Hey everyone, Thunder v0.5.0 is finally here! This release cycle took a quite a bit of time, but introduces a lot of new features, changes, and fixes which should make for a even better Thunder experience. If you have any suggestions or feedback, feel free to discuss it in the Thunder community or on GitHub.

If you're enjoying Thunder and would like to show some support, star this project on GitHub! This helps gain visibility for the project and allows more contributors to help with the continued development of Thunder. If you'd like to show some appreciation, here is a post with details on how to donate to the active contributors of Thunder.

Important: Your feed settings (default feed type and sort) will now be based on your Lemmy account settings. The previous feed settings will now ONLY apply to guest accounts. As such, you may have to re-configure your default feed type and default sort type if you were previously using the in-app settings.

Now onto the update notes. This update brings a few major features:

🎉 New Features

• The inbox page has been completely re-written with an updated design to more closely align with Material 3 design guidelines. There's also been a number of fixes to support quick actions within the inbox page (e.g., voting, saving, etc).
• Thunder now respects more of your Lemmy account settings including your default feed/sort settings. You can update your display name, bio, email, and much more in the new Account Settings page. You can also quickly switch between different accounts to modify your Lemmy settings across all your authenticated accounts.
• Additional Lemmy 0.19.x features have been added to Thunder including the ability to hide posts, custom thumbnail support, site content warnings, and more. We are still continuously working on bringing Thunder up to feature-parity with Lemmy, so let us know what features you would like to see.
• Custom user notes/labels are now available in Thunder! This will allow you to add any custom notes to a given user. You can add user labels from the settings page via Settings -> User Labels. Alternatively, you can add labels through the action sheets by long pressing on a given comment and selecting User -> Add User Label.

ℹ General

• The create/edit button for posts and comments have been moved to the markdown toolbar. This should hopefully make it more accessible for one-handed use.
• URL filtering has been added to keyword filters. Simply add a new keyword filter with a URL, and it should be hidden from view.
• Link sharing has been improved to support additional media/external links.

And much much more. I can't go through all the changes in the changelog, but for those who are curious, feel free to check out the full changelog below.

We have a Matrix space if you would like to join in on discussions: https://matrix.to/#/#thunderapp:matrix.org

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Additions

• Refactor inbox page by hjiangsu
• Add additional account settings by hjiangsu
• Add support for custom user labels by micahmo
• Add support for hiding posts by micahmo
• Add ability to create links to app settings by micahmo
• Add account birthday indicator to users by micahmo
• Add ability to import/export local app database by micahmo
• Add post/comment language metadata by micahmo
• Add community stats for community visibility/local subscribers by micahmo
• Add ability to create block quote from selection when commenting by micahmo
• Add ability to re-order user accounts by micahmo
• Add ability to upload multiple images at a time for a post/comment by hjiangsu
• Add support for site content warnings by micahmo
• Add support for custom thumbnails in posts by micahmo
• Add ability to sort inbox by ggichure
• Add ability to view post as a different user by micahmo
• [Experimental] Add debug setting to customize image dimension timeout value by hjiangsu
• [Experimental] Add new experimental post page by hjiangsu

Changes

• Extend keyword filters to URLs by hjiangsu
• Remove page scroll animation when switching between bottom navigation items by hjiangsu
• Decrease layout jank originating from images within comments, and improve image error states by micahmo
• Disable account switching when editing post/comment by micahmo
• Defer loading image dimensions when opening image preview by micahmo
• Improve link sharing for images/video URLs by micahmo
• Show placeholder icon for posts without thumbnails by micahmo
• Allow snackbars to be closed on action by micahmo
• Immediately remove blocked users/communities from feed, disable ability to block self by micahmo
• Use community/user display names globally by micahmo
• Show community/user sort type on community/user headers by micahmo
• Use user/community format styling to cross-posts by micahmo
• Fallback to opening non-Lemmy instances in browser by micahmo
• Improve feedback when subscribing/unsubscribing to community by hjiangsu
• Move create/edit post button into markdown toolbar by micahmo
• Move create/edit comment button into markdown toolbar by micahmo
• Show voting when hidden scores are enabled by hjiangsu
• Add option to navigate to user's instance from post actions by micahmo
• Disable "Subscriptions" sort type option for guest accounts by micahmo
• Remove images from push notifications, improve UnifiedPush logic by micahmo

