Summit

Can we get YouTube thumbnails please. In fact thumbnails for all the things would be nice, but especially YouTube.

First of all, let me say, there's tonnes I like about Summit, but the inbox isn't one of them.

There's so many clicks to provide basic info. Have to click to see the full reply and then can't see what it's in reply to or if there's replies to it. I would love if this experience could be improved. As things stand, I have to switch to Sync for Inbox management.

I am one of the Lemmy maintainers and work on the project fulltime together with Dessalines. Our work is funded by donations, but these are gradually going down and don't even cover a single dev salary now (see join-lemmy.org). That's why we added a new donation dialog in 0.19.11 which is shown once a year to every user:

Many people use Lemmy exclusively through apps, so we would greatly appreciate if you could add such a dialog to your app too. The logic is relatively simple:

• From the /api/v3/site response, check my_user.local_user_view.local_user.last_donation_notification
• If the date is more than one year ago, display a dialog like the one above with buttons Donate, Close
• When Donate is clicked:
  • Open https://join-lemmy.org/donate
  • Close dialog
  • Call POST /api/v3/user/donation_dialog_shown to hide dialog until next year
• When Close is clicked also call the donation_dialog_shown endpoint

To test this functionality with a 0.19.11 instance, run the SQL query update local_user set last_donation_notification = '2024-04-07 09:05:06'; which shows the dialog for all local users. You can reuse the code and strings used in lemmy-ui.

Thanks for your consideration!

Great app, love the customization and look forward to the new sidebar version coming out.

There are three things I'd love to have.

One, when I load the feed, set the 'hide read posts' option as default on. So when I load the feed I don't have to hit ellipses then hide read posts again. Make it persist even if I change sorting mode.

Two, each post in the feed should have a 'mark as read' button I can tap easily, when hit post auto hides.

Third, a button that scrolls down kind of like the scroll to next comment thread functionality, with the up and down buttons, BUT it scrolls the main feed screen by a page at a time.

Thanks so much for the app I'm loving it as a long long time reddit user who used many paid and free apps.

Kinda like boost does, when there is a new comment on a post I've already seen, the comment is colored. Can you do something like that?

Great app other than this issue!

1. Be in account 1
2. Switch out to account 2
3. Get all the way to commenting on a post in the feed with no visual indication that anything is wrong
4. Instance mismatch; you can't submit the comment, nor even save the post to your account

This has happened to me several times now and getting the mismatch popup to appear to switch instances seems to be difficult to trigger. It'd be nice if there was a manual button or constant indicator showing what instance you're on and prompting to switch if there's a mismatch.

Galaxy S21 FE 5G stuck on Android 12 (don't ask lol; long story)

The issue: tapping on a Lemmy link from outside the Summit app doesn't always redirect to the exact destination, but rather to Summit's homepage (subscribed communities feed).

The workaround: in case anyone is annoyed by this problem, while waiting for a fix you could try Lemmy Redirect on F-Droid. After installing it, you set it as default app for Lemmy links (make sure to open its default system settings and enable all the instances to be opened with this app). It perfectly fixed the issue and it's a good workaround while waiting that it is fixed in the Summit app itself.

This would be nice since it's effectively useless, at least as far as I can tell.

Issue Summary:
When accessing a user's profile in Summit for Lemmy and attempting to view their profile image, the image initially fails to display and shows a black screen. However, tapping the "X" to close the image viewer and then re-tapping on the profile image resolves the issue, allowing the image to be displayed and zoom functionality to work as expected.

Steps to Reproduce:

1. Open Summit for Lemmy and navigate to a user's profile.
2. Tap on the user's profile image.
3. Observe that the screen displays blackness instead of the profile image.
4. Tap the "X" to close the image viewer.
5. Re-tap the user's profile image.
6. Observe that the profile image now loads correctly, and zoom functionality works as intended.

Expected Behavior:

When tapping on a user's profile image, the image should display correctly on the first attempt, allowing users to zoom in/out or interact with the image immediately.

Actual Behavior:

On the first tap, the profile image fails to load and shows a black screen. The image only appears after closing the image viewer and re-tapping the profile image.

Device Information:

• App Version: 1.58.7
• Device Model: GALAXY S24
• Operating System: ONE UI Version: 6.1, Android Version: 14

Additional Notes:

• This issue impacts user experience negatively and may cause confusion for users trying to view profile images.
• Reproduction of the issue appears consistent across attempts.

Please let me know if further details or logs are required to assist in resolving this issue. Thank you!

Yes I did technically "read" the comment when I viewed it, but I prefer to be in control of which comments I mark as read individually.

On the desktop web interface, only replying to the comment or clicking the checkmark marks the comment as read.

Is there any way for Summit to match the behavior of the desktop version?

