Summit

Changes so far:

• Improve performance of hide read by using API to hide some read posts.
• Add new FAB quick action - refresh posts.
• Add listing type search filters (eg. filter by local, moderator view, subscribed).
• Add feature to scroll post feed with volume rocker. Can be enabled in settings (Post feed). Default off.
• Add setting to turn off saving recent communities.

The backlog of community suggested features is huge and I am slowly burning through it woohoo.

Full changelog

• Add support for featured posts on Piefed instances.
• Add setting to wrap comment headers if they are too wide. Default: on.
• Add setting to have "Hide read" on when the app is launched. Default: off.
• Add feature to highlight new comments. Can be enabled/disabled in settings. Default: On.
• Change default setting for FAB quick action: None -> Hide read.
• Fix some link parsing issues.
• Fix a bug where community is "reset" and position/sort order is lost when app is killed and recreated.
• Fix an issue where video players are not getting deallocated correctly.
• Fix a bug where the comments footer disappears if "show navigation bar on post" is enabled.

It's been a while since the last release and there have been some changes. This release adds some general improvements to the app, fixes some bugs and adds some small features. See the full changelog (below) for details.

Full changelog

• Rewrite how actions are handled by the client. This enables some of the features below.
• Add new error state for comments that are unable to be sent/update that is viewable within the post itself.
• Add hide post as a quick action option.
• Add setting to show domain for links for the compact layout.
• Update dialog implementation. This should mean all dialogs should now support Material You.
• Update action details dialog.
• Improve how the app persists data. This should make crashing when returning back to the app less common.
• Update inbox so that messages are automatically marked as read on quick reply.
• Fix a bug where the downvote button would sometimes disappear.
• Fix the version name so it is v1.72.0
• Fix a bug where the bottom bar is showing when it's not supposed to when viewing a post.
• Fix a bug where some screens have incorrect padding.
• Fix a bug where scroll to next/previous comment doesn't work in certain edge cases.
• Fix a bug where some links are mistakenly treated as Lemmy links.

Update

I accidentally didn't bump the minor version so will be doing another release, also made more improvements.

• Fix the version name so it is v1.72.0
• Fix a bug where the bottom bar is showing when it's not supposed to when viewing a post.
• Improve how the app persists data. This should make crashing when returning back to the app less common.

Update 2

Minor change.

• Update inbox so that messages are automatically marked as read on quick reply.

Update 3

Bug fixes.

• Fix a bug where move to next comment will not work (used for the features relay navigation & volume rocker navigation).
• Fix a bug where going back to a post will not restore the scroll position.
• Fix a bug where certain system gestures will conflict with gestures in the app.

Update 4

More bug fixes. Will be released as v1.72.3.

• Fix a bug where some screens have incorrect padding.
• Fix a bug where scroll to next/previous comment doesn't work in certain edge cases.
• Fix a bug where some links are mistakenly treated as Lemmy links.

Update 5

More bug fixes. Will be released as v1.72.4.

• Lock the side bar when the post screen is open or opening.
• Fix a bug where Fediverse links behave incorrectly.
• Fix a bug where some bottom sheets are not inset correctly.

Update 6

More bug fixes. Will be released as v1.72.5.

• Fix a bug where original images are not loaded when a thumbnail is tapped under certain circumstances.
• Fix a bug in the post screen. Previously if comments fail to load, the loading spinner will appear forever. This behavior has been changed so that an error message is displayed instead if comments fail to load.
• Fix a bug where the "restore settings" dialog will not show the list of setting backups.
• Fix a bug where a blank screen is shown is two posts are tapped at the same time.
• Improve error handling.

Update 7

Fix bullshit. Released as v1.72.6.

Update 8

Found a pretty bad bug that was introduced recently. Will push out a fix as v1.72.7.

• Fix retry logic on network calls not retrying properly and instead returning cached values.

Will be tracking the roadmap by year going forwards.

Planned changes

• Offline mode (view posts, comment, vote all offline with an offline engine that tracks everything and performs the actions once network is established).
• Setup wizard.
• Extremely out of date version check? (Eg. if the app version you are using is over x versions out of date)
• Export tables as part of export settings. Currently there is a limitation for the import/export settings feature. It only supports settings which are represented as key-value pairs. However some settings are represented as lists and these are stored in tables in a db. This change will require the app to know how to import/export a table as well as possible showing this option to the user.
• Revisit the "more options" menus. Some of them are getting too long.

