This can be considered v1.0 rc1 :)
Please let me know of any bugs!
BREAKING CHANGE
Voyager now connects directly to ALL Lemmy instances! If your Lemmy instance does not support CORS (using an old version of Lemmy), you will no longer be able to connect. Virtually all larger Lemmy instance have been upgraded with support for direct connect for Lemmy clients.
New features
New icon
Thanks very much to @fer0n for our wonderful new logo! This logo was chosen as part of our icon design contest. @fer0n also created a fantastic new splash screen for Voyager!
- Want to get it? Remove and re-add the app to your homescreen. (Unfortunately, you will loose all settings + hidden posts)
- Like the old icon? The old icon will continue to be displayed until you remove and reinstall Voyager to your homescreen.
- Want a different custom icon? For iOS, check out this shortcut! https://routinehub.co/shortcut/15817
Custom swipe gestures
Thanks to @rsammelson for this great new feature! You can now customize swipe gestures however you desire - including turning them off. Check it out in Settings!
With this change, the long right swipe for posts is now bookmark instead of hide. You can change this back to the way it was in Gesture Settings, if you prefer!
Instance sidebar
From the Communities list, click the icon the header to view the instance sidebar! From here you can view the admins (and direct message them), as well as view other helpful information.
What’s Changed
- Fix various select text modal bugs and quirks by @aeharding in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/513
- Fix compact post titles showing raw markdown by @aeharding in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/515
- Fix file convention for public folder by @aeharding in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/516
- Add the ability to configure swipe gestures by @rsammelson in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/497
- Add darker success colors by @aeharding in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/514
- Add direct connect by default by @aeharding in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/517
- New icon by @fer0n in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/519
- Add instance sidebar by @aeharding in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/521
Full Changelog: https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/compare/0.27.1...0.28.0
Huge! Custom gestures were the last thing I was waiting for, I’m pretty sure. Shoutout to you and all contributors for such a great client.
Jesus Christ this is one of the best apps that I’ve used and easily the best PWA. Thanks for your work!
You’re awesome, thank you
This is great, thank you! By far the best lemmy experience.
I wonder if the area for swiping from left to right to go back could be increased? I find that I have to really find the sweet spot to the edge of my screen in order to make it work, and with left gestures disabled, it would be great if it worked in their place. Is that possible?
Yes please, I need this also. So many times I accidentally upvote instead of going back
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Can you add “swipe to go back” gesture
“swipe to go back” and i couldn’t care less if there’s never another update again.
Seriously so helpful to have swipe back from anywhere for one handed navigation. Big accessibility feature too.
In computer ethics 101 I was told not to implement gestures to hack.
Sorry i meant go back, it was a typo
If you set left swipe actions to “none” then swiping to go back works reliably.
You got me excited, but it’s not working for me. Are you on Android or iOS?
iOS
Not on android
Bummer.
This does not work for me on iOS. Tested on iPad and iPhone.
Where are you initiating the swipe from? With Apollo, when the left gesture was disabled, you could initiate a left swipe from anywhere on the screen to go back. With Voyager, I have to initiate the swipe from the left side of the screen to go back. On a large device such as an iPad, this is not ideal.
I’ve not tried this in the iPad but works pretty well on the iPhone for me. I swipe from the left edge but not very exact. Prior to this update I’d always end up accidentally voting instead.
I have the iPhone 13 mini though, maybe that’s why it’s easier for me to reach the left edge.
Amazing work as usual, especially love the custom swipe gestures (all right swipes are upvotes!).
The best app keeps getting better!
👏
Please make it so you can swipe anywhere to go back when the left gesture is disabled.
This is awesome! Huge update and some very welcomed features. My swipes are just as I prefer them, thank you!
👏 @aeharding @fer0n @rsammelson (and all other contributors)👏
Custom swipe gestures 😭 thank you so much
I have been using Voyager myself for about a week, and I love it. I probably won’t go back to Jerboa. I’m even self-hosting my own container of it for my own personal instance.
But I do have one issue. Sometimes when I tap a post, instead of opening the post, it changes my scroll position slightly. then I have to scroll back up a little bit and tap the post again. Has anyone else ran into this issue?
I believe that’s this issue, it’s a weird Android bug. I’ll investigate shortly.
Yeah, that sounds about right. Though it might not only happen when tapping images, but anywhere on the post, unless I am tapping the image by mistake. I usually tap near the title to open the comments, and it’s happening for me there. But it’s a thin thing to tap on, so sometimes I accidentally hit the picture instead.
Anyway hopefully that helps! And thank you for all of your hard work on this project! It truly is an amazing app.
Edit: confirmed, it can definitely happen when tapping the title. I just tried it on a title that was 3 lines long to make sure I wasn’t tapping the photo by accident.
What exactly does “connect directly” mean in practice?
- Lower response times, especially for those outside of the US accessing a non-US Lemmy server
- Better uptime (no relying on Voyager servers to be up to browse)
- Better security (not proxying requests to a 3rd party [Voyager])
So basically the web app is independent now? Like if the site you added it from is completely down you won’t notice anything? (Except not getting updates)
Cool!
Exactly! It is pretty cool! The only exception is the photo upload endpoint which isn’t CORS compatible (yet).
Cheers, thank you!
Looks like the blinding-white splash screen is gone!
Ooo nice work mate. Keen to follow you guys and see how it all turns out. Love looking at fancy things we might be able to integrate into kbin feature wise 🚀
Does anyone have an idea how to get the Icon on Android with Firefox? When i install the PWA i only get an Icon with a White V on a Black background
I couldn’t figure it out, so I just grabbed the latest version of Bromite off of GitHub and used it exclusively to generate a Voyager PWA app, lol.
