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Hello,

Could someone explain why the Mlem app seems to be at the top of the list based on my iOS privacy report collected over a couple of months? It's a bit weird that no other apps or Mastodon clients reach such high numbers. The Ice Cubes app, for example, only collected 10 domains even though it's also an ActivityPub based network. Additionally, Mlem app's second most frequently contacted domain was a Google domain used to track app analytics, similar to Snapchat, Reddit, or Monzo. Can anyone provide some transparency on this? Thank you.

When on the feed, scrolling as usual. If I go to the left sidebar (usually by accident), there doesn't seem to be a way to go back to the feed at the position I was in. I either have to choose All, Subscribed at the top - or a community in the list, and the feed starts back at the top.

Is there a way to go back to the feed where I was located once I'm in the left sidebar?

Thanks for the great app!

Hi Mlem Community,

We’ve been quiet recently, but that doesn’t mean we haven’t been busy! Our development efforts over the last few months have been primarily focused on our 2.0 build. This is a ground-up rebuild, which is no small undertaking. We’ve solidified our backend groundwork, and are now well into rebuilding the UI with a clear roadmap to an early TestFlight beta.

As we mentioned in April, We’re also taking the opportunity to move the app from Lionel Hanners’ account to mine. Doing this requires shutting down the TestFlight, and since we aren’t planning any major releases against the v1 codebase, we’re going to keep it down until 2.0 is ready for beta testing.

Roadmap

We want to get 2.0 into your hands as quickly as we can, and so we’re planning to ship a TestFlight as soon as we have a minimal working feature set for daily use. That feature set is:

• All non-moderator feed options
  • All (DONE)
  • Local (DONE)
  • Subscribed (DONE)
  • Saved (DONE)
  • Community (DONE)
• Profile (DONE)
• Search (DONE)
• Non-moderator Inbox
  • View replies/mentions/messages (DONE)
  • Reply to items (IN PROGRESS)
• Reports
  • Posts (DONE)
  • Comments (DONE)
  • Messages (DONE)
• Account deletion (IN PROGRESS)
• Persist favorite communities (IN PROGRESS)

Bonus features:

• A brand new post layout option
• Full support for Lemmy’s custom Markdown dialect
• Color themes
• Guest mode
• Sort community list by instance

We also have a few features we’re making good progress on and hope to have in the 2.0 release, but might come a little later:

• Basic video handling (videos play properly, tap to play/pause) (IN PROGRESS)
• Improved iPad UX (IN PROGRESS)

We’ll put out an announcement when the new TestFlight takes off with a link to join, and keep this post (roughly) up-to-date with development.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

Update 2024-07-24 19:45 EST

The v1 TestFlight is officially shut down. A massive thanks to all our testers, and we can't wait to launch the new v2 TestFlight!

Could the design and/or placement of the separate up- and downvote score be improved?

It would be nice to have them where the main score is shown on posts and comments instead of in comment/post info which is very small and not where you look at first.

When I saw the setting I was happy it exists but pretty disappointed that it doesn’t change the main score display of posts and comments.

Or am I just overlooking that setting?

Currently you cannot view the local communities when viewing their instance from within Mlem. This is particularly nice for niche instances such as the one in the image, as well as ones like mtgzone.

It’s great how mlem keeps evolving and there’s some incredible work being done here, thanks :)

There‘s sadly one deal breaker for me: mlem doesn’t scroll smoothly.

It may seem like it’s not a big deal, but for an app that’s showing a feed and where 90% of the time I’m scrolling, it ruins the experience for me. Is there anything that can be done on that front? Or maybe I’m the only one who feels that way.

Again, thanks for your hard work :)

Mlem 1.3.3 is live!

Changes in this patch:

• Added a Paste Link from Clipboard button to the Search tab. If the pasted link is a valid Lemmy URL, Mlem will attempt to open it on your home instance.
• Fixed an issue where certain menu actions were erroneously displayed
• Added compatibility logic for the upcoming 2.0 build

This update has been rolled out to both the TestFlight and App Store environments.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you'd like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.

Mlem 1.3.2 is now available. This update addresses an issue where sending private messages would fail with an "unknown" error.

This update has been rolled out to both the TestFlight and App Store environments.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you'd like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.

I’m trying to find content on other instances (primarily communities but sometimes posts). Sometimes I have the @-handle, sometimes I have a URL. I want to open them in my instance in Mlem.

So far I’ve tried the standard search-for-the-URL trick which works for links on the web, but not at all in Mlem.

How do I get Mlem to open a link to a community or post in my active instance? Or, even better, in an arbitrary instance I have an account for?

Hey mlem folx! I’m using mlem on iOS.

I’m noticing that comment chains don’t always show up in the app. This happens one of two ways, from what I can tell:

1. the top level comment appears as normal, and there is an icon for however many replies, but none of them appear unless I share and open it with a browser; or,
2. I become eventually unable to see comments in comment chains, even if it’s a thread I am participating in.