Specific user requests

• Take screenshot from post feed.
• Add “I’m feeling lucky” button. Not sure where to add this. Maybe on the "Search" screen somewhere.
• Allow users to choose to check unread counts for more than just the current account. Also surface the unread counts for other users somehow.
• Add option to navigate by side bar (like the OG apps from material 1)
• Add some way to indicate a community is one you are subscribed to everywhere in the app. Eg. When searching for a community in the community selector, in the suggestions window when drafting a post/comment or in the seaech community screen in multicommunity or filter by community in search.
• https://lemmy.world/post/27467193
• add option to import communities from Reddit
• add setting to separate recent communities, bookmarks and history by account.
• https://lemmy.world/post/27608794
• each post in the feed should have a ‘mark as read’ button I can tap easily, when hit post auto hides.
• 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.
• https://lemmy.world/post/29147076/16965825
• add FAB quick action to refresh the post feed.
• add setting to download file to folder based on community: https://lemmy.world/comment/17081662
• https://lemmy.world/comment/16965825
• think about how to support sharing as a ULR and as a "mention".
• share image URL via unproxied link. Details: https://lemmy.world/post/29634477
• add search options to search by special feeds such as subscribed, local, or moderator view.
• Inline embeds similar to Discord/Slack - https://lemmy.world/post/30227433
• Sports Mode. It’s a toggle for viewing comments in a post that automatically refreshes every 15 seconds, which is really great for participating in live threads.
• Add setting to disable recents in community selector.
• Add a way to sort communities by number of times visited on the device: https://lemmy.world/comment/17413948
• Fix "All subscribed" feed bugs. Eg. https://lemmy.world/post/27333742/17419576
• Add a setting to make long tap the gesture to show the UI in the image viewer and make single tap close the image viewer.
• Add suggestions for community to post to in the create post fragment based on post history
• Add setting to force wrap post/comment headers when using icons.
• Add a "marker" tool to the built in image editor.
• Add a setting to auto-lock videos in the orientation based on the aspect ratio of the video and the device screen aspect ratio.
• Add a setting to adjust the maximum height (or maybe width?) of an embedded image (eg. an image within a comment).
• Add setting to the rich text editor toolbar to display a label for each action.
• Hide Downvote Button on Instances with Downvoting Disabled
• Add option to hide actions in the rich text editor toolbar.
• Add setting to optionally use a GIF's metadata to determine whether to loop or not instead of auto-looping.
• Add option to change the color of the badges on the bottom bar so that different colors indicate different things. https://lemmy.world/post/32520561
• Add option to set default language id. https://lemmy.world/post/32603224
• Add support for deleting communities & transfering communities in app. https://lemmy.world/post/32893291
• https://lemmy.world/post/33177509
• Add setting to choose between different strategies of adding a "cross-post" disclaimer. Options are: Never, Always, and Only if url is blank.
• Add support for templates for more mod actions.
• Add support for templates for posts possibly.
• Add support for grouping multiple cross-posts together (like piefed web).
• Add support for Piefed topics/feeds (https://lemmy.world/post/33653279)
• Add hide duplicate posts (as opposed to just marking them as read).
• Add setting to have hide read default to on.
• Add preview of the link to the link options menu. https://lemmy.world/post/34986545
• Customize cross-post template https://lemmy.world/post/34859588
• Add biometrics/pin to access an account. Obfuscate account in the account switcher. https://lemmy.world/post/34877873
• Add setting to disable read "state" in the UI for the post feed.
• Add "edit comment" or "edit title" to quick actions. https://lemmy.world/post/35218074
• Add setting to allow "peeking images". https://lemmy.world/post/35237886
• Special state for URLs that are already visited (like in a browser)
• Add setting to show full date/time instead of relative date/time
• Smart blocking (https://lemmy.world/post/37055213)
• Add setting to add color or icon to upvote % stat (https://lemmy.world/post/37207640)
• Client-sided "read later" list (https://lemmy.world/post/37587737)
• Add another way to switch accounts (https://lemmy.world/post/37760726)
• Add suggestions to search bar (https://lemmy.world/post/37794282)
• Handle "lemmyverse.link" links (https://lemmy.world/post/37899747)
• Add option to not collapse comment completely and instead only collapse child comments (https://lemmy.world/post/23930346/19963773)
• Add setting to hide all or some FABs (https://lemmy.world/post/37632207)
• Add feature to edit/move bookmarks
• Show a more detailed loading UI when refreshing the post list.

