v0.5.0

[hjiangsu]

Hey everyone, Thunder v0.5.0 is finally here! This release cycle took a quite a bit of time, but introduces a lot of new features, changes, and fixes which should make for a even better Thunder experience. If you have any suggestions or feedback, feel free to discuss it in the Thunder community or on GitHub.

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Now onto the update notes. This update brings a few major features:

Important: Your feed settings (default feed type and sort) will now be based on your Lemmy account settings. The previous feed settings will now ONLY apply to guest accounts. As such, you may have to re-configure your default feed type and default sort type if you were previously using the in-app settings.

🎉 New Features

• The inbox page has been completely re-written with an updated design to more closely align with Material 3 design guidelines. There's also been a number of fixes to support quick actions within the inbox page (e.g., voting, saving, etc).
• Thunder now respects more of your Lemmy account settings including your default feed/sort settings. You can update your display name, bio, email, and much more in the new Account Settings page. You can also quickly switch between different accounts to modify your Lemmy settings across all your authenticated accounts.
• Additional Lemmy 0.19.x features have been added to Thunder including the ability to hide posts, custom thumbnail support, site content warnings, and more. We are still continuously working on bringing Thunder up to feature-parity with Lemmy, so let us know what features you would like to see.
• Custom user notes/labels are now available in Thunder! This will allow you to add any custom notes to a given user. You can add user labels from the settings page via Settings -> User Labels. Alternatively, you can add labels through the action sheets by long pressing on a given comment and selecting User -> Add User Label.

ℹ General

• The create/edit button for posts and comments have been moved to the markdown toolbar. This should hopefully make it more accessible for one-handed use.
• URL filtering has been added to keyword filters. Simply add a new keyword filter with a URL, and it should be hidden from view.
• Link sharing has been improved to support additional media/external links.

And much much more. I can't go through all the changes in the changelog, but for those who are curious, feel free to check out the full changelog below.

We have a Matrix space if you would like to join in on discussions: https://matrix.to/#/#thunderapp:matrix.org

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Additions

• Refactor inbox page by @hjiangsu in Refactor Inbox Page #1463
• Add additional account settings by @hjiangsu in Add additional account settings #1436
• Add support for custom user labels by @micahmo in Add support for user labels #1434, Add user label settings page #1481
• Add support for hiding posts by @micahmo in Add support for hiding posts #1484
• Add ability to create links to app settings by @micahmo in Add ability to create links to settings. #1348
• Add account birthday indicator to users by @micahmo in Show account birthdays #1411
• Add ability to import/export local app database by @micahmo in Add database import/export #1432
• Add post/comment language metadata by @micahmo in Show post/comment language #1408
• Add community stats for community visibility/local subscribers by @micahmo in Add new community stats #1449
• Add ability to create block quote from selection when commenting by @micahmo in Allow quoting selected text from post/comment reply #1374
• Add ability to re-order user accounts by @micahmo in Ability to re-order accounts #1494
• Add ability to upload multiple images at a time for a post/comment by @hjiangsu in Add ability to upload multiple images at a time for a post/comment #1480
• Add support for site content warnings by @micahmo in Show site content warnings #1485
• Add support for custom thumbnails in posts by @micahmo in Support custom thumbnails in posts #1495
• Add ability to sort inbox by @ggichure in sort inbox #1373
• Add ability to view post as a different user by @micahmo in Ability to view entire post as a different account #1409
• [Experimental] Add debug setting to customize image dimension timeout value by @hjiangsu in Add debug setting to customize image dimension timeout value #1462
• [Experimental] Add new experimental post page by @hjiangsu in Refactor Post/Comment page #1363, Fix post page crosspost height #1415, Fix issue where navigating to post after post creation throws error #1416, Fix collapse animation with deferred comments #1429, Fix comment indentation #1430, Fix experimental post page comment pagination #1445, Re-introduce comment navigator for new post page #1496

