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We're back with bugfixes, bugfixes, a new icon, and more bugfixes! Thanks to all of our wonderful TestFlight members for finding and reporting bugs--we really couldn't do it without you.

Small patch today, but we figured that the fixes are important enough to be worth releasing ahead of our regular cadence.

Features and Improvements

• Added a new "Classic Lemmy" icon, designed by yours truly, based on the Lemmy logo
• Refined the onboarding flow. The instance list now only shows the top 30 instances, with the others accessible via search; we've also smoothed out the navigation between pages.
• Refined the editor. Now it can be pulled down to only cover half the screen so you can see context while you're composing, and it can't be swipe-dismissed so you won't accidentally lose a half-written post.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed images not prefetching
• Fixed the first ~40 posts not showing up
• Fixed posts loading after the end of the feed
• Fixed large posts rendering incorrectly on iPad

Cheers, The Mlem Group

I'm going to start by saying we didn't actually want to release this one just yet. A couple major instances changed their API spec without updating the published build number, which led to us needing to rush out a fix, so what we've got isn't quite fully cooked yet. Anyway, we figured it would be more fun to ship what we've got then to ship a patch, so here's what's new:

Features and Improvements

• Added an option to upvote posts on save (comments still WIP)
• Added an option to show the user avatar in the tab bar instead of the generic profile
• Made profile headers more readable
• Updated the behavior of the NSFW filter. In expanded post mode, tapping anywhere on the image will dismiss the filter; in feed, the filter can still only be dismissed by tapping the warning sign.
• Added post overscroll for the jump button

Bug Fixes

• Fixed website icon not appearing in the right place on thumbnails
• Fixed the "share" button crashing the app on iPad
• Fixed the widget customizer not working on iOS 17
• Fixed feed refresh not behaving consistently
• Fixed login not handling incorrect 2FA code properly
• Fixed instances with optional .admin field not loading
• Added handling for inconsistent date formats across instances
• Fixed unencoded URLs breaking the feed

Known issues:

• Swipe voting in inbox has an animation hitch
• Comments don't apply interactions instantly
• It's hard to get image posts to collapse
• Putting too many widgets and too much info in the bar causes view clipping
• Onboarding flow is kinda rough. If you've got thoughts on how to make it smoother, please share!
• In Large Post mode, all images are crunched into a square. This is a temporary hack for performance reasons while we polish up some fun new changes, and will be gone in the next build.

Cheers, The Mlem Group

We're motoring on ahead towards our 1.0.2 RC. It's a little ways off yet, but we've just got so many new changes that we couldn't help but share them with you.

What's new:

• The Widget Wizard: fully customize your post and comment interaction widgets with a new drag-and-drop interface! Check it out in Settings -> Appearance -> Posts or Comments -> Customize Widgets
• Jump button: we've added a handy little button to jump to the next top-level comment. You can disable it in Settings -> Comments.
• Instant post feedback: we've done some major backend work on how we handle posts to make the app more stable and set up new features down the line. You'll notice that posts now apply your interactions immediately, rather than waiting for network round trip. You might also notice some new bugs, which we would love to hear about.
• Onboarding: new users now get a proper onboarding flow. You can check it out by removing all your accounts from Mlem.
• Collapse post content: in the detailed post view, you can tap the title or body of a post to collapse it and get right to the comments
• Collapse comments: swipe way to the left to reveal a new swipe action: collapse comment
• Haptic levels: you can now disable some or all of the haptic feedback in the app in Settings -> General -> Haptic Level
• Opaque tab bars: in case you think material design is so 2014 and yearn for strong, assertive views, you can now make the tab bars fully opaque in Settings -> Accessibility -> Translucent Insets.

Quality of life updates:

• Link posts now have an indicator on their thumbnail in Compact and Headline mode
• Fixed a problem where the account switcher would be open when re-opening the app
• Inbox now persists unread status
• Search no longer has auto-correct or auto-capitalization
• Large images now display as shrunk. You can make them display in their full, glorious height in Settings -> Appearance -> Posts -> Limit Image Height In Feed.
• You can now block communities directly from posts
• Various actions have been flagged as destructive
• Fixed some issues with images embedded in links displaying poorly
• Fixed nav bar disappearing on device rotation
• Haptic feedback no longer causes an animation hitch on first play

Known issues:

• Swipe voting in inbox has an animation hitch
• Comments don't apply interactions instantly
• It's hard to get image posts to collapse
• Putting too many widgets and too much info in the bar causes view clipping
• Onboarding flow is kinda rough. If you've got thoughts on how to make it smoother, please share!

Cheers, The Mlem Group