Heyo everyone,

This update brings a few cool new features, most notably:

  • Smart link previews
    • Now shown in comments and posts
    • Previews for communities, users and regular links
  • Image carousels
    • For posts with lots of images!
  • iPad support
  • Layout/ui tweaks
  • Bug fixes and other improvements

Check out this image gallery in the latest build to see how it works:

(just scroll through it!)

I figured (like some other devs) that some iPad support is better than none. Though the layout is not built from the ground up for iPad, it now fills the whole screen and pushes in some content. This is similar to how other apps like Apollo did it, and it looks much nicer than than a scaled up phone app. I haven’t had time to test this version much, so please let me know if you discover any weird stuff.

The update also introduces a custom markdown rendering system that enables me to add things like link previews and image carousels. Seems to work pretty well now, but could definitely be some bugs with it for certain posts - if you find any, let me know!

Hope you enjoy the update!

  • loopy
    2·
    1 year ago

    Just started using the beta. It is very smooth and my new favorite lemmy app.

    I would love to see a toggle for “default external links to Reader Mode.” The search function was a little difficult to find with the arrow in Explore; idk if there’s a way to have the search more accessible. And I would love to see some icon options whenever in the future.

    Fantastic app though. I love the theme options built-in and smooth UI.

    • evgizOPM
      3·
      1 year ago

      Cool, thanks! Reader mode is a good idea, I haven’t actually used that before but would definitely be nice to avoid all those pesky popups etc. I’ll try adding it soon!

      • loopy
        1·
        1 year ago

        Thanks! I appreciate you considering the feedback. And again, thanks for the app. I just heard about it, and it is crispy clean.