjusted the color of the
delete draft icon by micahmo * Language selector now prioritizes current
language at the top of the list by micahmo * Community selector shows suggested
communities by default by micahmo * Prioritize favorites in empty community
prompt by micahmo * Improved account log out flow by micahmo * Search page
suggests alternate filters when there are no search results by micahmo * Account
selector improvements and minor fixes by hjiangsu * Image viewer dynamically
adjusts image zoom based on resolution Niranjan-Dorage * Added indicator for
media downloads by micahmo * Indicate deleted posts by micahmo * Added inkwell
to spoiler markdown by micahmo * Added option to navigate to new post after
creation by micahmo * Improved handling for navigation to non-instances by
micahmo * Adjusted search bar to match material design, and misc fixes by
micahmo * Removed usesCleartextTraffic attribute on AndroidManifest by hjiangsu
* Added locale code to app language selector by hjiangsu Fixes * Fixed issues
with images being too wide in community/user sidebars by micahmo * Fixed issues
where post actions were not being updated properly in the search page by micahmo
* Fixed issue where local featured posts were not being highlighted properly by
micahmo * Fixed issue where subscriptions in drawer were not in alphabetical
order by hjiangsu * Fixed an issue where you could favorite a non-subscribed
community by micahmo * Fixed some issues with user navigation and error handling
by micahmo * Fix some issues with the search page resetting by micahmo * Fixed
some community/user name detection by micahmo * Fixed issue with advanced image
preview not showing by micahmo * Fixed exit confirmation snackbar by micahmo *
Fixed issue with creating cross-posts by micahmo * Fixed an issue with loading
favorites on startup by micahmo * Fixed issue where feed FAB can be triggered on
other pages by hjiangsu * Fixed issue where app language bottom sheet would fill
full height by hjiangsu * Fixed issue with deferred comments by micahmo * Fixed
search page keyboard on iOS by hjiangsu * Fixed post page failure when image
fails to load by hjiangsu * Fixed inbox counter not reflecting true number of
unread notifications by hjiangsu Misc * Clean up linter warnings by hjiangsu *
Updated instances by github-actions * Updated translations by hjiangsu * Added
CI workflow to check for sorted translations by hjiangsu * Sorted translations
in alphabetical order by hjiangsu * Refactored community and user avatars by
hjiangsu * Reorganized files to their domain by hjiangsu * Refactored local
settings to use localization strings by hjiangsu * Refactored thumbnail badges
and compact post cards by hjiangsu * Migrated from gallery_saver package to gal
for media downloads by hjiangsu * Created new feature request, and bug report
templates. by K4LCIFER * Refactored snackbars to use overlays and remove
dependency on context by hjiangsu
Seems to be a big one with tons of features .
The only feature I miss really, really hard in Thunder is blurring nswf posts. It had the feature before! Then lemmy changed a bit and it never got re-instated.
I use Thunder, and NSFW posts are blurred for me. Just FYI.
Weird. I turned on the option but now my feed never loads until I disable it. Besides, it should be “blur” posts, not hide! It’s confusing…
Hey there, I just came across this so I wanted to check out what the issue is (and maybe resolve it)!
I believe there are two options - one is to hide NSFW posts (General -> Feed), and the other one is to blur the NSFW posts (Appearance -> Posts -> General Settings).
I think there is one issue where if you have NSFW posts hidden, and the feed is mostly NSFW posts, then the feed will infinitely load because it tries to fetch posts without NSFW tags. Double check and see if this might be the issue. If not, then feel free to open a new issue on GitHub with more information and I can take a look at it
I agree with you here - I’ll change it to blur!
Oh hey! A dev! Hello fellow dev
The hide posts indeed just makes it load forever, probably due to the issue you mentioned. The blur posts option is indeed elsewhere, and enabling it blurs stuff ok :D
I hope that solved your issue!
The next nightly version will also change the label from “Hide” to “Blur” to make it clearer: https://github.com/thunder-app/thunder/pull/1158
Yeah, I agree that “blur” makes more sense than “hide.” As for the feed not loading, not sure why that is.
What you on now ? Jerboa and voyager has it eternity does too i think.
I really like Thunder since it reminds me (after some slight tweaks) of baconreader (rip)