Fixes

• Fix table column markdown alignment by hjiangsu
• Fix mark post as read when previewing media on 0.19.4 by hjiangsu
• Fix sidebar lag when subscribed to a large amount of communities by hjiangsu
• Fix superscript/subscript parsing edge cases by micahmo
• Fix image overflow when rendering inside a spoiler tag by micahmo
• Fix issue where optimistic voting would not reflect upvotes/downvotes properly by micahmo
• Fix post text preview showing raw markdown by hjiangsu
• Fix snackbar positioning when opening/dismissing keyboard by micahmo
• Fix labeling and minor semantics by micahmo
• Fix text field spell check causing exception on ** text by hjiangsu
• Fix minor typo in 'Change Password' page by wadamT
• Fix semantics for link information by hjiangsu
• Fix share text post by micahmo
• Fix image proxy handling by hjiangsu
• Fix for markdown toolbar not showing above system keyboard by hjiangsu
• Fix dim read posts setting not being applied for card view by hjiangsu

Misc

• Fix macOS build errors by hjiangsu
• Remove javaToolchain binaries by hjiangsu
• Remove push package Android dependency by hjiangsu
• Update PR template by hjiangsu
• Update instances by github-actions
• Update translations from Weblate by hjiangsu
• Update Turkish localizations by mikropsoft
• Migrate anonymous instances to database by micahmo
• Minor under-the-hood feed related changes by hjiangsu
• Improve parsing of video speed setting by micahmo
• Move experimental push notifications under experimental flag by micahmo
• Add more push notifications debugging by micahmo
• Migrate draft storage to local database by micahmo

New Contributors

• wadamT made their first contribution

Hello people!

We wanted to make a short announcement regarding posts in here. We would like to encourage you to keep posting feature suggestions/discussions about this app or lemmy in general.

Please use the GitHub issue tracker for bug reports however, since it is important for us to keep track of those and they don't require a discussion anyway.

Have a great day!

P.S.: We also have a matrix space now, if you want to join and hang out with out :)

Is there any way to keep this little banner expanded so I always see whatever the featured community is?

@thunderbird @thunder\_app

Bonjour, Je me demandais s'il était possible d'exporter uniquement une "fiche" d'un contact sur #thunderbird ? (et pas le carnet en csv :).

J'ai regardé là : https://forums.mozfr.org/search.php?keywords=exporter+un+contact

Je n'ai pas vu la question ??? Est-ce si facile ou personne ne s'est posé la question ?

Et sur les add-ons, il est proposé une extension CardBook... des pbs sont reportés sur le forum...

Merci d'avance de vos retours.

Amicalement, bon dimanche

José

I haven't used the app in a while but I'm looking for a new one.

In the past day or so, vote tallies ceased to be visible.

Main feed:

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Post and comments:

!

I can see how I voted, but the vote totals are no longer displayed.

This can't be an instance issue, as other apps display the vote totals just fine.

Is there some setting which I accidentally toggled, or was there some update under the hood which broke this?

Anyone else encounter this issue?

The image link in question:

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Screenshot of web UI of this post:

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I just crossposted something using Thunder and another user let me know that my crosspost did not show that the other post was the original.

See here: https://lemmy.ca/comment/11901004

Not sure how that can happen but seems like a bug in Thunder then?

Hi.

When using my tablet (Android 13, Lenovo) to post in Thunder I always get the following error message:

type'_Map<String, dynamic> is not a subtype of type 'String'

What I did:

• Turn off tablet, turn on tablet
• several alternative keyboards
• all system updates
• newest app version
• deleted Thunder and reinstalled it

This happens since about three or four Thunder updates have passed. Before that it worked fine.

Is it a bug? Or might it be a problem on my end?

I haven't received a notification from Thunder in a few weeks. I double-checked the settings to make sure "Enable Inbox Notifications" is enabled, and it is.

