Lemmynade Alpha v3 — Chats, better inbox, scaled sorting, optimizations galore

cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/7792059

Hey testers! Here's another update to add to the winter charm.

If you're new here, Lemmynade is the refreshing mobile web app and desktop site for Lemmy, currently in active development. Follow !lemmynade@lemm.ee for announcements and updates like these.

This release brings private messages, an improved inbox, and scaled sorting to the table while greatly improving your Lemmynade doom scrolling experience. Huge thanks to the valuable testers that have taken time to report bugs and submit ideas.

Open Lemmynade →

What's New

• Private Messages can now be viewed and replied to under Inbox → Chats
• Scaled Sort (new to Lemmy 0.19.x) is now available as the "Spotlight" sorting option throughout Lemmynade (named this way to make more sense to the average user)
• Infinite Scrolling has been rebuilt from the ground up. Your scroll position is now saved correctly, everything is faster, and many bugs have been exterminated.
• The Inbox has been updated with infinite scrolling, slightly faster loading times, and simplified filtering
• Your Home Feed tabs (My Feed, Local, and All) can now be switched between without loosing your place
• In addition to long-pressing on user/community names, you can now Block & Unblock users and communities on their individual pages from the ••• menu
• Upvoted & Downvoted Posts are now browsable from dedicated sections in your Account page
• Profile Age can now be seen from user profile pages

Removed

• Support has been dropped for instances running Lemmy 0.18.5 and lower. This was a tough decision, but will ultimately allow faster, more focused development on new features while we're still in alpha testing.
• Vote scores have been removed from user profile following changes made in the latest Lemmy update

Fixed & Improved

• Context menus and dialogs are snappier with better animations and reworked interactions
• The top and bottom app toolbars are now a bit smarter about when they auto-hide
• Fixed an issue that prevented clicking or tapping on action buttons on post pages
• Minor bug fixes and improvements have been made in preparation for desktop layout down the road
• Links in the feed and on individual post pages now use the same description (as they should)
• Fixed an issue that caused images to flash when opening a post
• The one-time-password field on the login page is now always shown to accommodate discrepancies between instances for the time being until the login page redesign
• Fixed an issue that sometimes caused the description of a post's attached URL to overflow outside of its container
• Fixed an issue where posts were being marked as read from post feeds if your finger touched them while scrolling
• A heart has been added to the top of the home page to make it easier to support Lemmynade's development
• Many other minor bug fixes and improvements

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If you have any questions or ideas, submit feedback or drop a comment below. Enjoy!

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