Connect for Lemmy App

When blocking a community via a post that is in the Hot feed, the feed will scroll all the way the top of the feed, forcing a need to scroll through previously viewed posts to get back to where I was. This seems like a fairly recent change in the last week or two.

Hello!

Longtime Connect user, I would like to add a bug:

Since last version a couple of days ago, when someone posts a comment to a comment I posted in a thread, you get the usual little red number (1) and when you check out your new messages, there is their answer.

So far so good.

Now when I click the message to post an answer to their answer, and this is the bug, instead of showing my post plus the answer (in the corresponding thread) it only shows the answer!

So if the answer is "no" for example, I have no idea which one of my posts it refers to. This becomes problematic in threads with lots of posts.

HTH!

Cheers and thanks for this amazing soft!

/Valmond

If I edit a post and the press the submit arrow, it looks like it's posting, but then reappears at the edit screen. I have to back out, leave the confirmation box. The edit does actually work, so that's nice.

I've tried to post to factorio at lemmy.world twice now and it's gone to autism at lemmy.world

Kind of a two fold problem. First and most importantly, you press the profile button from the 3 lines menu on left of screen expecting to see your own profile and instead it displays someone else's profile who's not even on the same instance. The second is that now, changing user (I have one on one instance and another on another) goes to profile view rather than the front page or local or all of the instance for the chosen account (it is also of course, displaying the wrong user profile when it does this as well).

Though the choice of incorrect user profile seems to be random, it does settle on the one user and will always display that one. It seems to have selected someone from the lemmy.nsfw instance who likes AI porn in this case. I don't have any accounts on that instance and have never interacted with content they're commenting on lol.

Blocking a community from a post's ... menu causes the timeline to refresh. This only happens when blocking directly from the timeline, not from within the post. It also kind of happens when blocking from a community's page, refreshing that community's timeline but not the main timeline. The refreshing can be frustrating because it takes you back to the top of the timeline and you have to scroll all the way back to where you were.

I'm using version 1.0.200 from the Play Store.

I haven't seen this particular issue since early versions of Connect.

In the latest version the blurry images previews appear to have returned. Also a couple of versions ago, the article previews stopped displaying - it now just shows a link icon with the domain, rather than any image preview like you get on the default Lemmy UI (and previously in Connect).

Posting here to ensure @kuro_[email protected] is aware.

Is there a way to type in a server name and view any visible (to the user, on their instance) feeds or communities in isolation?

Let's say I'm curious to know what the top content available from lemmy.world is for a given day from my instance, lemmy.zip. Searching seems like the right solution, but unfortunately it doesn't present the data the way i expect (not only posts from that instance) and there doesn't seem to be a way to sort by either activity or recency of a given post.

It would be nice if the user could set up feeds akin to local that target any posts visible to the user from an instance of their choice. I'm hedging on the side that this behavior might already exist in some form, but if not feel free to edit the title to feature request.

If I'm not mistaken, in previous versions tapping the home button while already on the home screen would return to the top of the page and refresh. Version 1.0.198 does not do this

[email protected] is one I absolutely know is not getting blocked. (I detest short form video..)

Some blocked political communities still tend to show up as well. This is is absolutely not good for my own sanity and mental health.

I have some people who replied to a comment of mine that was itself a reply nested a few layers deep in a post conversation. When I tap the inbox entry it opens a section of the Post's comment thread but my original reply and the reply to my message are nowhere to be seen. In another app, this works fine.

No offence, but, is it just me, or does anyone else find the Connect for Lemmy app to be incredibly laggy?

I've been experiencing some seriously frustrating performance problems that are making the app almost unusable.

Initially, I assumed it was my internet connection, and/or my mobile device causing the slowdown.

However, after thoroughly checking my network speeds and stability, as well as my phone, everything seems to be running perfectly fine.

Yet the app continues to crawl, with:

• Slow page/post loads
• Potential UI responsiveness issues
• Images not showing before I tap on them, and then, when I DO tap on them, they are all super pixelated.
• When I assign my profile image via the Web, no matter the image, when I tap on the image to expand it, in this app, it is always super pixelated and crunched up.
• When I tap on the Communities that I moderate via the sidebar, I keep getting told that there are no posts, no matter which moderated community it is. But if I check them via another app, they work perfectly fine.

Commenting, Upvoting, Posting seem to be perfectly fine.

I'm curious if this is a widespread problem or something specific to my device/setup.

Has anyone else encountered similar performance bottlenecks with the Connect for Lemmy app?

Would love to hear about your experiences and potential workarounds.

Hello there, I see v194 beta got pushed but with no changelog.

What is in this release?

Thanks for working on connect, it's great!

Summary

Potential Implementation of a dedicated chat platform for Connect for Lemmy users, either through Discord or Revolt Chat, to foster community engagement, facilitate feature requests, and provide a space for user discussions.

Detailed Description

As a user of Connect for Lemmy, I personally believe that implementing a community chat platform could GREATLY enhance user experience and community engagement.

This idea is inspired by similar implementations in other Lemmy clients, such as Sync for Lemmy's Discord server.

Two potential options for this feature:

1. Discord Server:

   • Create an official Discord server for Connect for Lemmy users.
   • Advantages: Widely used, feature-rich, and familiar to many users.

2. Revolt Chat (https://revolt.chat/):

   • Implement an open-source alternative to Discord.
   • Advantages: Aligns with open-source principles, potentially more privacy-focused.