Anyone else have issues with notifications recently?

Feature Request:

Optional timer to pop up a warning based on when the viewer opened the app. This is to help limit usage. Ideally either have the timer based on time open this time or total usage time per day/week.

cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/17669686

> When an inline video is present, Lemmy Connect doesn't display it - just a blank space. > > Eg. This post, number 10: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/28135123 > > On the web interface it works, so it ought to work in Connect too. >

It seems that Thunder has this issue as well.

Hey, I love the app but I’ve never reported a bug before so I’m not sure if this is a bug or if I’m doing something wrong.

It used to show the vote counts next to the votes. Now, it only shows how I voted. Example:

On a post: !

On a comment (see upvote on first comment): !

So please let me know if I have a setting wrong or what. I have Thunder 5.1 and and an iPhone. Thanks for any help you can give!

Fixed!

!

> TwilightKiddy@programming.dev > Check if Settings → Account → Show Post/Comment Scores is on. It's an instance-side setting to hide the scores.

Any chance we can have an option in the various swipe gestures to collapse a comment chain up to the parent? I loved this feature in Apollo. Right now, tapping a comment collapses just that comment, but not sure how to collapse up.

When crossposting a text-only post, Thunder automatically populates the body field with a link to the original post and quotes any existing body text. This is good.

When crossposting a link post, the body field is empty. No link to the original post is added to the body field, nor is any body text quoted. This is not good.

I'm new to this app here. I come from Boost and wanted to try something new. I do like the app, however I have issues writing comments or posts.

My keyboard will cover the area where my text is, so while typing I am unable to read what I type.

If I want to read or correct my text, I need to tab the back button to close my keyboard.

I didn't find anything in the settings to prevent that. My keyboard is not floating.

Here are some screenshots:

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^ I can't see the lower few rows of text.

!

^ after tabbing back to close the keyboard I can read but not correct. Tabbing on the text will open the keyboard, which will cover my text again.

!

^ installed version

My phone is an Android Oppo A5s (CPH1909).

Thanks for any help!

For almost the entire time I've been using Thunder, my default view has been by subscriptions. I'm not sure if something changed and this got deleted, or for new feature was added and didn't taken to account the subscriptions, but I'd like to set it back to that being my default view.

Is there currently no way to write or answer direct messages?

