Mlem for Lemmy @lemmy.ml Eric @lemmy.ml 5mo ago

2.0 Beta Megathread

Welcome to the Mlem 2.0 Feedback Megathread! This is where we will be posting changelogs for the Weekly TestFlight (the Stable Pre-Release changelogs will get full posts), so check back here to see what's new!

This is also the place to post feedback on the Weekly beta (or you can just open an issue on our GitHub if that's your style).

Please be aware that this is an early beta build, may be missing features you consider essential. See the "Roadmap" section of our 2.0 release post for more details.

If you want to join our Weekly TestFlight group, you can do so here.

If you would rather join the Stable Pre-Release group, which receives curated, stable pre-release builds, you can do so here

2025-01-24

Features

Added comment search
Links to loops.video clips are now embedded directly as videos. This behavior can be disabled in Settings -> Links -> Embeddings.
Image viewer controls are now shown on an overlay rather than through the context menu
You can now control which types of inbox notifications should be counted in the tab bar badge (Settings -> Tab Bar -> Notification Badge)
Added a setting to show an indicator on website thumbnails (Settings -> Post -> Thumbnail -> Website Icon)
Added a setting to show settings icons (Settings -> Accessibility -> Settings Icons)
Added a setting to display downvotes separately in compact posts (Settings -> Posts -> Show Downvotes Separately)
Redesigned post and comment settings

Bug Fixes

Fixed a crash related to the bubble picker
Fixed comment menus erroneously displaying all actions when “show all actions in feed” is disabled
Audio now mixes with audio from background apps (e.g., Music) rather than pausing them
Fix “the data could not be read because it is missing” error popping up

2025-01-17

Features

Added the community Modlog
You can now filter the Modlog by action type
You can now remove individual items from the Recent Searches list
Admins can now view registration applications
Admins and moderators can now appoint/demote other admins and moderators

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where the cake day label on a user profile would say "11 months ago" rather than "1 year ago"
Fixed a visual glitch when dismissing sheets (it should also be more performant now)

2025-01-10

Features

Added Recently Searched to the search tab
Added an indicator next to the names of communities you've subscribed to
You can now edit private messages
Added settings for the tab bar "profile" icon and label
Your new posts now appear immediately in the feed

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where refreshing a post would sometimes crash the app
Fixed a bug where a comment you've just posted wouldn't appear under a post until you refresh

2025-01-03

Features

Added the instance modlog
Keyword filtering can now be toggled on/off
Added the error log under Settings -> Advanced -> Developer -> Error Log
Added "sign out" as a context menu action in the account switcher
Tweaked the background color of the Solarized theme

Bug Fixes

Filtering by instance in Search now works correctly
Keyword filters are now included in the Settings import/export
The image viewer now appears correctly when tapping on an image inside of a sheet

2024-12-27

Features

Added new chat-style private message view
Added the ability to send private messages to users from the ellipsis menu of a user's profile page
Added keyword filtering
Collapse animations are now disabled when system-wide “Reduce Motion” setting is on
User links in a report are now tappable
Added a mark read indicator for when the system-wide “Differentiate Without Color” setting is on

Bug Fixes

Fixed comments not loading when opening post from a link
Fixed swipe-to-dismiss images not working on iOS 17
Fixed a crash related to navigation
Fixed sent messages appearing unread

2024-12-20

See this post

2024-12-13

Features

Video audio can now be heard. Change whether videos should be muted by default at Settings -> General -> Mute Videos.
The inbox now loads more items when you scroll to the bottom.
Added the profile editor.

Bug Fixes

Image filenames are now preserved when saving to Files or to the Photo Library

Known Issues

Swiping to dismiss a sheet with a video playing sound causes the first moment of audio to play a second time.

2024-12-06

Features

Admins can now purge users
Tweaked the appearance of the OLED theme
The downvote button is now hidden if your instance has it disabled
An "image too large" message is now shown if you try to upload too large of an image
Lemmy tokens are now redacted from the error toast text

Bug Fixes

Fixed image uploading sometimes getting stuck
Fixed tapping a community in the sidebar on iPad not going to the community if you had a post open
Lemmy tokens are now redacted from the error toast text

2024-11-29

Features

Added a "Max Comment Depth" setting, which controls how many comments are shown in a thread before showing the "More Replies" link

Bug Fixes

Fixed guest account last used date not always updating correctly
Fixed community "Outdated Feed" popup not refreshing correctly when switching accounts with "Reload on Switch" off

2024-11-22

Features

Added the ban action for moderators and admins
Added the option to disable infinite loading (i.e., manually load each next page)
Updated feed loading behavior. Loading performance should be improved when browsing with read posts hidden on feeds with many read posts, and some quirky behavior around refreshing and switching feeds should be resolved.