Recently joined badge is barely visible here, while comment age and upvote percentage are both completely obscured

Lemmy version 0.19.4 added the ability for admins and mods to comment in locked posts. This comes in handy somtimes.

https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/pull/4488

https://join-lemmy.org/news/2024-06-07_-_Lemmy_Release_v0.19.4_-_Image_Proxying_and_Federation_improvements

Hi,

First of all: thank you for this really nice app. I had been looking for a good open source alternative to Sync for quite a while now and I think this might be it! Love how customizable it is.

One thing I'm currently missing is being able to see the type of post in the "compact" feed view. A picture post and a link to an article that has a preview image, for example, cannot be distinguished.

Sync has this really nice layout where there's a thumbnail on the left and then on the right it shows the content type. You can tap that button on the right to open the content (either show image in viewer mode or open link in browser).

Would make this app basically perfect for me if this could be implemented.

If I receive a notification (for example, when someone replies to my post/comment), I tap on the notification to open the app, and then proceed browsing the app; when I open the left tray by swiping from left to right I can see my bookmarked communities (which include any multi-community that I've set up) but I can't see any of the communities I'm subscribed to.

• Swipe gesture actions don't work in the inbox view. I often find myself instinctively swiping to Upvote and/or reply on comments in my inbox, but it doesn't work unless you click through to open the comment thread. Would be convenient to have them work right there in the inbox.

• Automatically hide the default banner from the header of Subscribed, Local and All feeds. It's nice to have the Post View Header setting on for communities, but the home page feeds doesn't have banners so it's just clutter. Possibly also automatically hide the banner and/or icon for communities that doesn't have a custom one set?

• Option to have left-to-right swipe act as "back" button on all screens, including menus. Would help using the phone one handed.

• Option to have "Confirm exit or save draft" dialogue pop up when exiting a post/comment you've typed in but not sent. More convenient than manually saving drafts, doesn't automatically clutter your saved drafts like auto-saving does and still works as a safeguard against accidentally losing long unsent posts.

• View "Remote Local" function - ie what the Local page looks like on an instance other than your home, but without changing accounts. Good for finding new active communities, especially on smaller instances.

• Remote instance community browser. Basically just a list of all the communities on a given instance that you can click through. Another good way of finding new communities.

I've had to scroll so far just to get to the next post. An option to limit

As an Android user, I have been enjoying Summit via the Play Store, and have also explored the GitHub APK option.

However, I was curious if Summit has ever considered the potential possibility of expanding Summit to the iOS platform?

This would likely appeal to a broader audience and open up more opportunities for users across different ecosystems.

Currently, Summit is well-represented on the Android side, and considering iOS compatibility could enhance its reach and user base SIGNIFICANTLY.

I personally believe that this would be a strategic move to grow Summit's presence in the mobile app market.

I wanted to bring to your attention a feature from Voyager for Lemmy that could be a valuable addition to Summit.

Voyager has a "Migrate Subreddits" tool designed SPECIFICALLY for Reddit users transitioning to Lemmy.

This tool streamlines the migration process by helping users easily find communities on Lemmy that are similar to the subreddits they've subscribed to on Reddit.

The process in Voyager is straightforward:

1. Users log in to their Reddit account and access their subscription list via the "multireddit of your subscriptions" link available in the sidebar.
2. They copy the link and paste it into Voyager, allowing the tool to automatically search for corresponding communities on Lemmy.

This feature significantly lowers the friction for users migrating to a new platform by minimizing the effort required to find and rebuild their communities.

Has Summit ever considered incorporating a similar "Migrate Communities" feature?

It could be an excellent addition to assist new users transitioning from Reddit, making it easier for them to rediscover and reconnect with the communities they care about most.

Such a feature could also enhance Summit's onboarding process and attract a growing audience of users exploring alternative platforms.

If this is something Summit could implement, it might be worth exploring further.

Image of "Migrate Subreddits" Feature on Voyager:

EDIT:

The way that it works is: when you enter the Multireddit link, it will show up like this:

And if you then tap on the link that you just added, you will get this:

And then, if you tap on one of them, depending on whether or not there is a Lemmy community alternative to the subreddit: you will either get this:

This:

Or this:

I want to know if it's possible to have my feeds be completely separate if I have multiple accounts. I have two accounts I like to keep them completely separate from each other. It looked at first like that was happening on summit but then I realized that the accounts were being blended together and the results I would see on my feed was the combination of the two accounts. Is there a setting somewhere or something on the roadmap that will allow us to have these completely separated?

It would be great to at least have an option for swiping left-to-right to work as the "back" button, even in menus.

Currently it only seems to work if you've got a post open. If you for example swipe left-to-right when viewing a community, the left side drawer menu with your subscriptions opens instead.

I personally find the back button a little hard to reach with my right thumb, and having the swipe to go back be consistent helps using the phone one handed.