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/18159531

> > Updated! Updates are shown in quote text like this. > > # An Apps Experiment > > ## Introduction > > This is an experiment I performed out of curiosity, and I have a few big disclaimers at the bottom. Basically, I've seen a lot of comments recently about one app or another not displaying something right. Lemmy has been around for a while now and can no longer be considered an experimental platform. > > Lemmy and the apps that people use to access the platform have become an important part of people’s lives. Whether you are checking the app weekly or daily, and whether you use it to stay up on the news or to stay connected to your hobby, it’s important that it works. I hope that this helps people to see the extent of the challenge, and encourages developers to improve their apps, too. > > ## How I did it > > I wanted to investigate objectively how accurately each app displays text of posts and comments using the standard Lemmy markdown. Markdown is a standard part of the Lemmy platform, but not all apps handle it the same. It is basically what gives text useful formatting. > > I used the latest release of each app, but did not include pre-releases. I only included apps that have released an update in the last 6 months, which should include most apps in active development. I was unable to test iOS-exclusive apps, so they are not included either. In all, 16 apps met the inclusion criteria. > > > I also added Eternity, which is in active development, although it has not had a recent update. I was able to include several iOS apps thanks to testing from @jordanlund@lemmy.world – Thanks, Jordan! This made for 21 apps that were tested. > > Each app was rated in 5 categories: Text, Format, Spoilers, Links, and Images. I chose these mostly based on the wonderful Markdown Guide from @marvin@sffa.community, which was posted about a year ago in !meta@sffa.community (here). > > I checked whether each app correctly displayed each category, then took the overall average. Each category was weighted equally. Text includes italic, bold, strong, strikethrough, superscript, and subscript. Format includes block quotes, lists, code (block and inline), tables, and dividers. Spoilers includes display of hidden, expandable spoilers. Links includes external links, username links, and community links. Images included embedded images, image references, and inline images. > > > Thanks to input from others, I also added a test to see if lemmy hyperlinks opened in-app. There was a problem with using the SFFA Community Guide that caused some apps to be essentially penalized twice because there was formatting inside formatting, so I created this TEST POST to more clearly and fairly measure each app. > > In each case, I checked whether the display was correct based on the rules for Lemmy Markdown, and consistent with the author’s intent. In cases where the app recognized the tag correctly but did not display it accurately, that was treated as a fail. > > ## Results > > Out of a possible perfect 10, only 3 apps displayed all markdown correctly: > > ### Jerboa (Official Android client) - 10.0 > ### Alexandrite - 10.0 > ### Voyager - 10.0 > ### Summit - 9.7 > ### Photon - 9.3 > ### Arctic - 9.3 (pending) > ### Interstellar - 9.1 > ### Lemmy-UI - 9.0 > ### Thunder - 8.9 > ### Tesseract - 8.6 > ### Quiblr - 8.1 > ### mlmym - 8.0 > ### Lemmios - 8.0 (pending) > ### Mlem - 7.5 (pending) > ### Boost - 7.3 > ### Eternity - 7.0 > ### Sync - 6.9 > ### Connect - 6.7 > ### Lemmynade - 6.1 > ### Avelon - 5.7 (pending) > > More details of testing here > > > ::: spoiler Disclaimers > > ## Disclaimers > > ### I Love Lemmy Apps (and their devs) > > Lemmy apps devs work very hard, and invest a lot in the platform. Lemmy is better because they are doing the work that they do. Like, a LOT better. Everyone who uses the platform has to access it through one app or another. Apps are the face of the entire platform. Whether an app is a FOSS passion project, underwritten by a grant, or generating income through sales or ads, no one is getting rich by making their app. It is for the benefit of the community. > > This is not meant to be a rating of the quality or functionality of any app. An app may have a high rating here but be missing other features that users want, or users may love an app that has a lower rating. This is just about how well apps handle markdown. > > ### This is pretty unscientific > > You’ll see my methodology above. I’m not a scientist. There is probably a much better way to do this, and I probably have biases in terms of how I went about it. I think it’s interesting and probably has some valuable information. If you think it’s interesting, let me know. If you think of a better way, PM me and I’d be happy to share what I have so you don’t have to start from scratch. > > ### My only goal is to help the community > > I do think that accurately displaying markdown should be a standard expectation of a finished app. I hope that devs use this as an opportunity to shore up the areas that are lagging, and that they have a set of standards to aim for. > > I don’t have any Apple things > > Sorry. This is just Android and Web review. If someone would like to see how iOS apps are doing, please reach out and I’ll share how we can work together to include them. > > ::: >

See the test comment in the comment section of the original post (this is just a cross-post). Thunder is doing pretty well but has a few things not showing entirely correct.

So is this Thunder itself or some app it is deferring to whose config I should look at?

Basically videos start out dim for a few seconds until the video controls fade out. This means the first few seconds of every video are basically unwatchable, and with short videos this is all or most of the video. For example https://lemmy.world/post/17884719

Is it possible to add support for selecting multiple media items at once? Would like to post content, but haven't found any client that supports this. Selecting individual items is cumbersome.

If I start writing a comment, but decide "nah, not right now" and back out, my partially written comment is "saved as draft".

If I go back to the comment, the partially written comment is "restored from draft".

• Are drafts stored indefinitely?
• Is there a way to see all my current drafts?
• If I keep creating new drafts without ever finishing them, will my storage get full?
• Is there any way to delete drafts?

In this example, some commenters are joking around and placing angle brackets (less than, greater than) around their comment's text. As a result, the comment text does not display.

It does display in a web browser or Voyager. Raccoon also does not render the comments, though strangely it does render that last comment in the chain. Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that the comment includes an apostrophe and comma, unlike the others.

Hi, I'd like to switch from Boost to Thunder permanently but the lack of moderator actions is the final hurdle.

Being able to remove posts is a good start, but not being able to do anything with comments is a bit of an issue for me. Any idea when this feature might be added?

