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Hey everyone, Thunder v0.5.0 is finally here! This release cycle took a quite a bit of time, but introduces a lot of new features, changes, and fixes which should make for a even better Thunder experience. If you have any suggestions or feedback, feel free to discuss it in the Thunder community or on GitHub.

If you're enjoying Thunder and would like to show some support, star this project on GitHub! This helps gain visibility for the project and allows more contributors to help with the continued development of Thunder. If you'd like to show some appreciation, here is a post with details on how to donate to the active contributors of Thunder.

Important: Your feed settings (default feed type and sort) will now be based on your Lemmy account settings. The previous feed settings will now ONLY apply to guest accounts. As such, you may have to re-configure your default feed type and default sort type if you were previously using the in-app settings.

Now onto the update notes. This update brings a few major features:

🎉 New Features

  • The inbox page has been completely re-written with an updated design to more closely align with Material 3 design guidelines. There's also been a number of fixes to support quick actions within the inbox page (e.g., voting, saving, etc).
  • Thunder now respects more of your Lemmy account settings including your default feed/sort settings. You can update your display name, bio, email, and much more in the new Account Settings page. You can also quickly switch between different accounts to modify your Lemmy settings across all your authenticated accounts.
  • Additional Lemmy 0.19.x features have been added to Thunder including the ability to hide posts, custom thumbnail support, site content warnings, and more. We are still continuously working on bringing Thunder up to feature-parity with Lemmy, so let us know what features you would like to see.
  • Custom user notes/labels are now available in Thunder! This will allow you to add any custom notes to a given user. You can add user labels from the settings page via Settings -> User Labels. Alternatively, you can add labels through the action sheets by long pressing on a given comment and selecting User -> Add User Label.

ℹ General

  • The create/edit button for posts and comments have been moved to the markdown toolbar. This should hopefully make it more accessible for one-handed use.
  • URL filtering has been added to keyword filters. Simply add a new keyword filter with a URL, and it should be hidden from view.
  • Link sharing has been improved to support additional media/external links.

And much much more. I can't go through all the changes in the changelog, but for those who are curious, feel free to check out the full changelog below.

We have a Matrix space if you would like to join in on discussions: https://matrix.to/#/#thunderapp:matrix.org


Additions

  • Refactor inbox page by hjiangsu
  • Add additional account settings by hjiangsu
  • Add support for custom user labels by micahmo
  • Add support for hiding posts by micahmo
  • Add ability to create links to app settings by micahmo
  • Add account birthday indicator to users by micahmo
  • Add ability to import/export local app database by micahmo
  • Add post/comment language metadata by micahmo
  • Add community stats for community visibility/local subscribers by micahmo
  • Add ability to create block quote from selection when commenting by micahmo
  • Add ability to re-order user accounts by micahmo
  • Add ability to upload multiple images at a time for a post/comment by hjiangsu
  • Add support for site content warnings by micahmo
  • Add support for custom thumbnails in posts by micahmo
  • Add ability to sort inbox by ggichure
  • Add ability to view post as a different user by micahmo
  • [Experimental] Add debug setting to customize image dimension timeout value by hjiangsu
  • [Experimental] Add new experimental post page by hjiangsu

Changes

  • Extend keyword filters to URLs by hjiangsu
  • Remove page scroll animation when switching between bottom navigation items by hjiangsu
  • Decrease layout jank originating from images within comments, and improve image error states by micahmo
  • Disable account switching when editing post/comment by micahmo
  • Defer loading image dimensions when opening image preview by micahmo
  • Improve link sharing for images/video URLs by micahmo
  • Show placeholder icon for posts without thumbnails by micahmo
  • Allow snackbars to be closed on action by micahmo
  • Immediately remove blocked users/communities from feed, disable ability to block self by micahmo
  • Use community/user display names globally by micahmo
  • Show community/user sort type on community/user headers by micahmo
  • Use user/community format styling to cross-posts by micahmo
  • Fallback to opening non-Lemmy instances in browser by micahmo
  • Improve feedback when subscribing/unsubscribing to community by hjiangsu
  • Move create/edit post button into markdown toolbar by micahmo
  • Move create/edit comment button into markdown toolbar by micahmo
  • Show voting when hidden scores are enabled by hjiangsu
  • Add option to navigate to user's instance from post actions by micahmo
  • Disable "Subscriptions" sort type option for guest accounts by micahmo
  • Remove images from push notifications, improve UnifiedPush logic by micahmo

