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[ App Store Update ] Mlem 2.0 is here! (lemmy.ml)
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After a year in development and six months in beta, we are thrilled to announce that Mlem for Lemmy 2.0 is available on the App Store!

We've rewritten the app from the ground up--it's still the same Mlem our users know and love, but with significant performance improvements, a set of new features that were infeasible in our v1 app, and a fresh new design that feels right at home with the latest versions of iOS. There are more changes than we could list here, so the best way to see what's new is to just download the app, but some of the highlights include:

Media Enhancements

2.0 ships with a brand new image viewer and full support for gifs, videos, and animated webps. We've even added loops.video embedding--link posts to loops.video will display the linked video directly in Mlem.

Color Themes

In addition to the standard light and dark, Mlem 2.0 offers OLED, Solarized, and Dracula color themes, with more on the way. If you'd like us to support your favorite theme, let us know!

Markdown Handling

Powered by our custom cmark fork, Mlem 2.0 supports the full range of Lemmydown syntax.

Enhanced Post Composer

You can now create crossposts directly in the post editor (+ -> Crosspost), and can even post to multiple communities from multiple accounts at once. The keyboard now also sports a comprehensive set of Markdown editing tools.

French Localization

Mlem is now available in French, thanks to pylapp.

And More...

  • Guest mode: you can now browse instances without an account
  • Added a new Tiled post layout
  • Keep place on switch: you can now switch accounts without reloading the app. This behavior can be toggled in Settings -> Accounts or accessed by long pressing an account in the account switcher.
  • You can now search for posts and comments

Compatibility Notice: Mlem 2.0 supports iOS 17 and later. If you are on an older iOS, you won't be able to download this update but will be able to continue using the previous version of Mlem.

Thank you to all of our beta testers, whose feedback and support has been invaluable.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you'd like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.

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[-] Thekingoflorda@lemmy.world 21 points 3 weeks ago

Nice! Thank you (:

[-] fan0m@lemmy.world 11 points 3 weeks ago

Very happy about the markdown editor!

[-] Fecundpossum@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Just decided based on this post to check it out as I used to use Mlem back when I first joined, then used voyager for the last year or so. It’s beautiful and smooth and I think I’m keeping it.

[-] ModernRisk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 3 weeks ago

I LOVE the new design and for me it’ll replace Voyager (for now).

[-] capybeby@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Is that a threat?

[-] leaf@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago

for now

It's an arm's race to get involved in your love triangle.

[-] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 8 points 3 weeks ago

I searched for it on f-droid, too bad open source iPhone apps don't show up there 😁

[-] ericbandrews@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

Haha not yet, though there are some promising transpiler projects to bridge SwiftUI over to Android—nothing’s mature enough yet to make supporting both platforms viable, but it’s only a matter of time.

[-] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 7 points 3 weeks ago

Been using 2 since the beta and wanted to say great job to the devs. It’s very good and better than Voyager. Looks native and the markdown keyboard is super good.

[-] Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 weeks ago

The Loops integration is fantastic. Just love it!

[-] leaf@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago

It's so easy to see Loops content now!

[-] OccasionallyFeralya@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

Coincidentally yall updated the app right as I installed it. Gorgeous design, but the posts are so similar to comments I find it confusing sometimes. Would it be possible to have just the comments appear is bubbles while posts remain a rectangle? Or something visually distinct.

[-] sjmarf@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks for the feedback. I've opened an issue here to keep track of this :)

[-] OccasionallyFeralya@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 weeks ago

Oh wow thank you!

[-] leaf@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 3 weeks ago

Amazing work 🤩

This update is going to cause another surge in user registrations!

[-] awesomesauce309@midwest.social 5 points 3 weeks ago

Love the new features. You could post the markdown editor as its own keyboard extension. Undo and redo right there are invaluable, maybe with cut and paste.

The only features I can think of is a toggle so when you scroll the feed, if you long press media instead of save/share have it show the media in something like Quick Look. And video scrubbing

I feel like sometimes people shy away from open source because it can be unpolished, but not Mlem. This is polished to a shine, and adding loops integration is a cherry on top.

