Hey everyone! We have been blown away by the response to Liftoff and we really appreciate the support of the community. We’re passionate about creating an app that we want to use and we’re excited with the progress. There have been a ton of updates and bugfixes this week and we wanted to share the latest state of things

v0.9.18 Release

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Android:

Changelog

  • Fixed issue where “Everything -> Subscribed” feed showed no posts
  • Added better compact view
  • Added Post Customization page in settings with live preview
  • Added ability to customize font size
  • Added ability to quickly toggle between card and compact view
  • Fixed mark as read not working, added mark all as read
  • Fixed issue with comment share link not being generated properly
  • Added Gesture Navigation (Thanks shocklateboy92!)
  • Added TOTP Login support (Thanks swmarks!)
  • Added animation configuration (Thanks johnc86!)

Known Issues (In progress)

There are a few bugs still that we’re working through and we really appreciate all the support from the community helping us Beta test. Here are some of the known issues we’re working on:

  • User and community link opening within the app is finicky #107
  • Separate default comment sort from default post sort
  • New sort in community page’s posts sometimes not working properly
  • Unclear usage of everything feed causing seemingly duplicated posts across the difference instances.
  • Check here for a full list

Screenshots

  • AnonLordo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Your app is awesome, many thanks. I’m missing only the possibility to change the main color, otherwise it has aöready everything I need.

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    1 year ago

    Just installed the app via the playstore. I needed to use the website to be able to access it.

    BTW, rating can’t be correct:

    Content rating
    PEGI 18 • Extreme violence
    

    I like how you can add multiple accounts and get an overview of all the subscribed channels in 1 view. Posting seems to be an issue yet, at least here with multiple acocunts. (probably pebkac issue, as it’s less then an hour on the device)

    • zachatrocity@lemmy.worldOPM
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      1 year ago

      This I’m sure is due to the fact that people can upload nsfw posts, even though it can be moderated.

      Would love support here if any one has experience with the play store in this area

  • koolkiwi@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I can easily see this becoming my new time sink once Boost dies in two days! Loving the app so far, very very impressive for such an early version. One thing I’d love to see (correct me if this is already possible) is having the refresh not only available at the top of the page. Having to scroll up for half a minute just to refresh is a bit tedious :D

  • Tetsuo666@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I was eager to try out Liftoff but unfortunately I can’t seem to log in on it :/

    I noticed my password contains a space in the middle and I always get an “invalid password” error.

    I didn’t try yet to change the password and try again but I suspect the password field when you login might not like a space in it.

    In any case, if I can check if the password is really the issue, I will try to create a proper bug report on the git repository or something.

    Thanks for the hard work ! It makes me happy to see devs embracing Lemmy and trying to make the best out of a pretty sad situation with reddit.

    • zachatrocity@lemmy.worldOPM
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      1 year ago

      Oh you might be on to something. There was a similar bug report but we thought it was their password length. It might be spaces. I’ll take a lol. Thanks!

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    1 year ago

    Y’all are doing really great work, and so goddamned quickly too. Jerboa won’t even let me log in, much less navigate this easily.

  • CapnAssHolo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Great app devs.

    Just one request. In compact view, it would be really cool if the post header appears left of the thumbnail. Right now it shows above the thumbnail and a lot of real estate is left open

  • ainen@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Are any iOS users having some serious performance issues with Liftoff? I’ve tried both TestFlight versions and no matter what settings I use, Liftoff feels very sluggish.

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      1 year ago

      We’re working on improving refresh rate from current default 60Hz, would that explain what you’re seeing? It’s my main app for browsing Lemmy and it’s generally doing pretty well unless there’s about 1000 comments in a thread.

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    1 year ago

    Do we have any notification of getting replies yet?

    Using oled dark if that makes a difference

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    1 year ago

    Love the app! One issue I’m having that is keeping me hopping back and forth between apps is download links don’t work for me in the integrated browser. Could you possibly add the option to open in external browser?

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    1 year ago

    This is great work! Thank you so much for putting this together so quickly!

    Do you plan to offer the option for tap to collapse comment rather than press& hold to collapse?

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    1 year ago

    Love the new update! Are you guys considering adding post/comment text size adjustment as well (rather than just title/header)?

    eta: It would also be great to be able to see the bottom navigation when viewing an instance/community page. The little autocorrect bubble is a bit wonky when writing comments as well.

  • ToNIX@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    That’s a pretty good update! I’d love to see an option for left aligned thumbnails and a comment quick navigation at the bottom, just like Slide had!!

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    1 year ago

    I didn’t see it on your list, but communities I have blocked are showing up on the frontpage when I have “all” selected.