Fixes

  • Fix table column markdown alignment by hjiangsu
  • Fix mark post as read when previewing media on 0.19.4 by hjiangsu
  • Fix sidebar lag when subscribed to a large amount of communities by hjiangsu
  • Fix superscript/subscript parsing edge cases by micahmo
  • Fix image overflow when rendering inside a spoiler tag by micahmo
  • Fix issue where optimistic voting would not reflect upvotes/downvotes properly by micahmo
  • Fix post text preview showing raw markdown by hjiangsu
  • Fix snackbar positioning when opening/dismissing keyboard by micahmo
  • Fix labeling and minor semantics by micahmo
  • Fix text field spell check causing exception on ** text by hjiangsu
  • Fix minor typo in 'Change Password' page by wadamT
  • Fix semantics for link information by hjiangsu
  • Fix share text post by micahmo
  • Fix image proxy handling by hjiangsu
  • Fix for markdown toolbar not showing above system keyboard by hjiangsu
  • Fix dim read posts setting not being applied for card view by hjiangsu

Misc

  • Fix macOS build errors by hjiangsu
  • Remove javaToolchain binaries by hjiangsu
  • Remove push package Android dependency by hjiangsu
  • Update PR template by hjiangsu
  • Update instances by github-actions
  • Update translations from Weblate by hjiangsu
  • Update Turkish localizations by mikropsoft
  • Migrate anonymous instances to database by micahmo
  • Minor under-the-hood feed related changes by hjiangsu
  • Improve parsing of video speed setting by micahmo
  • Move experimental push notifications under experimental flag by micahmo
  • Add more push notifications debugging by micahmo
  • Migrate draft storage to local database by micahmo

New Contributors

  • wadamT made their first contribution
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Posting a screenshot of the interface when I'm typing a comment reply as an example. I have large thumbs and I have to scale the keyboard up pretty high to be able to type. Thunder has what I would call a lot of wasted space in comment reply mode. The button bar could be hidden (it's not something I really use) and either the header text could be shrunk or omitted entirely. Just making the header scroll rather than being fixed could work as well. This would probably be a good use case for floating action buttons. There's basically only two things I care about when typing a comment reply: seeing the text I'm typing, and referencing the text I'm replying to. Would love some options that allow me to maximize the space used.

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Seems to occur until app is restarted. If I use search, then to back to my home feed, open a post and then swipe to go back my keyboard still pops up.

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If it's in the same line as the username, it gets overrun by the domain (for those of us who like to see user domains).

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I go to settings -> general -> language

I select German/Deutsch and the other day the app is set back to English again. Why the app loses the language setting?

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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by misspelledusername@lemmy.wtf to c/thunder_app@lemmy.world

When sharing a post using the advanced share sheet it shows a preview. The preview is always fully visible, with no ability to scroll. If the preview is large enough, the send button at the bottom right is pushed down so that it is behind the android OS navigation buttons. This makes it impossible to send the post without making the preview smaller.

Could we make it possible to scroll? Or move the send button?

Edit. Added a screenshot. The issue isn't when the preview becomes too large. It's when the accompanying links are too long.

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Has Thunder ever considered potentially creating a Thunder community Discord server?

I know there's already a:

GitHub,

Lemmy community,

and

Matrix space for Thunder, which is great.

But I was wondering if you've thought about expanding to Discord as well?

Alternatively, have you looked into Revolt Chat as another option? It's a newer platform that is similar to Discord, but open-source.

I'm curious about your thoughts on these additional communication channels, and if you see any benefits or drawbacks to potentially expanding Thunder's online presence in these ways.

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submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Teknevra@literature.cafe to c/thunder_app@lemmy.world

Have you ever considered potentially incorporating some of the highly-praised UX elements, theming capabilities, and overall user experience from Sync for Lemmy into Thunder?

