Key points
- Message notifications are back!
- A big refresh to messaging
- Added a new unified inbox option “all” combining comment replies, mentions and direct messages
- Quick action buttons are now shown for comment replies, mentions and direct messages
- Comment reply actions (more icon) now shows the user and community rows (with additional options)
- Comment replies now show the community icon and post title
- Comment replies have had a visual refresh
- Comment replies, mentions and direct messages can now be quickly reported and marked as read
- Comment replies, mentions and direct messages can now be marked as unread
- Added a quickly reply swipe gesture
- Added page dividers
- Your own send direct messages can now be deleted
- Direct messages are now shown in threads
New
- Added .webm support to the image viewer and image peek
- Added “linked instances” and “blocked instances” to the instance chip group
Changes
- Experimenting with always showing the community icon in feeds
- Updated the reply icon
Github issues closed
- View mode not updating properly #402
- No messages returned snackbar doesn’t automatically go away #333
- Add ability to disable “view more” toast messages #365
- Allow images in comments to use shared element transitions #391
- Add new app icons to replace the legacy S4R ones that were removed #389
- Add option to swap upvote and down vote colors to match Lemmy #386
- Username doesn’t show in the account picker if there is no display name #451
- Account settings save button not disappearing after saving #448
- When swapping between automatic and manual theming, some elements don’t change color properly #479
- Override sort dialog shows cancel button twice #484
- Username of non active account in account picker is empty #492
- Crash on startup with latest update #445
- Missing username in picker #478
- Not showing link options properly and crashing when clicked #513
Other fixes
- Fixed a title displaying issue caused by the recent change to titles
- Fixed a crash when clicking link options on a text post
- Fixed a bug where the description of the current messaging section in the toolbar wouldn’t update correctly
- Fixed an issue with a broken lift target in messaging causing the status bar not to change color
v122 adds support for a super secret upcoming new feature…
Question - I notice that the little nav bar dot with a number to indicate new replies or messages is now showing in dark grey rather than orange. I had a look in settings, but I can’t see a way to choose the colour for that. Anyone know of a way?
Normally appears here when there’s a new reply:
In case it’s useful…
Device information
Sync version: v24.03.19-19:12 Sync flavor: googlePlay View type: Smaller cards Push enabled: false Device: raven Model: Google Pixel 6 Pro Android: 14
Is your theme base colour grey?
It is, yeah - I guess that’s the setting for the notification. Thanks very much :-)
The new default inbox view is pretty unreadable, at least for me. The entire screen is filled by like 1.5 replies, there’s tons of dead space. Is there any way to change the view options of the inbox? I can’t seem to find any.
Not currently. What would you like?
- An option to hide the buttons below each reply unless you short / long press the comment, similar to how the normal comment section currently works. That would compress the space each reply takes by quite a bit.
- An option to replace the post title with the context of the reply, what comment was the reply posted to? The post title is very frequently irrelevant to the actual discussion taking place.
- Have the same swipe options apply to replies as to comments. E.g. upvotes, downvotes, etc.
Granted, I’m not a UI expert, so this is my personal feedback.
Edit to add: This is not to say I hate the changes, love the recent progress on the app :)
Currently, whenever there has been a new reply, the inbox defaults to (and then remains at) “all unread”.
I like having it on “all” and would like for it to remain there.
Could this be an option? For messages to remain at whatever tab they were last set to and stay there when there are new messages.
Overall, I prefer the old version. Sometimes I need to be reminded of the context of a reply, I can just tap the reply. Other times it’s obvious from the message itself.
Right now the post title font is larger then the reply font. It should be the other way around. The reply should be the most obvious thing, and the ancillary stuff should be small and compact. But including the title at all should be optional, as well as the icons.
I personally don’t want to see user avatars or community icons or even the post title, really. I also don’t need it to have a cute speech bubble. The reply should use the full width to save vertical space.
There’s a lot of wasted space for one line replies. And longer replies end up being taller than need be because of the indent. And seeing the same post title over and over is oddly bothersome.
I wish this Sync had the “sort communities list by times visited” option like Sync for Reddit
Holy shit. This looks like an epic update!
Added .webm support to the image viewer and image peek
This, along with the other image viewer fixes is a massive quality of life upgrade! 🙌
This is exactly the reason, after using Sync for YEARS on reddit, I paid for Sync on Lemmy the minute it was available.
This is absolutely the best application for browsing this type of forum. I get why some other folks prefer FOSS/Free/Non-ad based apps, but I have no qualms about shelling out the cash for a really well designed app that I use just about daily.
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Yeah its not even close. Lj, you are an extremely skilled developer. Thanks for making such a good app
Excellent work boss, as always 👍🏻
Edit: Wow the messaging section is looking good, Sync for Reddit never looked that nice!
Sync is actually just the best.
Superb! Thank you for the hard work!
Nice one.
Common LJ W. Happy lifetime Ultra supporter.
Wow this is awesome! I especially like the new inbox, it looks spectacular.
I do have a feature request, is this the right place to make it? I would like to be able to turn off infinite scroll. When I get to the bottom of a page, I want it to stop loading and require me to hit a button to load more content. There are already the page indicators, so really just need a toggle for infinite scroll.
Thanks boss! Much appreciated
Hi, right now ultra users can either add a new user tag or remove it. Can you please make it editable too? @[email protected]
I cannot open the inbox. I get “Error opening page”.
Device information
Sync version: v24.03.20-17:18 Sync flavor: googlePlay View type: Small cards Push enabled: false Device: lavender Model: Xiaomi Redmi Note 7 Android: 10
For all sections?
Yes.
Any chance you could try a different account?
I tried. My main one cannot access the inbox, others can. Any ideas?
So just to check if you open say username mentions or direct messages that doesn’t work either?
Those work. I only get an error for All and All unread. The others, when empty, respond properly with “No messages returned”.
Ok well that’s something lol.
Am I able to register an account on that instance? It wasn’t lowering for me.
Weird, it works in another account 🙄