Release v0.2.1+8 · hjiangsu/thunder
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Alpha Release [v0.2.1+8] Watch out! Theres another update incoming 🎉 Important: it is highly highly recommended to reinstall the app for the best (and least buggy) experience possible This update i...

Watch out! Theres another update incoming 🎉

This release has a lot of changes under the hood which will pave the way for better performance overall, and hopefully allow for shiner features in the future! There’s a lot of quality of life changes in this one to make your experience hopefully better.

Since this release has a lot of under-the-hood changes, its expected that bugs may show up that were previously not there. Please open up a GitHub issue if you find any of those!

Obligatory message: If there are any developers out there who want to contribute to this project, that would be greatly appreciated!

To see the full details of this release, check out the GitHub release announcement: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder/releases/tag/v0.2.1%2B8

For those on TestFlight, the update should automatically install on your device. For those who obtained the app through IzzyOnDroid, that update should eventually reach your devices!

There is also a discussion page here for any general discussions about this release if anyone is interested: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder/discussions/115

I am so glad to see all the support for this so far, and it has truly been incredible. Thank you all for helping me build this app, and let’s continue to make it even better

  • darklightxi@lemmy.worldOPM
    6·
    1 year ago

    For those on Android, theres a few things I would like to get your feedback on (I don’t have a physical Android device so I cant see it for myself):

    • How does the icon look like to you? Has it improved from last time?
    • How is Material You? Does it work as expected?
    • Did the name of the app change to Thunder instead of thunder (capital case vs lower case)?
    • machinaeZER0@lemmy.world
      4·
      1 year ago

      Icon looks great, Thunder is capitalized! Material You is working beautifully, though I might consider having it theme the floating New Post button as well?

      AMAZING release, dude!

    • shortwavesurfer@monero.town
      1·
      1 year ago

      The icon changed to a full black circle with the logo in the middle as it should be and the “T” is now capitalized. I am running Android 11 so no Material You testing for me. That was adden in Android 12 and up

    • Unicorn 🌳@mander.xyz
      1·
      1 year ago

      The logo looks great, a bit more elegant! Thunder is capitalized and the Material You theme seems to work great, though I don’t know enough about how it’s supposed to look to say for sure. It does seem to use the right colours.

    • AnonLordo@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Take a look yourself at Material You 😀 Also to mention also: it loads only a few comments from this post but there are 20+

      Thank you for this great app.

  • averagebaka@social.fossware.space
    5·
    1 year ago

    It is one of the best designed lemmy app so far but my biggest issue with the app is that after scrolling a certain amount app becomes so laggy to the point it becomes unusable. Hope the issue is fixed soon.

    I’m an Android user so let me know if more info is required.

  • PenguinTech :ve:@techhub.social
    3·
    1 year ago

    @darklightxi this app is still under development but it’s very promising.

    the icon for me is a square with white background, and the loading posts is a hit or miss, but still it’s way better then all other clients I have tried in it’s current state, nice

  • baduhai@sopuli.xyz
    3·
    1 year ago

    Love the update! Default sorting options and default starting page is just what I was waiting for. I have found two regressions so far on android:

    • It’s now impossible to exit the app by pressing the back button multiple times. Not a big deal, but annoying.
    • The swipe gestures to upvote/downvote/reply/save no longer vibrate when swiping on comments, only on posts. I suspect I have upvoted many comments by accident while trying to scroll.
  • MonsieurKoala@lemmy.ml
    3·
    1 year ago

    Don’t forget to unpin the previous release and pin this one !

    Loving it so far, I’ll probably be back with more feedback after testing but so far the one change that’s weirding me out a bit is the new collapse only collapsing the parent comment. For some long comments it was very handy to collapse them and have a one line preview. Maybe a compromise with a pixel height would could work ? I just had a comment with a screenshot bigger than my screen and was sad when I clicked on it and still had to scroll the full length.

    New settings are great <3 Great work !

    • darklightxi@lemmy.worldOPM
      2·
      1 year ago

      Hey! Thanks for the quick feedback! I think for this, there’s different opinions on how it should be handled.

      I think the best solution to this would be to just add in a setting which allows you to switch between the two methods of collapsing :D Feel free to open up a issue on GitHub for this!

  • dridex@lemmy.world
    31·
    1 year ago

    You added everything I asked for and everything else I secretly wished for! What an amazing update, you are awesome! The new icon and Material You theming are A+, thank you so much for all your work on Thunder.

  • captn0blivious@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    Can we get fully collapsed comment threads back as an option? Also when a comment is collapsed, there should be some indication that there are child comments hidden