Many users, including myself, have found Sync's interface and customization options to be exceptional, as well as leagues ahead of the competition (no offence).

However, there are concerns in the Sync community about Sync's closed-source nature, as well as the developer's loonngg periods of inactivity.

Given Thunder's open-source ethos and active development, do you see an opportunity to potentially fill this gap by bringing some of Sync's most loved features to Thunder, while maintaining your commitment to transparency and regular updates?

If done right, Thunder could potentially become the new Sync, but open-source, and with active updates.

I'm curious about your thoughts on this and whether it aligns with your vision for Thunder's future development.

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Very silly question I assume. There’s literally a thumbnail URL field in my thunder IOS app when I create a post. So far I’ve tried uploading an image in my main post which creates a web address and then placing that address of the image into the thumbnail URL. That does nothing though. Can’t find a manual online or anyone asking this question.

I might be the only person struggling with this, but please tell me how I can add thumbnails. Thanks.

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I can't find this anywhere. Is there also any way to check all the posts you've upvoted?

Ultimately, it would be really nice if we could get a history section of all posts viewed. I miss this from Boost.

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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by boyonabike@lemmy.ca to c/thunder_app@lemmy.world

So I've compared Thunder, Sync, and Voyager. They all report as running at 120fps on my pixel 8 pro, but only sync and voyager actually feel like it.

I'm not sure how to quantify or prove this, but there's a noticeable feel of microstutter when scrolling through feeds or comments on thunder.

Does anyone else experience this? Thunder is still my favourite of the 3 just because of it's functionality and features, but would love for it to feel a little better to navigate.

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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by quaff@lemmy.ca to c/thunder_app@lemmy.world

My instance has a bunch of pinned posts that stay pinned for a while... I typically use Card view which means those posts take up a lot of space!

Would it be possible to make pinned posts all compact in card view?

Or maybe letting us change between compact/card view for individual posts. Maybe that's a bit overkill tho. I really just want it for pinned posts 🥲🙏

PS: Thunder is so awesome. The experimental unifiedpush (and the thunder server!) is an awesome addition ❤️

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When I go to a post with video media, on iPad, there doesn't seem to be a way to exit. For images, they can be swiped away or touch outside to exit. For videos, ice tried different gestures and there is no back button or X.

I use Android daily, with a back swipe gesture, but there is no such gesture I'm aware of on iPad. Does anyone know how or should I submit a bug or feature request?

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Is it possible? Press-holding does nothing and the Share button only generates links or images.

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When I hold on a word to start highlighting text, the delay appears to be longer than what I had set my phone to. I didn't know that an app can override this setting. Could it be set to follow it?

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submitted 1 month ago by x4740N@lemm.ee to c/thunder_app@lemmy.world

For example if I wanted to search for things that contained the words "Japanese" & "countryside" on Google I'd use

intext:("Japanese" & "countryside")

Does the thunder app support something like search operators for searching on lemmy

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I've recently switched to Thunder from Sync, but am surprised that there's not an option to resize tall images to the display size. When opening an image in full screen, it does this, but not in the feed or when opening a post. Basically this would be an option in between card view and full height imagea, for images which are taller than the display window.

This is an egregious example, but this post takes up so much of the feed when full height images is set. Also, I'm not sure about most instances, but they seem to resize the thumbnail aggressively on tall posts, so even if full height images without resizing is your preference, the quality looks terrible anyway, and you're forced to click into the post to see the full size image.

Anyway, maybe I'm missing some settings, but this behavior seems like something someone else would have wanted, but I don't see it as a setting.

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In the settings I've found card view and compact view, but even in card view images are not full sized.

Is there a way to enable this through some other means? I dislike having to open images all the time when scrolling to view the entire thing.

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by CrayonRosary@lemmy.world to c/thunder_app@lemmy.world

This issue has bitten me several times. It was a problem in 0.6.0 and maybe earlier, and it is present in 0.6.1.

I'll make an edit to fix a couple of typos that I saw immediately after posting, and then I'll see something else or want to add some more context. So I'll edit the post again, but this edits the contents of the original post, therefore I put back in all my typos! (And lose anything else I added in my first edit.)

