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2y ago

Avelon update (1.0.2 b24) - iPad support, image carousels, smart link previews, user links and more!

Heyo everyone,

This update brings a few cool new features, most notably:

Smart link previews
- Now shown in comments and posts
- Previews for communities, users and regular links
Image carousels
- For posts with lots of images!
iPad support
Layout/ui tweaks
Bug fixes and other improvements

Check out this image gallery in the latest build to see how it works:

(just scroll through it!)

I figured (like some other devs) that some iPad support is better than none. Though the layout is not built from the ground up for iPad, it now fills the whole screen and pushes in some content. This is similar to how other apps like Apollo did it, and it looks much nicer than than a scaled up phone app. I haven't had time to test this version much, so please let me know if you discover any weird stuff.

The update also introduces a custom markdown rendering system that enables me to add things like link previews and image carousels. Seems to work pretty well now, but could definitely be some bugs with it for certain posts - if you find any, let me know!

Hope you enjoy the update!

Lemmy Apps @lemmy.world

evgiz @lemm.ee

2y ago

Avelon update - iPad support, image carousels, smart link previews, user links and more!

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And for you running the latest update, check out these link previews:
Community link: !avelon@lemm.ee
And a youtube link here
User link: @evgiz@lemm.ee
- This is awesome!

- I wanna do a full screen gallery mode eventually but that's a bit more work to get all the gestures and stuff working as expected!
- 💯% agree with this!! 👍🏽

Hi evgiz,
Another great update 1.0.2 (27).. this time the app feels snappier than ever.. I loved it..
I have come with one more request here (greedy me):
Can you make the bottom nav icons customisable??
Like changing their position according to our likes maybe..??
( I wanted the search and notification icon swap their position to maintain the visual design aesthetics.. so asking this )
Thank You.
- Customizing the tab bar positions will not be a priority, got a lot of other things that I think are more important. Perhaps in the future!
  
  No problem!!
  I appreciate your work..
  The app has shaped up really well from past few updates..
  Thank you.

Hey man, I’m trying out the this latest update and it’s been great. The UI looks sleek as always. And there’s little slowdown now compared to before when switching post viewing.
I also love that you added a link preview, however can this be tweaked so that user name mentions doesn’t show a preview? But I don’t think that’s possible.
I’m also getting used to not having a hide read button. But it will be a lot better if there is a choice for one.
Over all, the update has been great. Feels a lot more stable. And thanks for adding iPad support. Will test that later.
Thank you! Keep up the good work!

What a great app! Loving it so far. Is there any way to support you? Any version in the App Store soon?
With some polishing this will be the one I use.
- Thanks! Working towards an appstore release hopefully quite soon
  
  I just downloaded the AppStore version and could make that tip. Thanks, great release!

Nice, it keeps getting better! Thanks :) Sorry that I keep bringing up the tab bar (it’s already gotten a lot better), but it still looks a bit off to me (comparison):
the margin to the side should be smaller
padding between text and icon should be slightly less
Icons itself should be slightly larger
padding to the bottom should be slightly less
padding to the top should be slightly less
- Tap bar looks a lot nicer in the most recent version, thank you :)
  
  Agreed, it’s getting better and better! Any chance we can get some alternative app icons to choose from? For dark mode I preferred the previous icon.
  
  Happy to hear that! Used your image as a reference😅

@krissen@sopuli.xyz This update should also fix the link issues you reported earlier!
- Great! 🙏
  Incidentally, I opened Avelon fullscreen on iPad today -- wonderful!
- Hi,
  This bug is still present in the latest build:
  Clicking on the Heading of the first post in any post feed is taking the page to the communities introductory page which is present above that post feed.
  Example: please try clicking on the headline of first post of Avelon community (Introducing Avelon for Lemmy line )here would take the page to the about page is Avelon.
  
  Hmm, seems like this only happens if you have a fairly large text size, no? I'll make sure it's fixed for the next build.
  What do you think about the new features?

Just started using the beta. It is very smooth and my new favorite lemmy app.
I would love to see a toggle for “default external links to Reader Mode.” The search function was a little difficult to find with the arrow in Explore; idk if there’s a way to have the search more accessible. And I would love to see some icon options whenever in the future.
Fantastic app though. I love the theme options built-in and smooth UI.
- Cool, thanks! Reader mode is a good idea, I haven't actually used that before but would definitely be nice to avoid all those pesky popups etc. I'll try adding it soon!
  
  Thanks! I appreciate you considering the feedback. And again, thanks for the app. I just heard about it, and it is crispy clean.

It probably didn’t come with this version, but Markdown support in the compose view is really nice, Thanks :)
Do you think you could gray out all markdown symbols, like this: image? You’re already doing it for the bullet points so I‘m assuming it wouldn’t be a huge change

May be an iOS 17 issue only, but this update appears to have broken custom text size in the post. The feed text changes, the settings text does, but inside the post the text doesn’t change size.
- Should be fixed in latest build!
  
  Looks the same right now. I’ll see if I can add a photo…
  Edit: can’t add a photo because lemm.ee limits photo sizes to very low levels

I was wondering if you have any thought about reducing the buffer between posts and comments?
- Hmm, yeah could add a customization setting. Would you prefer just a thinner buffer or a single grayish "line" like in some other apps?
  I figured that since the design is quite minimal you need a clear separator between items, but perhaps I went a bit overboard.
  
  I was thinking a single grayish line, but a smaller buffer may also work.

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