Proposed Functionality

• Dedicated channels for:
  • Feature requests and suggestions
  • Bug reports
  • General discussion
  • App updates and announcements
• User roles (e.g., moderators, developers, regular users)
• Integration with GitHub for issue tracking (if applicable)
• Polls for community feedback on potential features

Benefits

1. Improved user engagement and community building
2. Direct line of communication between users and developers
3. Centralized platform for feature requests and bug reports
4. Faster dissemination of updates and announcements
5. Potential for community-driven development and testing

Implementation Considerations

• Moderation needs and policies
• Integration with existing support channels
• Resource allocation for managing the community platform
• Privacy and data handling considerations

I personally believe that this feature would SIGNIFICANTLY enhance the Connect for Lemmy experience and strengthen our user community.

Proposed Features:

1. Ability for Moderators to Edit Communities: It would be incredibly useful if moderators could perform administrative tasks for the communities they manage directly from the Connect for Lemmy app. This could include:
   • Editing community information (e.g., sidebar text, community rules, descriptions, etc.).
   • Managing community settings (visibility, posting rules, allowed content types, etc.).
   • Deleting or archiving a community if necessary.

Other third-party apps, such as Summit for Lemmy, have implemented similar functionality, and it would be great to see Connect for Lemmy adopt this feature as well. This would streamline the moderation process and eliminate the need to switch to a desktop or web browser for these administrative tasks, similar to when Reddit allowed Mods/users to manage their subreddits via the Reddit App.

2. Ability to Create Communities from the App: Adding the ability for users to create new communities directly from the app would make Connect for Lemmy even more versatile. Many users rely heavily on mobile apps for their Lemmy experience, and this feature would make community-building a seamless experience for mobile-first users.

Benefits of These Features:

• Convenience: Moderators and admins can manage their communities on the go without the need for a desktop or browser.
• Efficiency: Reduces friction for users who often switch between the app and the web interface to perform administrative tasks.
• Feature Parity: Bringing these features to Connect for Lemmy ensures it stays competitive with other third-party apps like Summit for Lemmy.

Potential Implementation:

• The app could use the Lemmy API to perform these tasks, which should already support community moderation and creation functions.
• A section in the app’s interface dedicated to “Admin”, "Moderator Management",“Community Management”, etc. for moderators could house these features and ensure a smooth user experience.

I personally believe that adding these community management tools would take the app to the next level and enhance the experience for moderators and creators alike.

So, every other month it seems I go and try to find a different app for Lemmy that generally performs better in terms of some issues I have with Connect. As usual today I have done this and realised I really like this app and others just fall flat for various different reasons as always happens.

So I guess this is a request to please update connect just to fix a few bugs and stop some frustrations in my day to day use. Anyone else that has reoccurring issues maybe please just add to this thread in the hopes of just ironning out a few issues that ruin the experience of what otherwise is a fucking great app!

My first major issue is the handling of images. This issue was introduced in the last update I believe. Image loading can be painfully slow sometimes which it never was prior but is something I can live with, what is more frustrating is when an image is present but blurry as a lot appear whilst "loading" but then upon completion it displays the following error page instead of the image -

If I download the image from this screen it will save the correct image so there is an issue somewhere with the image itself being displayed within app. I haven't seen this error with gifs however they will sometimes just never load showing a black screen with no error, I believe this is only with jpeg?

The other most frustrating thing to deal with is the app refreshing itself when you switch to another app on your phone. This does not happen all the time but does it often enough to be very frustrating. Even when I am in the middle of a reply to a comment or post, I switch to a browser or whatever to copy a link and switch back and the app will refresh itself to "frontpage: hot" feed. This is especially frustrating when trying to reply to ransom threads on /all as I then may never find what I wanted to reply to again or it takes an inordinate amount of time scrolling.

In a similar vein if you do post a reply to something, after that reply has been sent it will again default back to "frontpage: hot" so by responding to any threads you totally lose your place on a feed, as someone who browses all a lot this is incredibly frustrating! Again, it never did this in the past that I remember.

Moderator tools would also be amazing but I dont really care to much about this when compared to these issues above.

Eternity is the closest I've found to the experience I get here but the deal breaker there for me is it won't download anything unless it has notification permissions and nothing gets notification permissions!

It's been a while since I've seen any updates. Is this app still being maintained? If not, what's a good alternative?

Like the title says, I accidentally blocked someone. I tapped the three dots under someone's post and then accidentally tapped again as "block user" fell under my thumb. This user doesn't seem like someone I want to block, so I would like to unblock them. I found the "blocklist" under my profile, which says it lists blocked instances, communities and users; but (while I haven't blocked any instances), I only see communities. That said, it's not allowing me to scroll through the blocked list, so possibly the blocked user is lower in the list. If I navigate to the user in question, I see how to block them again, but no option to unblock them.

How do I find a blocked user and how do I unblock them? Thanks in advance.

Currently the 'Parent' button takes you to the top-level comment of the thread. Could it be split into two buttons, one of which takes you to the immediate parent comment?

My phone freezes once or twice a week when opening Connect, and only with that app. It's been this way for a couple months maybe. Just curious if anyone else has experienced this.

For reference, my phone is a Galaxy S21 Ultra.

When I post a comment in a long thread, submitting that comment causes the app to jump back to the top of the post. On long posts, it's a pain in the neck to scroll back to find where I was.

Is anyone else having this issue?

I was just making a post on another community, and after writing it out, I went to revise the title, and subsequently the post body disappeared. Might be related to including an image upload. Had to rewrite the post body and ended up shortening it quite a bit.