Any plans to add the swipe the bottom to go back feature from Apollo?
Any plans to add the swipe the bottom to go back feature from Apollo?
First post! I’m using the memmy beta and really impressed so far how easy it is to use - really like the UI as well but one feature I really liked on Apollo was being able to swipe right over the bottom of tabs to go back rather than having to reach for the back button at the top of the screen. Would be a great quality of life feature for me don’t know how others feel?
Hi there o/ Glad to hear that you’re enjoying the app! (especially the UI :P)
This is definitely something that has been considered and will likely be implemented soon. We didn’t actually know about it until a few users told us about it on our Discord server.
Also quick note, you don’t need to tap the top, you can just swipe from the far left side at any point.
Give us a shout if you have any other suggestions or concerns surrounding the app. We may not reply to all of them, but we definitely read them.
Awesome to hear and great work on the app so far! Ahh ofc! That was also a feature on Apollo as well iirc? I think the way I discovered the bottom swipe option was initially finding the swipe from far left occasionally made me upvote a comment instead so I found the bottom swipe was more reliable.
Defo still much easier than tapping back at the top so happy to discover that functionality exists!
Please also consider full screen swipe, it’s generally more accessible on bigger phones. Swiping the bottom row requires thumb gymnastics as well. It’s easy to test.
Normally the thumb rests towards the middle of the screen.
Wow, this is the first I’m hearing about wiping the bottom in Apollo (after years of using it), and the first in hearing about swiping left from the top in Memmy.
Great little feature!
Adding onto the post, Apollo offered both left and right swipes from the bottom to move back-and-forth. If possible, I’d recommend seeking out a video demo of the stuff Apollo offered if you wanna add in as many features as possible.
Oh also, you could do the API key trick to (temporarily) bring back Apollo and mess around with its settings; that should give you enough of a base to figure out which UI elements and features you wanna add.
Used Apollo for years and didnt even know that feature existed...my poor hand
Haha yeah the reason I got Apollo in the first place was being sick of the shit clunkiness of the native app let alone ads every 5 posts - so when I got Apollo I was amazed at how customisable it was and sat there for like a good while configuring it to be perfect for me and that’s how I stumbled on that setting!
Really good quality of life feature so would love to have that functionality here as well
Yea I learned about it 4 months ago and it’s also great for when you accidentally go back you can also go to the previous page or post that was seen
Man what the hell same here lol. I used it for like 6 years and never knew that
Hi the Memmy Team, I also love your app! I’m new on Lemmy & in the Fediverse but I really like the experience of browsing Lemmy communities with Memmy.
Like OP I was former user of Apollo, and the feature I missed the most is this option that allows you to collapse an entire comments thread by doing a left swipe from a comment (sorry I don't know how to describe it, I'm not English native!)
Perhaps you’re aware, but tapping a comment will collapse it and all children. It doesn’t collapse upwards like Apollo did, but it’s not nothing.