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  • mondul@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    Hi again, your app is getting better and better on each release, thanks! Today I would like to report:

    spoiler

    It seems spoilers doesn’t work on Bean yet

  • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    A couple more fixes are incoming:

    1. The weird layout issue caused when tapping a username in the comments.
    2. GIFs will no longer be automatically rendered as animated images anywhere in the app, except when opening the image viewer.

    I want to give a bit more context about 2.

    GIFs (and animated WebP images) have been the most common cause of crashes and UI freezes in Bean. The last couple of days have been particularly bad as this image of the Lemmy version of r/place has been shared.

    This image is 12.4MB, animates for over 2 minutes, and (most importantly) is almost 3,000 frames. I can’t even tell you exactly how many frames as both Preview and Photoshop froze on my Mac when trying to open the image.

    The reason the number of frames is important, because a GIF is just a container for multiple images. Each frame is an individual image that needs to be decoded and rendered on the screen, and it turns out when there are a lot of them at 1000 x 1000px it is impossible to decode performantly.

    Bean uses SDWebImage to download, cache, and render images behind the scenes. It’s a fantastic library that is the de facto standard when working with remote images on iOS or macOS. Even with the progressiveLoad and scaleDownLargeImages options enabled, SDWebImage just cannot render certain images without iOS sounding the alarm and firing an OOM exception — especially when that image is 12.4MB and 3,000 frames.

    At the moment, Bean will crash if you attempt to open this image. I have even tried working around this and rendering it in a web view, or using another library — FLAnimatedImage. Neither of these solutions worked and believe me, I’m not happy about that (seriously, I really hate GIFs now).

    In the coming days, I’ll be pushing another update that will check for the size of the image before deciding whether to animate it or not. When not animated, SDWebImage only decodes the first frame of a GIF which is no issue at all.

    I know this isn’t brilliant, as in the ideal world every image would be viewable within Bean, but it’s the best solution I can think of to avoid a single image crashing the app.

  • Skyraptor7@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    The hacker theme looks so amazing. Thank you so much. Let me know if there is a link to donate. Would be more than happy to do so

  • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    Changelog August 2nd

    Build 2023.08.02.01.29

    • Added Toebean icon pack designed by my friend Noah (Instagram)
    • Improved GIF -> JPEG representation rendering to only do it on animated GIFs.
    • Fixed cut off text on Markdown lists.
    • Fixed bookmarking.
    • Added a loading indicator when navigating to a federated community.
    • A toast is now show if a community cannot be loaded.
    • Added a basic empty state to the inbox.
    • Added the ability to block or unblock a community.
    • Added a notice when a community is blocked and the ability to view it anyway.
    • The image viewer can now be dismissed by swiping up.
    • Added loading indicators for images.
    • Fixed post title not showing on comments in the user profile.
    • shuntipepperment@lemm.eeEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Hi Steve,

      A small [ BUG ] i want to bring to your notice, I’m still not able to see my bookmarks after reinstalling the app and I’m on the latest build,.

      Otherwise the the app feels very snappy and polished already.

      And I love the new set of icons too.

      Thanks and appreciate your time and hard work on this.

  • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Changelog August 6th

    Build 2023.08.06.22.41

    • Added the ability to sort comments.
    • Added a default comment sort to the Filtering settings.
    • New theme: Midnight
    • New theme: Forest
    • New theme: Hacker
    • New font: Futura
    • New font: Menlo
    • Fixed correct font styles not loading in the markdown editor.
    • Fixed http:// and https:// links automatically being detected.
    • Updated dependencies including SDWebImage. Should solve some crashing images with WebP and SVG parsing.
    • Stopped reloading Inbox on focus as it seemed to be causing some glitches. Will reassess later.

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    Push notifications are now also functioning as expected. Please test and let me know if you encounter issues.

  • Dame @lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Issues with opening communities within the community tab. No action happens when clicking on a community

      • Dame @lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        Of course. Work-a-round is using the web browser and then adding and or pinning a community. Once it’s pinned it typically works in Bean.

  • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I’ve just pushed a build that will hopefully stop any slow down or crashes when scrolling. It still needs some optimisation but please let me know if you encounter any issues.

  • robmexx@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    The overlay is a bit confusing at the bottom of a thread and it’s hard to reach the upvote on the left. [edit] bean is still my go to Lemmy client btw. Can’t wait for the upcoming releases. You’re a blast, Steve. Thanks a lot.

    • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Thank you, I’m glad you’re enjoying Bean! It looks like this is a positioning but in themes with translucent tab and nav bars. I’ll look to fix it tomorrow but in the meantime if you use the Dusk theme it should solve it.

  • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Changelog: July 30th

    Build 2023.07.30.22.45

    Smaller update than anticipated this weekend because it was pride 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ and I was out celebrating with friends ❤️

    This one is mainly bug fixes but there is a big change to how I’m handling multiple accounts. States are now persisted when accounts are changed. This means if you have a certain post open, switch accounts to browse on another instance, and then switch back — it will still be right where you left it.

