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[Release][v1.66.0] Improved create post/comment screen (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by idunnololz@lemmy.world to c/summit@lemmy.world
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It's been a long time since Summit first supported creating post/comment in the app. Since then, Lemmy has added several new features to posts and comments. This update brings feature parity between Summit and Lemmy, adding support for things such as alt-text and custom thumbnails.

This update also continues to polish the user experience further. The aim is to make the app a treat to use.

This update adds another layer of caching for images. When navigating to a post with an image, the thumbnail will be used while the source image loads. This should result in a smoother, more magical experience.

I'm going to be generous and leave the PieFed post up for one more release but I will definitely reset it next release. If you want Summit to support PieFed please upvote this post: https://lemmy.world/post/31899935 .

Full changelog

  • Add a "detailed view" to the mod logs. Tapping a mod log event in the event list will open up a detailed view, showing full details of the mod log event.
  • Update add/edit post screen to support custom thumbnails, alt text and language.
  • Update add/edit comment screen to support specifying a language.
  • Improve performance on post feed and post screen.
  • Improve post viewing experience by showing the thumbnail image if it's available while the full image loads.
  • Slight optimization rendering the action buttons on posts in the post feed.
  • Change icon & splash background based on system theme (eg. light background for light theme, dark background for dark theme).
  • Changed person/community mention auto-complete to insert just the mention by default. Eg. previously tapping on the suggestion idunnololz@lemmy.world would insert [@idunnololz@lemmy.world](https://lemmy.world/u/idunnololz), after the change tapping it would insert @idunnololz@lemmy.world. Add a long-press menu with the option to insert the full link.
  • Fix a bug where punctuation is included in the url. Eg. https://en.wikipedia.org/. is parsed as https://en.wikipedia.org/. instead of https://en.wikipedia.org/)
  • Fix a bug where sometimes the inbox screen doesn't auto-refresh when you open it.
  • Fix a bug where the cake icon will not correctly center in the line.
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[–] heleos@sopuli.xyz 2 points 22 hours ago

aim is to make the app a treat to use

It already is! Thanks for all you do

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Hello,

First of all, thank you for the update.

I’m going to be generous and leave the PieFed post up for one more release but I will definitely reset it next release. If you want Summit to support PieFed please upvote this post: https://lemmy.world/post/31899935 .

Can we post about this on !piefed_meta@piefed.social ?

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

I honestly don't know lol. I mostly just want to poll Summit users if at all possible. In an ideal world I would have implemented this poll in app but I don't have a mechanism like that (yet).

[–] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 19 hours ago

Noted, thanks! Seems like the current upvotes are at 178, would 180 be enough or are you set on 200?

[–] Creat@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Thanks for the update!

I don't understand the change in regards to how 'mention' suggestions are handled. When viewing this changelog post in summit, they show identical text. When I started writing this comment I noticed that they are in fact different in the markup/source code, as seen above the input box.

So what effect does that change have in practice, or does it functionally do the same just less verbose?

[–] idunnololz@lemmy.world 2 points 22 hours ago

Ah, this is a bug with Summit.

The change is, before this release Summit would insert a markdown link to a person/community when a mention suggestion is tapped. After the change Summit will instead insert a Lemmy specific mention when a mention suggestion is tapped.

The inserted text itself is different but the actual difference is they use different mechanisms to mention a user. The old way inserts a hard link which would link to the instant the user is on. The new way inserts a mention, it relies on Lemmy to generate an appropriate link based on the instance you are currently on.

In other words the old method inserted an absolute link (ie. Everyone will be directed to the same page no matter which instance they are on) where as the new method is relative (users are directed to a different page based on which instance they are on).

[–] ByteMe@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Can we have the option to hide stuff from the toolbar?