I don’t know if this is a known thing or not, I admit I didn’t do too much looking through the history here. I hope it’s not a repost.

Mlem 1.3.1 is now available. This update adds compatibility for Lemmy v19.4, resolving an issue where marking posts read on instances running that version would trigger an "unknown" error.

This update has been rolled out to both the TestFlight and App Store environments.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you'd like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.

When I open a post I get an "unknown" error. This happens on every post, no matter what community/instance, whether it has attachments/comments/etc. Not sure how to debug it.

Hi all,

The following post appears to crash my feed while scrolling:

https://mander.xyz/post/13720820

It is a very long text post with some technicals, so possibly a parsing error in the text preview?

Thanks! Worked around it by blocking the user temporarily.

Since quoted text already gets the pipes to show it is quoted is it possible to not darken the text? Or a setting to disable it? I already have per app high contrast set for Mlem but this really does not do too much.

Hello, when I relaunch the app, my control center shows ringer volume instead of media volume. If I go home or swap apps control center shows media volume until I relaunch. When I close the app it’s back to media. Lmk if you need more info.

If I see it up I always wonder why I turned it up so loud, turn it down, then sleep through my alarm 😅 I already had to set up an automation to fix my ringer after my car mutes it. I’m glad my boss isn’t a hardass. Maybe iOS 18 will add a systemwide alarm volume

Maybe I’m missing a setting, but inline gifs don’t seem to work on the iPad version. Love the app overall, thanks for all your work!

Hi everyone, I hope you are well.

I’m unable to login with my account in the Mlem app, it says "please check your username and password, if you made an account with email, check that you have confirmed it with the link sent".

I was confused in the beginning, maybe I did misclick ? So I carefully rewrite my credentials and still got the "please check" prompt.

I downloaded another client and it worked well, with the exact same username/password (which I’m currently writing this post with).

It’s really annoying me I truly wanted to try Mlem, it looks like it has the best UI on iOS.

My account is tied to the lemm.ee instance if it can help, my email is of course verified, and my credentials are correct.

Mlem 1.3 is now live on the App Store! This version brings a suite of moderation and administration tools to Mlem, along with some other highly requested features.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

Mark Read on Scroll

When this setting is enabled, posts are marked read as you scroll past them. Enable it under Settings -> General -> Mark Read on Scroll.

Inbox Redesign

The "Inbox" tab has been redesigned to be compact and easier to use.

• Replies and Mentions now use the same interaction bar as comments, which is customizable under Settings -> Appearance -> Comments -> Customize Widgets.
• Each inbox tab now shows the unread count for that category.
• Private messages are now labeled as "sent" or "received".

Select Text

Posts and comments now have a "select text" menu action, letting you highlight text from the post/comment and quickly copy/paste it elsewhere.

Inline Image Uploading

Images can now be uploaded inline in posts, comments, messages and reports. If you cancel before submitting, Mlem will request that your instance deletes any images that you may have uploaded.

Save Images from Feed

Images can now be saved or shared without opening the image viewer by long-pressing on the image in the feed.

Show Website Host in Compact/Headline Mode

This replaces the thumbnail indicator for link posts, which was removed. It can be re-enabled under Settings -> Accessibility -> Website Thumbnail Indicator.

Instance Uptime

A new tab in the instance page lets you see the uptime of that instance. This is only available for select instances. The data is fetched from https://lemmy-status.org.

Better Blocking

• Instances can now be blocked from the nav bar menu of the instance page
• Your list of blocked users, communities, and instances can now be viewed and managed (Settings -> Account -> Block List).

Performance Improvements

Fixed an issue where subscribing to a large number of communities would negatively impact the app's performance. This should make the app noticeably snappier for most users, especially those subscribed to 100+ communities.

Moderation Actions

The following moderator and administrator actions are now available:

• Pin a post to community or instance
• Lock a post
• Remove posts, comments and messages
• Ban users from a community or instance
• Purge posts, comments, messages, users, and communities
• View votes of a post/comment. Only admins can do this right now, but as of 0.19.4 moderators will be able to do this too.
• Add and remove moderators of a community

You can customise how these actions are displayed in Settings -> Moderation. By default, the "remove" and "ban creator" actions are shown for posts in the feed.

Other actions, such as Pin and Lock, are accessible via the ellipsis menu in the expanded post. These actions can be made available in the feed as well under Settings -> Moderation -> Show All Actions in Feed.

Settings -> Moderation also allows moderation actions to be hidden in a disclosure group:

Or as a completely separate menu:

You can add and remove moderators from the "Moderation" section of communities you moderate. Users can also be appointed as moderators from the ellipsis menu of their profile.

"Moderated" Feed

The new "Moderated" feed shows posts from communities you moderate.

