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Avelon 1.0.7 out now - adds text selection, tweaks to the free tier, new pro features and lots of QOL improvements

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‎With Avelon you can explore every topic, navigate seamlessly using customizable gestures, and tailor the look of the app to your preferences. Engage in diverse conversations and discover the content you care about. Key Features - Native support for videos, gifs, photos & other media - Smart l...

‎Avelon for Lemmy

Hi everyone,

First of all, thanks so much for everyone using Avelon and everyone who've decided to support the development by upgrading, it really means a lot! All the feedback in the post following the release of pro was definitely insightful. If you're unaware, I recommend reading the post as well as my reply here.

I've decided to push towards a 1.0.7 release a bit earlier than planned to address everyone's feedback. My goal with these changes is to provide a wider range of features in a more basic free variant, whilst offering more extensive customization options and an even better experience as an optional upgrade. This way everyone gets to try out more stuff for free, and if you want the full capabilities you can feel confident that the features work as you'd expect. This setup is more in line with other apps as well as the feedback from all of you.

In addition to tweaks to the free tier, the update contains a new text selection tool, a new dark theme, the ability to lock the app with FaceID, more filtering options + lots of QOL improvements and bug fixes.

Full Changelog

Adjustments to the free/pro tiers

  • Added a basic jump button to the free version
    • The smart jump button with extra settings and customisation remains pro
  • Everyone now has access to a limited number of custom filters for free
    • The pro version includes unlimited filters and new filtering options
  • The maximum number of profiles in the free tier is now three (guest + 2 custom accounts)
    • This change does not affect any accounts you've already added
    • The pro version has unlimited accounts
  • Added a free 7 day trial option to enable everyone test out the pro features
  • Added various descriptions to pro settings to more clearly explain what they do
  • Replaced the groups “pro” tag in subscriptions with a link to a more details about the feature

New pro features

  • Added ability to lock the app with FaceID
  • Added new dark theme ‘Hacker man’
  • Added option to place the smart jump button anywhere, not just around the edges
  • Added ability to filter independently on either the post title or post body

New features, QOL improvements and bug fixes

  • Added tool to select text from comments & posts
  • Added ability to delete your own posts
  • Added share option to links and comments
  • Improved prioritizations for swipe gestures
    • This should prevent accidental downvotes when you’re trying to swipe back!
  • Fixed issue where editing markdown links would sometimes show weird characters and symbols
  • Limited the maximum number of smart link previews in posts
    • This should keep “link aggregation” posts from being unnecessarily long
  • Fixed issue where adding accounts would sometimes fail
  • Fixed issue where swipe-to-go-forward could sometimes break after tapping the navbar to go back
  • Removed option to report/block yourself
  • Lots of minor bug fixes and improvements
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  • Unfortunately still have the accessibility issue with the default dark theme.

    I have light sensitivity issues, and the contrast between text and background on the default dark theme is too high. So in lower light (but not completely black) environments, the light theme is too light, and the dark theme too dark for myself. The “Calm Night” and “Ocean Depths” themes are so much better and do not cause the same issues.

    As this is should be an accessibility feature, much like font size, there should be an alternative dark theme available in the free tier. Without one, the app is extremely difficult to use when in darker environments, for people like myself.

    I would like to say however, I understand theming and other, non-essential features being a premium option. Let’s be real, you deserve to be paid for your hard work.

    • Have you checked out the "reduce white point" option in accessibility settings? Does that improve things or is there still too much contrast?

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