Stretch features (nice to have but I need to do more research)

• Possible integration with mastodon/? (needs research)
• Support Mbin?
• Sync between devices?
• Turn chat in Summit into a "first class" feature.

Completed

• Add haptic feedback to some actions such as voting and posting/commenting
• Do not retry on send comment/post errors. Offer a way to retry sending a comment/post.
• Add a setting to disable/enable parsing 4 numbers separated by dots as ip addresses. This is currently always enabled in the app.
• Full content layout but with cards.
• Add an optional "header" design to the community feed. Make the header configurable.
• Add a setting to change the behavior of long pressing ... button in the post screen.
• Feature to allow user to swipe to go to next post.
• Add setting to enable/disable text in bottom nav.
• Support opening instance links in-app. Eg. https://ttrpg.network/
• Add setting to show a label for accounts that are new.
• Allow gestures to work in both directions.
• Make defaults for videos configurable. Eg. Default volume in the post feed.
• Share button in the community info screen.
• Add setting to choose default browser.
• Add something in the settings that instructs the user on how to change the app language.
• Add setting to disable suggestions in the community selector sheet.
• Load more posts when reach end of posts when swiping between posts.
• Add setting to not use full bleed images in full post views.
• Add share option to screenshot screen.
• Make the "actions bar" in the post list configurable.
• Suggest/show previously created tags in tagging dialog.
• More video player settings: hide ui elements when play selected, tap anywhere to play/pause video.
• 3rd option instead of always hiding or always showing avatars: show avatar if set.
• Adjust spacing between posts in posts feed.
• Add setting to make it so that tapping the thumbnail image in list layouts will open the link instead of loading the post below it.
• Reselect "Search" in bottom bar to focus on search bar.
• Add setting to change the gravity of navigation rail buttons. Eg. top, center or bottom.
• Filter posts based on domain of URL.
• Setting to inline images only in DMs.
• Support viewing crossposts of a post.
• Add some font size choices between normal and small.
• update community info screen UI
• surface the create community button in more places (reddit app surfaces this option in the side panel)
• improve the create community screen
• Add a section to the side panel for moderated communities
• Add option to loop videos
• Add option to unblur NSFW images when in NSFW communities
• Add a setting to make op of a post easier to spot
• Add setting to auto focus search bar when search screen selected.
• add setting to hide banner (visibility = invisible) if feed does not have a banner.
• improve how deleted posts are handled - https://lemmy.world/post/27293304.
• Improve moderation tools - https://lemmy.world/post/27333742
• Add detailed unread counts for each category (similar to gmail)
• admin stuff: https://lemmy.world/comment/16862280
• Add thumbnail url field to post screen
• Add "alt text" field to create post screen.
• Allow choosing a language for posts/comment
• Add support for PieFed
• Add screen to view all uploaded content
• several users have brought up the "hide read" filter option. Will need to revisit the best way to do this again.
• Add setting to show bottom bar on post screen
• update Summit's website to state it's open source.
• add a setting to match web for marking inbox items as read. Eg. only mark inbox item as read if reply or if check mark is pressed.
• Add a setting to hide the "Mark all as read" FAB on the inbox screen, some alternative options are to allow users to change what the FAB does or add a warning to the button when pressed.
• add setting to set a max height (by px) for full content layouts.
• Add custom layout setting for inbox screen. Specifically to support a "full" layout.
• maybe surface search within community in more places?
• https://lemmy.world/post/29147076/16862280
• Revisit how settings (specifically Settings search) is implemented
• Instead of showing a circle when votes are hidden, show nothing instead.
• allow admin/mods to comment in locked posts.
• comment headers are still cutting off for super long instance names or user names. (also post headers: https://lemmy.world/post/34057973)
• see if there is a way to check which comments were made since the last time you viewed a post and to highlight them somehow (apparently boost does this?). If this isn't possible, add an option to highlight new posts (maybe with an adjustable time range). 15m seems like a good amount of time.
• 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.
• Add some way to search from within a community (auto-filter by community).
• add url domain to compact layout (like web)

If anyone is interested in helping with translations, please see the link below. If anyone has any questions feel free to post them here! Thank you in advance to all translators!

https://github.com/idunnololz/summit-for-lemmy/wiki/Translations