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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by evgiz@lemm.ee to c/avelon@lemm.ee

Heyo everyone,

This update brings a few cool new features, most notably:

  • Smart link previews
    • Now shown in comments and posts
    • Previews for communities, users and regular links
  • Image carousels
    • For posts with lots of images!
  • iPad support
  • Layout/ui tweaks
  • Bug fixes and other improvements

Check out this image gallery in the latest build to see how it works:

(just scroll through it!)

I figured (like some other devs) that some iPad support is better than none. Though the layout is not built from the ground up for iPad, it now fills the whole screen and pushes in some content. This is similar to how other apps like Apollo did it, and it looks much nicer than than a scaled up phone app. I haven't had time to test this version much, so please let me know if you discover any weird stuff.

The update also introduces a custom markdown rendering system that enables me to add things like link previews and image carousels. Seems to work pretty well now, but could definitely be some bugs with it for certain posts - if you find any, let me know!

Hope you enjoy the update!

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[-] Jackolantern@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Hey man, I’m trying out the this latest update and it’s been great. The UI looks sleek as always. And there’s little slowdown now compared to before when switching post viewing.

I also love that you added a link preview, however can this be tweaked so that user name mentions doesn’t show a preview? But I don’t think that’s possible.

I’m also getting used to not having a hide read button. But it will be a lot better if there is a choice for one.

Over all, the update has been great. Feels a lot more stable. And thanks for adding iPad support. Will test that later.

Thank you! Keep up the good work!

this post was submitted on 12 Aug 2023
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