2024-11-15

Features

Added the block list (Settings -> account)
The post title and community is now displayed on comments in a user profile or in the inbox

2024-11-01

Features

"Swipe anywhere to navigate" setting. Note that this cannot be active at the same time as swipe interactions.
Compact posts now show saved status

2024-10-25

Features

Moderated feed
Fediseer integration (Trust & Safety tab in the instance view)
Basic account settings
Added code blocks to Markdown tools
Added the option to confirm image uploads

Bug Fixes

Fixed placeholders being shown in comment editor
Fixed cache size readout not updating when cache is cleared

2024-10-18

Features

Moderator action to remove content
OLED theme
Easy-tap links
Autoplay animated media (iOS 18 only)
Refined expanded post view

Bug Fixes

Fixed not being able to import settings files not created by Mlem

2024-10-11

Features

Search posts
Updated search design
Collapse post content
Pin and lock
Default Sidebar Visibility setting

2024-10-04

Features

Added preliminary video support:
- .gif, .webp, .mp4, .m4v, and .mov media can now be played by tapping the play button; tapping elsewhere opens the media viewer.
- Currently the only controls are tap to play/stop.
- Planned features, roughly in order include:
  - .gifv support
  - Thumbnails for .mp4/.m4v/.mov/.gifv content
  - Pausing
  - Scrubbing
Updated design to use rounded rectangles
Added the ability to edit posts
Added more Markdown buttons: inline link, code block, and user/community/instance links
Added a new comments indicator
Added instance uptime statistics
Expanded post can now be refreshed
Added sign up prompts for new users
Expanded posts now show if they've been crossposted with links to the crossposts
Added a page for rendering deeply nested comment threads. Navigating to a comment (e.g., from inbox) will open this page.
Added the ability to create crossposts from the post share menu

Bug Fixes

Fixed iPad confirmation dialog appearing in the wrong place
Fixed iPad sidebar navigation
Fixed Markdown blocks would sometimes being truncated
Fixed mark read on scroll not respecting the setting
Fixed an issue preventing swipe actions on the account list and subscription list views
Fixed some crashes

2024-09-18

Features

Improved mark-read-on-scroll behavior
- This feature is only available on devices running iOS 18. On iOS 17, the old behavior will be used.
Added dark and tinted app icons for iOS 18

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where swipe actions were interfering with scrolling on iOS 18
Fixed an issue where image context menu actions would fail on certain instances using image proxies

2024-09-14

Features

Added image uploads, both for image posts and inline in post/comment bodies
Added compact comments
Added sign up to onboarding flow
Added a settings import/export system (Settings -> General -> Import/Export Settings)
- Added the ability to save the current settings state and restore to that snapshot
- Added the ability to export the current settings state as a JSON file
- Added the ability to import settings files
- Added settings migration from v1 (pending 1.3.5 release to App Store)
Added image proxy failure handling. If your instance’s image proxy fails, you can now choose to manually bypass the proxy and load directly from the image host. This behavior is fully opt-in.
Added sorting and filtering options to search

Bug Fixes

Improved scroll-top-comment behavior
Fixed an issue where the image viewer would open at extremely low resolution
Fixed an issue where the comment editor sometimes wouldn’t submit the right text

2024-09-02

Features

Added two new color themes: Solarized and Dracula
Added the ability to include links and images in posts
Significantly optimized image handling, resulting in a smoother feed (especially in the Tiled layout) and a more responsive image viewer
Added a "new account" flair

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue where the image viewer would not work on instances using image proxying
Fixed a compatibility issue with versions running Lemmy v0.18

2024-08-29

We got a ton of great feedback from our initial release, and have implemented a number of new features and bug fixes:

Added mark read on scroll (Settings -> General)
Added a default feed setting (Settings -> General)
Added a setting to adjust haptic behavior (Settings -> General)
Fixed the lock icon being the wrong color

We’ve got a lot more in the works, so if you commented yesterday with a bug or feature request that isn’t mentioned here, stay tuned! We expect to be releasing builds fairly rapidly over the next few days.

2024-08-28

This is the initial beta release. We're still bringing 2.0 up to feature parity with 1.0--this build should have everything you need to browse and interact with Lemmy. Please note that post creation and moderation tools are not currently supported in the 2.0 build--post creation is in active development and moderator tools are a high-priority item, so if you want to join the beta but those are important to you, check back in a week or two!

We've also got some new features:

Markdown support
Tiled post layout
Keep place on account switch (allows you to switch accounts without fully reloading the app)
Guest accounts
Color themes