I'm currently trying out the Thunder app on my Pixel 4A. When I open the menu on the left side of the screen, the app always stutters. Occasionally, it also stutters when I scroll through my feed.

Full height images have been enabled in card view but I'm still seeing cropped off portions

Version: 0.4.0

Votes don't show up in both posts and comments. Issue began upon updating to 0.4.0

Logged out and in. Nothing changed.

Sometimes when I am scrolling through a comment feed, I somehow make this dialogue pop up and it seems to involve comments with links in them. I don't like it and I don't know how I am making it happen, it just gets in the way.

Long short, how do I make it stop or disable it entirely? It happens very often.

Title. I apologize if this is not the appropriate location to report bugs or other issues, or if this has been reported before, or if this is an issue larger than Thunder.

I noticed this morning that despite having it set in settings, opening a post's media will not mark it as read, as it had previous to today. I've switched the settings on/off, restarted the app, restarted my phone, all to no avail.

If I need to report this elsewhere or provide more information, let me know. I went to GitHub originally, but I don't have an account over there, and didn't see an option to report an issue without one.

Thank you in advance.

Is it possible to have link posts in compact layout while other posts are in cards layout? I miss this feature from Boost and Eternity.

Hey everyone, Thunder v0.4.0 is finally here! This release cycle took a bit longer than usual, but as a result, introduces a lot of new features, changes, and fixes which should make for a even better Thunder experience. If you have any suggestions or feedback, feel free to discuss it in the Thunder community or on GitHub.

If you're enjoying Thunder and would like to show some support, star this project on GitHub! This helps gain visibility for the project and allows more contributors to help with the continued development of Thunder. If you'd like to show some appreciation, here is a post with details on how to donate to the active contributors of Thunder.

A quick reminder: if you are using the Google Play version or App Store version, please note that it may take a bit of time before you receive the update. Now onto the update notes. This update brings a few major features:

🎉 New Features

• The comment creation page has been fully re-built from the ground up and introduces a few new features, including the ability to specify the comment language, ability to comment as a different user, and addition of spoilers to the markdown toolbar. If you have any suggestions or feedback regarding these changes, feel free to make a new issue on GitHub!
• There is now initial support for video playback on Thunder! The built-in video player should work with most video URLs (that end in a proper video extension) and should work with YouTube URLs. Additionally, you can customize some video settings such as playback speed, auto-mute, auto-play and more in the Settings page. The video player is still experimental, so there may still be some issues present.
• Additional customization options including the ability to customize the colours of actions (upvotes, downvotes, saving, etc.), hiding thumbnails from the feed, showing user/community avatars, and much more.

ℹ General

• There have been improvements to the overall UI/UX across the board. This includes improvements to the pure black theme, improvements to markdown rendering of tables, quotes, and more.
• There have also been a lot of changes under-the-hood to hopefully improve the overall performance and reliability of actions. As a result of these changes, there may still be some issues that were not caught during testing. If you notice any general issues, please make a new issue on GitHub.

And much much more. I can't go through all the changes in the changelog, but for those who are curious, feel free to check out the full changelog below.

We have a Matrix space if you would like to join in on discussions.

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Additions

• Updated create comment page UI and added language selector to comments by hjiangsu
• Added ability to comment as a different user by micahmo
• Added spoiler to markdown buttons by micahmo and hjiangsu
• Added support for selecting discussion languages by iparks99
• Added support for new sort types as defaults by micahmo
• Added option to show user/community avatars by iparks99
• Added an option to hide thumbnails in feed by iparks99 and hjiangsu
• Added option to use profile picture for drawer by micahmo
• Added support for customizable action colors by micahmo
• Added selectable post/comment text by micahmo
• Added notification debugging section by micahmo
• Added confirmation message when unsubscribing from community by micahmo
• Added experimental support for video player by ggichure and hjiangsu
• Added sort options in instance explorer by micahmo
• Added ability to perform empty search in Search by micahmo

