Liftoff v0.9.19 Release - Performance + Everything Feed Fixes!
Hey Everyone! The open source community has been hard at work to fix Liftoff bugs and add features. This a big one!
Huge shoutout to the contributors!
Updates should appear on TestFight and Play Store today.
v0.9.19 Release
iOS:
Android:
- GitHub
- Play Store
- F-Droid is coming
- If you want to stay up to date with the latest releases before it gets on Play Store or F-Droid, checkout Obtainium
Changelog
- Added 3-dot menu on home tab
- Added refresh post button on home tab 3-dot menu
- Added Back to top button on home tab
- Added open in external browser functionality (FriederHannenheim)
- Fixed comment performance in long threads leading to app crash (schocklateboy92)
- Fixed subscribe button not showing pending state
- Fixed double tap to exit to first navigate to home tab
- Fixed post avatar alignment when community is missing avatar
- Added max length on password input to match lemmy-ui
- Remove 2 of 3 default instances, default is now lemmy.world
- Fix issue where wrong community was reported for account posts (jcgurango)
- Increased comment indent
- Fixed issue where your comments would show twice after posting (jcgurango)
- Fixed colors on buttons and links to match theme (jcgurango)
- Fixed issue where communities would show under the wrong instances (jcgurango)
- Added clear search button on search box (iliasChymas)
Known Issues (In progress)
There are still some things we're working through here's a list of our top priority
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NSFW Community posts aren't loading or showing properly in feed
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Account Settings aren't being saved, error is displayed
Contributions
As always, contributions are welcomed and encouraged! We have a great community on github so dont hesitate to contribute!
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Thanks just updated. I really needed the external browser option.
I don't know when this was changed, but thank you very much for updating the colored thread lines to be offset...as someone with a curved screen (thanks Samsung) I could almost never tell whether a comment was first level or second level.
love this app, thank you 🤩
edit: doh it was this update that added it. Sweet :)
Hot off the press 😀
Do you accept donations? I didn't see it anywhere in the "Contributing" section. I have very little in the way of programming skill, but I wouldn't mind donating to help the cause!
You can ignore this. Recording for a github issue
Very nice. (Posted from Liftoff 0.9.19)
Loving the app so far. Baconreader transplant from Reddit. Nothing will replace BR in my heart but this app is beautifully done and I appreciate getting to have such a solid start on Lemmy with it! Heres to hoping I'll be using it as long as I used baconreader!
Love the app. Much better than Jerboa (that crashes) and Connect (ui feels off). Can we get a means of adjusting comment font size? Feels a little small and might be better for accessibility
Seems only the sky is the limit for this app. Thank you and keep up the great work!
Is there a way to blur nsfw thumbnails?
I can on other Lemmy apps but I can't find it in liftoff. Its kind of a dealbreaker for me to have them unblurred
Is there any way to change the ah interesting color choices made with the dark themes?
I'm not digging these weird colors at all.
Great work everyone! This app is getting better and better. 👍
Pretty cool
Just downloaded the app, and already like it a bunch! A few things I hope will be added:
Again, great app! Hope to see it grow and evolve.
Definitely agree with this!
Wow, thanks a lot for another great update. Like the refresh and to the top option on home.
Thanks for the update, being able jump back to the top makes everything so much smoother
Please add font size options for post body and comments.
I was just about to ask about Open in External Browser, because the previous version used god-knows-what webview. Thanks!
Just had an issue where I clicked on the link in a post but it was one of those shitty pages where pressing the back key on my phone just reloads the webpage.
So there was no way to get back to liftoff. I had to kill the app and reload.
I used to use baconreader and the same would sometimes happen where sites capture the back button somehow, but the browser wasn't full screen. The app kept it's toolbar at the top so you could always force close the browsing window if the website was misbehaving or doing infinite redirects etc.
Would something like this be possible? Or maybe there's another solution?
Can confirm this happened to me too, maybe inputs are not being processed fast enough? On boost I remember they solved this with a simple x button that would appear if you swiped up
The latest version, 0.9.19 gives you the option to use an external browser for links. That may fix your issue for the time being.
Probably the best Lemmy app, but it should be possible to change the color scheme. Green is nice and all but it would definitely help if picking other colors is available. Thanks devs
Thank you for the good work. Still unable to login to lemmy.world, but I guess that has something to do with the server
It's more likely something to do with your password. Does it have spaces in it?
Negative, no spaces
Dunno where else to request changes (or if there's like a feature req master post), but is it possible to move the post button down just a liiiittle bit? I'm clumsy and not super coordinated and when I go to edit my comment's content box I accidentally post it.
Thanks!
IDK if the dev prefer requests/bug reports one place or the other, but I've been putting them directly on the git repository where it is being developed
Please make sure to look at what I'd already there to make sure it isn't a duplicate
https://github.com/liftoff-app/liftoff/issues
Doesn't look like it's on there yet! Maybe I just have clumsy fingers haha
Am I missing something or is there a way to see the upvotes/downvote count, instead of just the scorescore
Also, can you search for content from all instances, or just from yours?
Edit: Also not really able to refresh comments in my profile effectively, I've made several that it just isn't showing. The ones that do show aren't in order even sorting under "new"
To see vote counts, go to the 3 dots on a post or comment, then nerd stuff, and then press 'tap to show' next to 'counts'. It should show what you're looking for.
Good job for implementing so many improvements in so little time. My favorite ones for this release are the single tap for comment collapse and the comments performance improvement. Keep up the good work
Big thanks to all who contributed, this app feels great now
I have been trying jerboa in preparation for Jul 1st and wasn't really enjoying my time with it.
Today I found out about Liftoff and this is much better. Keep up the good work!
Can't seem to add https://lemm.ee/ as an instance to log in. Am I doing something wrong?
Looks like it's because we're on the updated version of Lemmy https://github.com/liftoff-app/liftoff/issues/156
I'm enjoying Liftoff immensely. Hopefully Kbin support will be added soon.
No worries, Lemmy and Beehaw support is working great!
Can't login using this version, on .world
Having included this in my search and like it do far. Besides the already mentioned topics I found one thing which annoyed me most.
Scrolling is far from smooth. I have a strong stutter using it on an iPhone 14 Pro. Don’t know if it somehow collides with the high refresh rate display
Hello (lemmee.)world
I can’t get Liftoff to sign in on lemm.ee It says it’s not an instance. Is that the case? Am I doing something wrong?
The latest release fixes 0.18.1+ instances.
Updates and fixes coming thick and fast. Great work.
My only complaint is that I find the green colour in dark mode an absolute eyesore. That's an issue that can wait, I'm sure.
Nice username! Not listened to them for ages.
I personally really like it but I also really hope that they'll add more customization soon.
Looking forward to trying the app once I can log in with lemm.ee :)
The latest release fixes 0.18.1+ instances.
Wow giving this a test run after using MLEM for a couple weeks. Looks like Liftoff is a bit ahead development wise comparatively! Not to talk smack about MLEM at all cuz it’s clean af too but this is some great work!
Great stuff
Love the app so far, seems to be the cleanest lemmy client I have tried so far.
One suggestion is to make the home button act as a "move to top" button when I am scrolled down the list. The top Bar Auto hides when scrolling down the list, making "go to top" inacessible.
Thank you! Loving the app.