When it first happened, I thought I was going crazy and ended up going back and forth, fixing the same few typos over and over while adding more content! 😂

For a test, I'm going to edit this post to add the text, "first edit". Then I'm going to edit it again after 10 seconds to add the words "second edit".

Second edit.


Third edit:

Now that I manually refreshed, I can see "second edit", and when I edit the post, those words are there, but "first edit" is gone.

Here's a screenshot of my post immediately after adding the first edit:

You can see that it does not contain the words "first edit" at the bottom.

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Hey everyone! This is just a minor update that addresses a few issues with the recent v0.6.0 update. To see the full release notes of v0.6.0, check out the previous post: https://lemmy.world/post/25166612.

If you're enjoying Thunder and would like to show some support, star this project on GitHub! This helps gain visibility for the project and allows more contributors to help with the continued development of Thunder. If you'd like to show some appreciation, here is a post with details on how to donate to the active contributors of Thunder.

Now onto the update notes. This update mostly fixes some issues reported in the v0.6.0 update:

Changes

  • Modified user/community tooltips to show their full name by micahmo

Fixes

  • Fixed an issue with visual artifacts appearing on certain Android devices by hjiangsu
  • Fixed unintended keyboard popup when navigating back to main screen by hjiangsu
  • Fixed progress indicator not being displayed during post refresh on experimental post page by micahmo
  • Fixed comment reply/edit action not working on experimental post page by hjiangsu

Misc

  • Updated instances by @github-actions
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submitted 1 month ago by TIN@feddit.uk to c/thunder_app@lemmy.world

This just started happening today so probably something I've changed in the settings but I don't know what. Whenever I take a "back" action, the phone keyboard pops up. This is true if I swipe on my phone (system default action), or press back in the top left of the screen.

I've tried toggling the swipe to go back in the settings but it doesn't seem to impact this one.

Any ideas gratefully received, it's quite annoying

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submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by SolarPunker@slrpnk.net to c/thunder_app@lemmy.world

I'm trying the latest build on Izzy F-droid repo 0.6.0 and it has graphical issues changing pages and scrolling.

[edit] Solved in 0.6.1

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Hey everyone, Thunder v0.6.0 is finally here! This release cycle took a quite a bit of time but introduces a lot of new features, changes, and fixes which should make for a even better Thunder experience. If you have any suggestions or feedback, feel free to discuss it in the Thunder community or on GitHub.

For those using Google Play or the App Store, it may take a couple of days before you receive this update as it's currently going through app reviews.

If you're enjoying Thunder and would like to show some support, star this project on GitHub! This helps gain visibility for the project and allows more contributors to help with the continued development of Thunder. If you'd like to show some appreciation, here is a post with details on how to donate to the active contributors of Thunder.

I would like to again thank all the incredible contributors that have helped with Thunder so far, including all translators!

Now onto the update notes. This update brings a few major features:

🎉 New Features

  • Media Management: You can now manage your uploaded media directly in Thunder. To access your previously uploaded images, go to Settings → Account → Danger Zone → Manage Media.
  • Account Settings Import/Export: Easily migrate your Lemmy account information, subscriptions, and blocklists between instances. You can access this option under Settings → Account → Import/Export Settings.
  • Alternative Link Sources: Thunder now supports Archive Today, Internet Archive, and Ground News for posts. Access these alternative link sources from the post page overflow menu or by long-pressing a link thumbnail.

ℹ General

  • UI/UX Enhancements: Redesigned post and comment action sheets, improved video player and image viewer usability, and introduced quick image previews with long-press.
  • Minor Additions: Support for alternative text on images, inbox counts in the profile switcher, and new settings for theming and taglines.
  • Moderator and Post Actions: Added post reporting and tools for moderators to ban users or assign community moderators.

And much much more. I can't go through all the changes in the changelog, but for those who are curious, feel free to check out the full changelog below.

We have a Matrix space if you would like to join in on discussions: https://matrix.to/#/#thunderapp:matrix.org


Here are the changes between versions v0.5.1 and v0.6.0. For improved readability, internal issues introduced and fixed in nightly versions will be omitted.