Changes

• Extend keyword filters to URLs by @hjiangsu in Extend keyword filters to URLs #1446
• Remove page scroll animation when switching between bottom navigation items by @hjiangsu in Remove page scroll animation when switching between bottom navigation items #1402
• Decrease layout jank originating from images within comments, and improve image error states by @micahmo in A few comment/image improvements #1390
• Disable account switching when editing post/comment by @micahmo in Do not allow changing account while editing #1394
• Defer loading image dimensions when opening image preview by @micahmo in Defer loading image dimensions #1389
• Improve link sharing for images/video URLs by @micahmo in A number of link sharing improvements #1398
• Show placeholder icon for posts without thumbnails by @micahmo in Small thumbnail preview improvements #1405
• Allow snackbars to be closed on action by @micahmo in Always have closable snackbars #1435, Make exiting snackbar not closable #1475
• Immediately remove blocked users/communities from feed, disable ability to block self by @micahmo in A few post sheet improvements #1391
• Use community/user display names globally by @micahmo in Add user/community display name setting #1376
• Show community/user sort type on community/user headers by @micahmo in Show sort on header #1476
• Use user/community format styling to cross-posts by @micahmo in Apply name styling to cross-posts #1479
• Fallback to opening non-Lemmy instances in browser by @micahmo in When navigating to non-Lemmy instance, allow opening in browser #1509
• Improve feedback when subscribing/unsubscribing to community by @hjiangsu in Improved feedback when subscribing/unsubscribing to community #1499
• Move create/edit post button into markdown toolbar by @micahmo in Proposal for moving the create post button #1498
• Move create/edit comment button into markdown toolbar by @micahmo in Fix post submit; update comment submit #1512
• Show voting when hidden scores are enabled by @hjiangsu in Show voting when hidden scores are enabled #1510
• Add option to navigate to user's instance from post actions by @micahmo in Allow navigating to user instance from post sheet #1511
• Disable "Subscriptions" sort type option for guest accounts by @micahmo in Can't make subscriptions default feed type in gest mode #1490
• Remove images from push notifications, improve UnifiedPush logic by @micahmo in A few client-side notifications improvements #1400

Fixes

• Fix table column markdown alignment by @hjiangsu in Fix table column markdown alignment #1518
• Fix mark post as read when previewing media on 0.19.4 by @hjiangsu in Fix mark post as read when previewing media on 0.19.4 #1444
• Fix sidebar lag when subscribed to a large amount of communities by @hjiangsu in Fix sidebar lag when subscribed to a large amount of communities #1452
• Fix superscript/subscript parsing edge cases by @micahmo in Fix superscript/subscript parsing #1395
• Fix image overflow when rendering inside a spoiler tag by @micahmo in Do not render images too wide in spoiler body #1396
• Fix issue where optimistic voting would not reflect upvotes/downvotes properly by @micahmo in Fix optimistic voting #1392
• Fix post text preview showing raw markdown by @hjiangsu in Fix post text preview showing raw markdown #1431
• Fix snackbar positioning when opening/dismissing keyboard by @micahmo in Make snackbar responsive to keyboard #1439
• Fix labeling and minor semantics by @micahmo in Fix labeling #1460, Ban/Unban Mod -> User #1433
• Fix text field spell check causing exception on ** text by @hjiangsu in Fix text field spell check causing exception on ** text #1465
• Fix minor typo in 'Change Password' page by @wadamT in Corrected a minor typo in 'Change Password' page #1468
• Fix semantics for link information by @hjiangsu in Add semantics for link information #1482
• Fix share text post by @micahmo in Fix share text post #1514
• Fix image proxy handling by @hjiangsu in Fix image proxy thumbnails not retrieving image dimensions properly #1522, Improve handling of proxied images #1528
• Fix for markdown toolbar not showing above system keyboard by @hjiangsu in Potentially fix for markdown toolbar not showing above system keyboard #1524
• Fix dim read posts setting not being applied for card view by @hjiangsu in Fix dim read posts setting not being applied for card view #1530

Misc

• Fix macOS build errors by @hjiangsu in Fix macOS build errors #1401
• Remove javaToolchain binaries by @hjiangsu in Remove javaToolchain binaries #1410
• Remove push package Android dependency by @hjiangsu in Remove push package Android dependency #1412 and Fix CI #1414
• Update PR template by @hjiangsu in Misc: update PR template #1437
• Update instances by @github-actions in Update instances #1440
• Update translations from Weblate by @hjiangsu in Update translations from Weblate #1467
• Update Turkish localizations by @mikropsoft in update-tr-language #1473
• Migrate anonymous instances to database by @micahmo in Migrate anonymous instances to database #1500
• Minor under-the-hood feed related changes by @hjiangsu in Chore: feed related minor changes  #1508
• Improve parsing of video speed setting by @micahmo in Improve video speed parsing #1406
• Move experimental push notifications under experimental flag by @micahmo in Use experimental flag for push notifications #1404
• Add more push notifications debugging by @micahmo in https://github.com/thunder-app/thunder/pull/1397\
• Migrate draft storage to local database by @micahmo in Store drafts in database #1455

New Contributors

• @wadamT made their first contribution in Corrected a minor typo in 'Change Password' page #1468

Full Changelog: 0.4.0...0.5.0

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This discussion was created from the release v0.5.0.