    • Added state persistence between account switches.
    • Added press and hold on the account tab to open the account switcher.
    • Removed background on the card and post footer.
    • Removed background from featured posts on the single post view.
    • Featured post backgrounds are now based on the accent colour.
    • Made the entire card view tappable, not just the title.
    • Tidied up the card and single post views.
    • Fixed issues with bookmarking.
    • Fixed issues with sharing links.
    • Fixed issues with overlapping content in the post composer.
    • Changed search on the communities selector in the composer.
    • Fixed a visual glitch between the composer and community selector.
    • Keyboard can now be dismissed in the composer community selection screen.
    • Fixed an issue with scroll to top offsets.
    • Added a link to posts on the Inbox and profile comments views. Still a WIP.
    • Content of comments is now hidden if removed by a moderator or deleted by author.
    • Added a link to the community on the Inbox and user profile comments.
    • Markdown editor is now reset when creating a post or comment.
  • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Changes July 27th

    build 2023.07.27.16.16

    • Added the ability to select a community from the post composer.
    • Added a FAB to the home screen to create a post.
    • Added the ability to mark a post as NSFW.
    • Added loading indicator when creating a post or comment.
    • Improved the quality of images uploaded. May need to reassess if servers deem them too large.
    • Wrapped the Markdown accessories in a scrollview for smaller devices and future buttons.
    • Shrunk the link preview if there’s no image found.
    • Removed the preview from the comment composer (it may come back, I’m still deciding if I like it or not).
    • Turned the fullscreen swipe off by default. I don’t like that it was changing the iOS animations due to the pan gesture handler, but the option still remains.

    Any feedback on the post composer is welcomed

    • infinite_zero@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      For the community selector, would it be possible to have it list your subscribed communities so you don’t have to search for them? Searching for communities using certain keywords yields a huge list of results that makes it slow to find the ones I subscribe to.

  • mint@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    steve! loving the app so far man. couple questions -

    • will you be adding screen swipe to go forward at any point?

    • i’m having the same bug that another user mentioned where my saved/bookmarked posts aren’t showing up; it sounds like you aren’t able to reproduce this at this time but just wanted to give a heads up!

    thanks again and looking forward to watching this all continue to grow!

    • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      I’d love to support swipe to go forward! It’s not massively high on the priority list at the moment though.

    • mint@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      tested this out a bit more, i saved a new post inside of bean and this post did in fact show up in bookmarks. it looks like any previously saved posts are what’s not showing up. i believe the post i saved before was via memmy. going to test it out by saving a post on lemmy on desktop tomorrow and see if the same result happens!

      edit: tested out by saving a new post on memmy and checking bean; that post is showing up on bean in bookmarks. weird quirk but i think the solution might just be for users to re-save previously bookmarked content if it’s not populating in bean

      • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Huh, that’s so weird. They should be coming out from the API. Are they showing on the website okay?

        • mint@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          i may have figured it out; the post in question that i’m not seeing in bean is this one - https://lemmy.world/post/401441

          (i tried unsaving/saving from desktop as well as inside bean and am getting the same result)

          the community this post is from is https://lemmy.world/c/kbinMeta@kbin.social - i wonder if that may have something to do with it? i also tried saving a different post from this community and was also unable to see it on bean

          interested to hear your thoughts!

          • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
            2·
            1 year ago

            Ah it’s Kbin! It’s possible there’s an issue with the interop between Lemmy and Kbin via ActivityPub. I’ll see if there’s an outstanding issue for this on the Lemmy GitHub tomorrow.

  • fer0n@lemm.eeEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Some more feedback:

    • search for comments would be nice
    • I think the splash screen should only be a skeleton of the tab bar/nav bar. The icon might not fit the user chosen app icon, also it makes the app feel slower. Apple’s HIG also recommends the skeleton
    • images in the feed should have the full height (otherwise most memes and posts aren’t readable without a tab and dismiss)
    • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago
      • Searching comments is on my list.
      • I know HIG recommends the skeleton but I’ll have the same issue where that splash might not match theme chosen by the user and that’s even more jarring.
      • There’s a setting for this under Display > Full Height Images
  • Skyraptor7@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Minor feedback on theme:

    Is there a way to use accent of the main color theme to color the upvote and reply swipes

    • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      At the moment the upvote/and downvote swipe colours match those on the buttons and does change for some themes. The reply colour does need attention as the bookmark one does use the accent.

      I’ll give it some attention when I get 5 minutes or am working on new themes.

      • Dark_Blade@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        I think swapping the Bookmark and Reply colors around (ie Bookmark uses green, Reply uses accent color) would be a pretty good solution.

  • steve228uk@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    I’ve pushed an update to the way images are rendered tonight which I’m hoping will finally (finally), finally (FINALLY) fix the crashing issues caused by GIFs and animated webp images exhausting memory allocation.

    I have noticed that it’s broken the full height images option (sorry about that) so I’ll be patching that back in tomorrow.

    In the meantime, I’d you encounter any issues with GIFs, please let me know.