WARNING: due to some internal changes your local settings will be reset (logged out of accounts, removed instances, theme back to default)
In this release we focused on implementing missing core features: inbox, saved posts, messages, modlog. We also had our second external contribution which is exciting. For the next release we have planned making lemmur translation-friendly.
Full changelog
Added
- Added inbox page, that can be accessed by tapping bell in the home tab
- Added page with saved posts/comments. It can be accessed from the profile tab under the bookmark icon
- Added ability to send private messages
- Added modlog page. Can be visited in the context of an instance or community from the about tab
- You can now create posts from the community page (by wolf4ood)
Changed
- Titles on some pages, have an appear effect when scrolling down
- Long pressing comments now has a ripple effect
- Nerd stuff now contains more nerd stuff
- Communities that a user follows will no longer appear on a user’s profile in most scenarios
Fixed
- Time of posts is now displayed properly. Unless you live in UTC zone, then you won’t notice a difference
- Fixed a bug where links would not work on Android 11
What’s the benefit of using Google push or whatever it’s called? Why don’t just either maintain a Websocket connection with low priority as you’re saying, or pull periodically? Anyway, IMO Lemmy doesn’t need true realtime push.
It costs less battery if only a single server connection needs to be kept open for notifications (which is handled by a Google/Apple system app). If every app does that on their own, it will be less efficient, but like I said the difference is very small.