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Voyager 1.15.0: F-droid, app startup default feed, touch-friendly links (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by aeharding@lemmy.world to c/voyagerapp@lemmy.world

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Let's jump in!

(BTW, Voyager 0.14.0 didn't get a dedicated release post, so check it out here!)

New features

F-droid and reproducible builds

To start, I'm happy to announce that Voyager is coming to F-droid later this week! This is really cool, but it's even cooler because Voyager's build is now reproducible. That means that F-droid independently builds and verifies that the APK bundle I provide on Github Releases (and the Play Store) is compiled from the referenced source code without modifications. It's a pretty nice security enhancement — even if you aren't using the F-droid build.

Set default feed on app startup

Previously, logged in users were always sent to their home feed when the app starts up. Now, you can configure it in Settings! Choose between All, Home, Local, Community List, or even select a custom community. General -> Default Feed.

Note: you must be logged in to use this feature
Note 2: Selected default feed is unique to your logged in user

Touch friendly links

Fat fingering links can suck. So there's now a list of links in each comment in a touch-friendly format, Apollo-style! (And yes, you can turn this feature off in General -> Touch Friendly Links.)

Quick subscribe from community search results

Now, searching for communities provides a quick subscribe button! Thanks @sharunkumar!

More!

That's not all - for example, community and user blocks is now sorted alphabetically (thank you, @ismailghedamsi). Check out below for the list of all changes in this release!

What's Changed

feat: add a way to quickly subscribe from search results by @sharunkumar in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/713
Add custom default open feed by @aeharding in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/769
Add touch friendly links by @aeharding in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/773
Sort blocked list by @ismailghedamsi in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/760
Fix post not hiding properly when partially off screen with swipe by @aeharding in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/787
Add toast upon save success by @aeharding in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/786

New Contributors

@ismailghedamsi made their first contribution in https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/pull/760

Full Changelog: https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/compare/1.14.6...1.15.0

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[–] Sentau@feddit.de 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Friendly reminder to donate to the dev if you want to show appreciation for the work being done. Does not matter if its a small amount, it is the gesture that matters and something is better than nothing.

Edit : People can check the community sidebar to see where to donate

[–] aeharding@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

💙

[–] kenbw2@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wanted to donate without using Github's payment system

Can I donate to a PayPal or similar?

[–] aeharding@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Yes - https://liberapay.com/aeharding

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love the touch friendly links. I'm noticing that they aren't happening on posts, only comments. Is this intentional?

Also, what are your thoughts on rending images inline in comments like they are in posts?

[–] aeharding@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I’m noticing that they aren’t happening on posts, only comments. Is this intentional?

Yes - this is how Apollo did it. I might change it, I'll think about it :)

Also, what are your thoughts on rending images inline in comments like they are in posts?

I believe there's a feature request on Github. If it is implemented, it will be behind a setting, and off by default.

[–] Cheradenine@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

I love the links, however, my fingers are no thinner. Should I raise an issue on GitHub, or with my doctor?

[–] dandroid@dandroid.app 3 points 1 year ago

I believe there's a feature request on Github. If it is implemented, it will be behind a setting, and off by default.

I totally agree with that. Back when I used Jerboa, which has this on by default, I saw some nasty stuff posted in comments that I didn't have the option to not see.

But also, I made a bot to show live stats for hockey games in comments, and the logos of the teams don't render because of this. So I really wish I had that feature as an option. I would work on it myself, but I'm a bit intimidated to get working on a new project, as the initial work of getting familiar with a project is the hardest part.

[–] nix@merv.news 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Amazing! Thanks for all the hard work!

All im missing is the ability to set the inbox button to default to unread and for it to be easier to tell if a notification is unread or not in dark mode. Currently I can’t tell because the difference in color is very minimal and the counter doesnt change

[–] aeharding@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks! I think there's a github issue for the shortcut.

Can you elaborate on the notification color issue? Maybe a screenshot?

[–] nix@merv.news 2 points 1 year ago

Oh sweet, and yeah sure here’s a screenshot

Here is a read and unread message, its really hard to tell which is which, I can barely tell they’re different colors

[–] J12@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

You the MVP OP. Thanks for continuing to make the app better.

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago

Great news!

[–] fisco@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you very much 👍🏼

[–] CorporateJapan@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is per community sorting an option? Or is it something that could be implemented later on? Thanks!

[–] Owljfien@iusearchlinux.fyi 2 points 1 year ago

I would love to see this feature

[–] aeharding@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Not implemented but it could be!

[–] randomaccount43543@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Did you mean 1.15, not 0.15?

[–] aeharding@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Ope!

[–] SkullHex2@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Can you add a way to sort comments differently than posts?
Thank you for everything you've been doing for the community, as always

[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not seeing 1.15 available anywhere :(

[–] aeharding@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’ll take usually less than a day to get through the App Stores

[–] ultratiem@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Already up on the App Store, updated earlier 🙏

[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So it's not available yet? I'm using Obtanium BTW.

[–] aeharding@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh it should be with Obtainium!

[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

It wasn't when I posted that comment but it is now, thanks!