Mod Mail

Mod Mail has been integrated into the Inbox tab. It can be accessed by tapping the drop-down at the top of the Inbox page, or by tapping the "Inbox" tab icon when already viewing the tab. In the Mod Mail, you can view and act on both reports and registration applications.

By default, the unread mod mail count is included in the Inbox tab's unread badge. You can customize which types of notification are included under Settings -> Appearance -> Tab Bar.

Swipe actions are available on all mod mail items, and the widgets can be customized under Settings -> Moderation -> Customize Widgets

Modlog

Added the ability to view the moderation log for a community or instance. The modlog for communities can be found under 'Moderation' in the community page, and for instances under 'Administration' in the instance details page.

Fediseer Integration

A new "Trust & Safety" tab on instance pages displays the guaranteed status of that instances, along with any endorsements, hesitations or censures it may have received.

Minor Changes

• The Saved feed can now be filtered by posts or comments only.
• The upvote, downvote, save and reply actions now display side-by-side in context menus, and the "Block User" and "Block community" are now consolidated under "Block".
• The ellipsis menu in the expanded post view has moved from beside the post title to the toolbar, making it accessible from anywhere on the page.
• Added the option to always open links in reader mode (Settings -> Links -> Open in Reader)
• Added a new app icon, "Ocean".
• Keyword filters no longer apply to communities you moderate.
• Updated the bubble-style picker animation.
• Removed the confirmation popup for "Report".
• Pinned posts are now rendered compactly in the community view once read.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the inbox tab unread badge sometimes showing "-1".
• Fixed the instance pin icon not showing in compact mode.
• Fixed sent messages being permanently displayed as unread.
• The comment collapse animation now respects the system "Reduce Motion" setting.
• Image save failure now displays an error message.
• Biometric unlock now prompts for device password on failure.
• Deleted and removed comments now collapse properly.

Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you'd like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.

Anyone else want to be able to review the link text on hyperlinks? I appreciate how they are called out in a list below the post, but they only show the link text and not the href link. I would like to see whether the link leads to e.g. an untrusted or disliked URL without opening it.

Hello. Any plan to add support for homescreen widgets like Apollo had for reddit? Thanks

We’ve finished developing the full feature set for 1.3 and are pleased to present 1.3 Release Candidate 0, live on TestFlight, hopefully coming soon to the App Store!

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

Customizable Mod Widgets

Mod mail widgets can now be customized just like post and comment widgets (Settings -> Moderation -> Customize Widgets)

Mod Mail Swipe Actions

Mod mail now has swipe actions!

Blocklist

Your list of blocked users, communities, and instances can now be viewed and managed (Settings -> Account -> Block List).

Minor Changes

• Instances can now always be blocked from the instance details page, regardless of how you got there
• Pinned posts are now rendered compactly in the community view once read

Bug Fixes

• Biometric unlock now prompts for device password on failure
• Deleted and removed comments now collapse properly

Known Issues

We are aware of an issue where the iPad app crashes when closing it or switching apps. We have been trying to reproduce this in our development environment for weeks, but to no success. If you can reproduce this bug and have the technical fluency to build and run our app using Xcode, please reach out—we’d love to get this fixed, but are completely stuck until we can get detailed crash logs.

Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you'd like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.

We’ve fixed several bugs and made some minor tweaks to the 1.3 beta. We have one final beta build planned before we upgrade it to a Release Candidate.

Cheers,

The Mlem Group

Minor Changes

• Added the ability to block instances from the nav bar menu of the instance details page. NOTE: due to quirks of the Lemmy API, this is currently only available when navigating to the instance from a community, or from a user if you are on an instance running 0.19.4+; it is not available when navigating to an instance from search. This will be fixed in the next beta build.
• Mark read on scroll no longer marks posts read while they are still visible
• Added instance uptime support for toast.ooo and szmer.info

Bug Fixes

• Fixed the interaction bar widgets resetting when upgrading to 1.3
• Fixed sent messages not being filtered when “filter read” is active
• Fixed the inbox tab unread badge sometimes showing "-1” (again)
• Fixed user blocking not showing a confirmation dialog. It will now prompt for confirmation when blocking from profile; when blocking from a post, no additional dialog will be shown beyond the “Block” -> “Block User” flow.
• Fixed incorrect padding in post report sheet
• Fixed an issue where subscribing to a large number of communities would negatively impact the app’s performance. This should make the app noticeably snappier for most users, especially those subscribed to 100+ communities.

Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you'd like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.

Having tried several Lemmy clients, I can safely say that Mlem is my favourite in terms of user experience, except one, even though I am sure I’ve read this is possible in Mlem I cannot find how to block an instance, which was relatively easy to do in Memmy.

It doesn’t appear to be an option in any settings menu, nor an option in an instance profile.

If this isn’t, in fact, possible, I guess this post is a feature request then!