[-] ericbandrews@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks for your kind words!

Scrubbing is actually next up on my todo list, so you shouldn’t have to wait too long for that one.

[-] esteemedtogami@lemmy.one 5 points 3 weeks ago

Damn, my iPad doesn't go beyond iPadOS 16. Guess I'm going out to get a new iPad. Great work!

[-] mbtrhcs@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

Really like the new design and I think Mlem definitely carries the same "native" feel that Apollo used to. I just wish it had customizable swipes so I could make the switch from Voyager, but it looks like that's a low priority feature for now

[-] sjmarf@lemmy.ml 4 points 3 weeks ago

Thanks for the feedback! This has a been a highly requested feature for a while. It would have been tricky to implement in Mlem 1.0 due to the app’s original design. However, in Mlem 2.0, we’ve built the swipe actions system with future customization in mind. We're planning to add customizable swipe actions sometime soon - the GitHub issue is here, if you want to keep an eye on our progress :)

[-] mbtrhcs@feddit.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's great to hear! I saw the issue a few days ago but since it didn't have any comments or milestones (at the time) I assumed it was just lost in the backlog. Thanks for the update! :)

[-] windowsphoneguy@feddit.org 4 points 3 weeks ago

Looks great!

[-] sqw@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 weeks ago

it just keeps getting better! thank you mlem devs!

[-] Isa@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

It's sooo wonderful, thanks! 🫶

[-] capybeby@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I adore the card mode!!

[-] Shezzagrad@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

No android?

[-] ericbandrews@lemmy.ml 8 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Mlem is written in SwiftUI, which unfortunately is not compatible with Android. There are some promising projects to port Swift apps to Android, but nothing mature enough that we could feasibly support both platforms, though we’d like to if/when the cross platform Swift ecosystem matures enough for that to be realistic.

[-] Shezzagrad@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Totally understand and thank you for your excellent response

[-] leaf@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Nice, it could work out like Orion with the chromium/firefox extensions working on ios.

[-] Jhogenbaum@leminal.space 3 points 3 weeks ago

Not in Google play store. Seems to only be ios.

[-] sjmarf@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 weeks ago

That is correct - Mlem is available on iOS only.

[-] xnx@slrpnk.net 3 points 3 weeks ago

Looks great! Was the hide read posts button removed? Cant find it

[-] sjmarf@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

Nope, it should still be there:

[-] xnx@slrpnk.net 2 points 3 weeks ago

Oh i thought there was an option to also make it a button in the home screen

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[-] Wisens@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 weeks ago

I like the ability to have "Blur NSFW" content from the quick menu on the top right when I'm in public or at work. Why was that moved/removed?

[-] sjmarf@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 weeks ago

In 2.0 we rewrote the whole app from the ground up, and just forgot to re-implement that feature haha. We'll add it back in for next week's beta 👍

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[-] chase_what_matters@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

I’m wondering how difficult it would be to allow us to change text size. Compared to the rest of the UI, comments feel large and bold.

[-] sjmarf@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

You can change the text size for the app as a whole by going to System Settings -> Accessibility -> Per-App Settings (at the very bottom) -> Mlem -> Larger Text. We don't currently offer a way to change this for only part of the app, such as for comments only.

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[-] Walican132@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago

Are filters broken or am I using them wrong? For example I previously filtered the phrase “PlayStation lifestyle” to block that particular website however I am still seeing its posts since updating and re entering my filters.

[-] ericbandrews@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

We updated the filtering logic in 2.0 to make it more reliably filter keywords around punctuation, but it looks like that broke multi-word filters. Sorry about that, we'll have it fixed in the next build!

[-] Walican132@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago

Thank you for letting me know. Good luck!

[-] lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

Congrats on the release! Just got around to updating the app on my iPad.

[-] GammaGames@beehaw.org 2 points 3 weeks ago

How do I enable gestures? I appreciate that swipe left to go back a page is here, but I can’t actually figure out how to interact with anything without opening a separate menu

[-] sjmarf@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

You can enable gestures under Settings -> General -> Swipe Actions. You cannot have swipe actions enabled at the same time as the "Swipe Anywhere to Navigate" setting.

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