Additions & Major Changes

  • Migrated internal video player package and updated video player controls by hjiangsu
  • Added additional searchable settings for account and debug settings by micahmo
  • Added reporter to post/comment reports by hjiangsu
  • Added support for displaying alternative text for images by micahmo
  • Added alternate link sources for links (Archive Today, Ghost Archive, etc.) by micahmo
  • Updated design of post action sheets by hjiangsu
  • Updated design of comment action sheets by hjiangsu
  • Added ability to report posts by hjiangsu
  • Added moderator actions (ban/unban user from community, add/remove user as community moderator) by hjiangsu
  • Added support for quick peeking images on long press by micahmo
  • Added unread counts to profile switcher by micahmo
  • Added reader mode for in-app browser by micahmo
  • Added ability to go to previous/next top-level comment using comment navigator in experimental post page by hjiangsu
  • Added video player viewing setting (in-app video player, browser, external app) by ggichure
  • Added ability to specify alternative text when creating/editing posts with images by micahmo
  • Added ability to navigate to modlog for removed comments by micahmo
  • Added option to toggle pure black mode when using system theme by hjiangsu
  • Added setting to automatically expand taglines by hjiangsu
  • Added support for managing uploaded media by micahmo
  • Added ability to import/export Lemmy account settings by micahmo
  • Overhauled account page to use feed related logic under-the-hood by hjiangsu
  • Overhauled image viewer to improve usability when zooming by CTalvio

Changes

  • Modified end of feed/comment message to be more generic by hjiangsu
  • Modified input hints to labels in create post page by micahmo
  • Updated feed logic to use image dimensions from API when available by hjiangsu
  • Updated condensed post view to show URL on link posts by hjiangsu
  • Updated feed to highlight the last tapped post by micahmo
  • Updated comment handling logic to handle additional comment link formats by micahmo

Fixes

  • Fixed theme settings page bottom spacing by ggichure
  • Fixed partial percent encoded links in markdown images by hjiangsu
  • Fixed create comment/post markdown toolbar visibility on certain devices by hjiangsu
  • Fixed certificate issue with LetsEncrypt for older Android versions by hjiangsu
  • Fixed incorrectly triggered end of feed when too many filters are applied by hjiangsu
  • Fixed inbox "Mark All as Read" not updating UI by micahmo
  • Fixed issue where inbox reloads when already selected by micahmo
  • Fixed layout jank when scrolling back up to post body by hjiangsu
  • Fixed issue with profile/hamburger visibility during feed refresh by micahmo
  • Fixed create post snackbar error message by hjiangsu
  • Fixed end of feed message being shown when more posts are available by micahmo
  • Fixed image viewer stuck in fullscreen mode by micahmo

Misc

  • Upgraded Flutter version and related dependencies by hjiangsu
  • Updated instances list by github-actions
  • Updated translations from Weblate by hjiangsu
  • Updated NDK version by gwbischof
  • Removed unused package dependencies by hjiangsu
  • Removed go_router dependency for navigation by hjiangsu
  • Migrated from uni_links to app_links for deep link support by hjiangsu
  • Removed unneeded image permissions for Android by hjiangsu
  • Fixed macOS build by gwbischof
  • Fixed additional linting and deprecation warnings by hjiangsu
  • Updated web build to use Drift database by gwbischof
  • Added app-link support for thunderapp.dev by hjiangsu
  • Migrated Android build to use gradle declarative plugin by hjiangsu
  • Added automated build workflow for Android by hjiangsu
  • Added documentation on database updates by micahmo
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I can't find the option, if there is one, to report posts that are breaking a communities rules for example.

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It's been happening for a while.

Here is the source of the above screenshot:

Wonder how much that stomach acid cares about the Alkaline^®^ topper. 
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An open-source, cross-platform Lemmy client for iOS and Android.

This community is intended to discuss features and feature suggestions for Thunder; as well as friendly, respectful talks about Lemmy in general.

Please use the GitHub repository linked below to submit bug reports, so keeping track of them is easier, and make sure to search first if you already can find an issue for your report.

If there are any developers who would like to contribute, feel free to reach out on GitHub!

General Links
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