Roadmap V3 (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Too much as changed since Roadmap V2 was created. So we are starting fresh again to clean up the clutter!

If you have any feature requests, please feel free to comment them here.

Planned changes

Offline mode (view posts, comment, vote all offline with an offline engine that tracks everything and performs the actions once network is established).
Add upvoted/downvoted posts and comments to saved.
Change homepage from settings.
Setup wizard.
Extremely out of date version check?

Specific user requests

All user requests have been implemented. Feel free to suggest features!

Stretch features (nice to have but I need to do more research)

Possible integration with mastodon/? (needs research)
Support kbin?
Tag users + Sync between devices?

Completed features

Support sending content to the app to use for later.
Add "reason" for mod actions.
Add option to reordering comment/post format tools
Support switching instances to any instance (even if you are not sign into that instance).
Add new top level screen which displays your user profile.
Add support for tablets.
Add a way to customize the comment menu (the menu that has the overflow, add comment button and upvote/downvote buttons).
In the multi-community build, indicate which communities you've subscribed to. Also list subscribed communities maybe by default or have some way to only see subscribed communities.
Comment filters (by keyword)
Add a way to customize the post quick actions menu.
Notifications/Push notifications
Mod actions.
Create & edit communities
Add a way to make one action easy to access. Eg. a way to do one tap hide read.
Show publish and modified date in the post header/comment header
Add option to hide all controls by default when in image viewer.
Multi-instance feeds support (eg. Subscribed communities from multiple accounts)
Support for locales other than English
NSFW mode
Update bookmark icon based on whether the item is currently bookmarked or not
Improve controls for post instance switching. Consider things like: adding a banner when the post is not the same instance as the account, better messaging around instance inconsistencies and switching freely between instances on a post.

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago

Thank you! I look at your roadmaps as an inspirational and motivational texts. I really admire what your Lemmy client looks like, its feature richness and polish... The idea of supporting full offline mode is ambitious and I don't think any (even among paid options) Android Lemmy app supports it, so I'm really awe-struck. Keep going on like this and kudos for the excellent work!

[-] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

This looks promising.

Is it possible to show gifs from gif hosting sites in the community page. So can see gifs without opening the post.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

I was under the impression this was already supported. Any link that ends with .gif should already auto preview in the app. Can you link an example?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago

Just an example:

Looks likes this in community page. I mean video preview/autoplay is not available unless it's opened.

After opening the post, it starts to autoplay.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

Sorry for the late reply, I had totally forgotten about this bug report. I found the post you linked however it plays without opening the link. I'm not sure if I fixed the bug but forgot to list it. Can you try the latest version of the app (v1.25.0) and see if the issue is still happening?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Hi, thanks for the reply.

Look like I was not able to explain very clear.

My question: Is it possible to stream the gif and videos linked in a post without opening the post at all? Same like the preview of images is visible on homepage without opening the post.

In the first screenshot, one can see linked image without opening post while video/gif's are not visible unless

I found the post you linked however it plays without opening the link.

Yes, it plays without opening the link. But, for it[Video/Gif] to play one need to open the post. Hence, my question above.

Apart from that app is super smooth and optimized. Really appreciate all your hard work. Cheers.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Ah I see. This looks like a bug as you can play the video without opening the post in some layouts but not others. I'll have this fixed for the next update. Thanks for reporting.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Thank you. For ref, using Card 3 layout.

[-] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I am really enjoying what you have made so far!

One quick suggestion, you should add a link in the app to where we can tip/donate/pay you besides Patreon.

I know that in most apps I am more likely to give money if there is a single quick option rather than a subscription.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Oh actually I remember now why I didn't add Kofi. Google is pretty picky about adding different payments methods that aren't google play into the app (because they don't get to take a cut of your income). I've gotten into trouble with this in the past so to avoid it I just don't explicitly link payment/donation methods in the app. That's why there is a "patreons list" screen instead of a page about how to donation. If you are interested in donating on kofi you can find the link on the community description of this community.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Very cool, thanks for the info!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I have kofi but I think I made it after adding patreon to the app. I'll add it for the next update. Thanks!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Thanks. Btw is it me or is there no option to set a default feed? It always defaults to All for me when I select Subscribed.

And also, where's the source?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

To set a homepage, go to any community or feed you want to be the homepage. Then tap the three dots button (bottom right). Select set as homepage.

The app is close sourced so the source is not available.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

There's a github repo for it, so I suppose the source will be available someday?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The github repo is only for hosting the APK. Every time I do a release push, a script is run to build and generate a signed APK. That APK is then pushed from the private repo to the public one.

This is done because some users prefer to get the app from something that's not Google play.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

I see. Do you plan on releasing the source?

[-] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

No.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

aight. thanks for the info.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Can I suggest two options?

Automatically trigger the keyboard when making a comment (I swear I'm not that lazy, but many apps do this, so I am always tricked waiting for it to automatically pop up without any interaction on my end lol).
Modify the FAB to your liking, for example, the default option hides read post, holding it up brings up more options or a second action etc.

Greetings!

[-] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

I'll add (1) for the next release. (2) sounds a lot more involved so it will be on the roadmap. Honestly though (2) is a bit of a departure from my original design intentions of the app. I'll need to think about adding this to the app while still making it intuitive.