Changes

• Show individual unread counts in inbox page by micahmo
• Improved missing post snackbar message by micahmo
• Improved spoiler appearance by micahmo
• Adjusted markdown editor link dialog styling by micahmo
• Adjusted padding to community sidebar by micahmo
• Added loading page for posts/comments on slower connections by micahmo
• Adjusted post/comment language selector styling by hjiangsu
• Refactored post metadata and user/community chips by hjiangsu
• Refactored post page quick actions by hjiangsu
• Implemented core architecture to handle push notifications (APNs, UnifiedPush) by hjiangsu
• Added retry action when initial feed loading fails by micahmo
• Improved markdown appearance for block quotes, code blocks, and dividers by micahmo
• Apply full name customizations to inbox mentions view by micahmo
• Allow creating posts/comments with null language by micahmo
• Optimistically mark replies as read by micahmo
• Improved cross-post UI by CTalvio
• Disabled Thunder's edge swipe to go back on Android by hjiangsu
• Fixed various OLED color theme issues, community name format by CTalvio
• Improved UX for notification settings by micahmo
• Improved swipe gesture setting clarity with icons by CTalvio
• Added loading page when opening notifications and increased size of notification icon by micahmo
• Replaced score indicator icon by CTalvio
• Improved image dimension fetching logic by hjiangsu
• Improved the comment context jumping by micahmo
• Improved account page and management UI by CTalvio
• Improved selection of text when creating post/comment by micahmo

Fixes

• Fixed subscribe/favourite app bar action not updating UI by micahmo
• Fixed comment load spinner showing incorrectly by micahmo
• Fixed account page back button behaviour on Android by hjiangsu
• Fixed issues with deleted comment content showing up by micahmo
• Fixed search FAB primary single press action not triggering by micahmo
• Fixed issue marking multiple replies as read by micahmo
• Fixed issue with tablet mode images and full-height images by hjiangsu
• Fixed pan/pinch triggering unintentional double tap zoom by CTalvio
• Fixed issue popping notification page triggering twice by micahmo
• Fixed viewing notifications as correct user by micahmo
• Fixed FAB modal transparency and exit fade animation by CTalvio

Misc

• Integrate run on save scripts for VSCode by micahmo
• Configure i18n.ally plugin by ipcjs
• Apply linter suggested fix-ups by micahmo
• Updated translations by hjiangsu
• Updated instances by github-actions
• Replaced scrollable_positioned_list with super_sliver_list by hjiangsu
• Added test endpoint for UnifiedPush server and reduced UnifiedPush notification payload (in development) by micahmo

is it an option, cause i cant find it anywhere? if it is, please tell me where can i do it

I scroll all:scaled fairly often, as my list of subs isn't super active, but there are some communities that come up fairly often that I would rather not see. Is there a way to implement that on the client side or would that require a Lemmy change?

Is there a way to disable the app's back navigation gesture? It kinda overlaps with Android's back gesture

I use the follow system when setting a theme. However, Thunder defaults to gray theme rather than amoled.

Would love to have the option to set a preferred dark theme so that it defaults to the amoled option instead.

Edit: nvm, I changed something in settings, it was user error. Pls disregard

Hi Thunder devs, I have an accessibility issue to report regarding the special styling for original poster and mod names (changed with the last major release). I haven't checked against WCAG, but I'm pretty sure they don't meet color contrast standards; it's pretty hard to read the grey text, especially over the 'mod' orange.

Otherwise, no complaints. I really dig Thunder, I chose it as my daily driver after months of testing alongside Voyager, Eternity, and Jerboa. It just feels more responsive and intuitive, and the customization options are quite good. Nice work!

Feature request: Horizontal swipe for next/previous post in feed

I would love this as an option for navigating between posts, and I'm surprised that most Lemmy apps don't have this.

Joey for Reddit had this feature, as does the official Reddit app. Connect for Lemmy has this feature, and Boost for Lemmy doesn't show the comments in swiping mode. Eternity is the only Lemmy app which does it properly so far, but development has fallen behind in other areas.

Would the Thunder devs consider implementing this feature? It would probably win me over!

Any way to collapse your profile as you scroll down your posts / saved posts? Sometimes I want to send a screenshot of a post I saved but the profile is taking up a lot of space together with the bottom tab bar.