Connect for Lemmy App

I've liked using the keyword filtering for communities, but sometimes some keywords are too broad so that's when I'd like to be able to filter out the specific community instance so an example being community@instance

It's something I came across on Boost which I liked. It's called mute there. Would help keep specific communities from popping up when I'm browsing as a guest on an instance where I'm unable to use the account based community filtering.

This issue is good and also problematic.It's awesome that Connect will reject private or self signed certs by default, but its problematic for HTTPS content filtering.

It seems that Connect doesn't play well with certificates for local HTTPS proxies, I suspect. For example, the proxied traffic for Connect through AdGuard does not work correctly when HTTPS filtering is enabled.

While it can sometimes work for connecting to an instance and retrieving post lists, using the embedded Connect browser will absolutely not work for HTTPS sites. (It shouldn't work in any situation, honestly.)

A work around, for when the instance connection itself works, is to have Connect use an external browser for all links.

Boring AdGuard documentation about what and how it functions for those who care: https://adguard.com/kb/general/https-filtering/what-is-https-filtering/

I have included some screenshots of what happens when I have my HTTPS filter enabled:

In this thread, the second link 'midrange models' somehow links to a NSFW 'hot wife in kitchen' link.

Look at my posts in the comment chain. I first thought it was an error by the poster, but the source is legit, but even when I copy the source connect still servers me the hot wife in the kitchen.

Now I found this only amusing and strange, but it could really do harm for people in a work environment.

Maybe some more people can chime in to see if the error is reproducible?

If I open an Android notification from Connect it opens as expected, but I'm still showing as being the previous user/account. If I reply it's showing the user of the notification (as expected), but come out of that and it still looks like I'm in the previous account.

It would be useful to have an "open as..." option on posts, to switch user and open the post as that other user. When I get a notification I often don't want to reply as the same user (for context; I get notifications that people have replied to my bots, which I don't want to reply to from that account)

I have all my profiles set to the same theme (not globals settings, just the same theme), but when switching the colours go awry - I have to go into the theme selection and change away and back to my usual theme.

Sony Xperia XZ1 compact.

Seems like the feeds are more active and I'm not hitting things with 3 upvotes 20 minutes into my scroll. Did Connect change something, did Lemmy or are we just seeing some population increase from Boost?

When I try to login to my Lemmy instance, I type my username/password, then 2fa code prompt shows up and I enter it, and then I just get endless spinning wheel. It used to work at one point, but I'm not sure what changed. I updated both, client and server multiple times since it stopped working. I've also reset Connect data on my phone.

I can connect to my instance in browser and in another Lemmy client for desktop.

Lemmy spams so much shit into server logs, I can't find anything useful during connection attempt. Is there any way to troubleshoot this from client?

How can I figure out what it is waiting for?

Edit: Just wanted to update that if I filter Lemmy server logs by IP - I don't see a connection attempt from Connect client at all.

Thank you.

Connect and liftoff allow you to browse multiple servers without registration. One function that liftoff has, and connect does not, is being able to respond to posts from a server without registration via redirection. Is it possible to implement this function? Because I find connect very similar to liftoff, and therefore very usable for navigating the fediverse, but it lacks this function

I am getting this error pretty regularly. I'll see a message in my inbox, and when I tap through to view it in context, it's missing. Can't find a cause or a workaround.

Am I doing something wrong. It seems like something that should be standard by now.. By 10 years ago really.

I am a reddit refuge so it's possible I'm just a dumbass.

Expected action: Liked comments stay liked after collapsing the top parent comment and then expanding it.

Actual result: the parent comment stays liked but all child comments lose their likes.

How to reproduce:

Like multiple comments in a comment chain, close the parent comment and then reopen it. All child comments will lose like status.

Title basically says it. Connect offers all of the functions I'd chosen Boost for on Reddit, and there are pretty few bugs for me. Nice job folks.

Scrolling to the top of a new post screen erased any post body you may have typed if you scroll back down. This only happens if you happen to have a tall image that you've uploaded to post. Normally the entire page displays without scrolling, which is why it may have gone unnoticed.

I was looking at the thread for Sync because I was wondering how the same issue might be handled in Connect. Seems like it has the same issue. RIF handled this by having a view more button that displayed child comments in a separate view once the nested levels hit a certain threshold so they weren't smushed against the edge of the screen.

I guess I found a Bug, while commenting on an larger comment:

To recreate:

• Find langer comment
• Start to write own comment
• scroll up to read something in original comment
• copy a paragraph for citing in your own
• scolling down to continue writing
• initial written Text is gone

Hope this helps If some questions occur feel free to comment.

Edit: Version 1.0.150

Out of all the apps that started after the migration, this one has come the farthest and it's still improving. It's probably the best Free Lemmy app out there.

Reminder to tip your developer! I was willing to pay for Boost, and so it only feels right to do the same for Connect.

I'm not sure which one I'll use the most moving forward, both Boost and Connect have separate benefits and issues still, but I appreciate you all nonetheless

The images in this post don't render, even after clicking show: https://lemmy.ca/post/5674676

If people start linking to communities using the badges, or putting the badges in sidebars to show the total subscribe count, it won't render on Connect.

Maybe a toggle to turn off the in-text image blurring? Alternatively, it might be safe to whitelist the shields.io since all the images will be badges

When I hit my own comment one of three things happens

1. Everything works fine
2. The font size get really big randomly
3. the comments scrolls up the screen in an endless loop

The last two get fixed when I exit and re-enter the view, but it can be mildly annoying. Thanks kuro!

I have checked, posts that I have absolutely seen by the same users from the same communities show back up again at random after a while, the hide now, or hide all above options just don't seem to work very well

Not sure what happened, but since the last update, posted videos have no sound. Not in the app, nor after download.

I've checked and double checked, and in other apps they have sound both played in-app and downloaded. I don't have connect muted anywhere.

What have I done, and how do I fix it? Thank you.

Lemmy.world disabled photo uploads for a time, so I was told that was probably the reason. But they've since turned them back on, and I'm still unable to upload photos when I try to create a post. When I try, it gives me this error:

FormatException: Unexpected character (at character 1)

Hi Guys, I just downloaded Connect and changed the comment and post setting font to "large". I got a notification saying " settings saved " but when I go back to the home feed nothing has changed. Anyone know how to fix it?

I've been using Connect for a couple of months now and really like it. I'm using the Beta on Kuro's recommendation for some (for me) killer features that I am looking to replicate on Desktop. I don't know if these features are now available in the main Connect release (yet?) but anyway:

• Filters: Exclude posts from your feed if post contains a filter word (regex)
• Community filters: Exclude communities from your feed if post contains a filter word (regex)
• Blocked instances

What's my most straightforward route to getting these on a desktop? I am using an M2 Mac, typically with Google Chrome, but I don't mind using an extension or a different browser for this.

I'm aware that I can install some iOS applications and can currently see

• Memmy for Lemmy
• Thunder for Lemmy
• Voyager for Lemmy
• Avelon for Lemmy
• Milem for Lemmy
• Liftoff! for Lemmy
• ~~Lemmi~~ (not a Lemmy app!)
• Lemmios
• Bean for Lemmy
• CheeseBot for Lemmy

but I can't readily find one which has these features and the mobile on desktop experience is not ideal. Also not keen on apps insisting on a login to even preview use.

I'm also aware that there are also android emulators for Mac but I don't have experience with these to know which if any of these might be suitable for daily use for my purpose.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

As title says. How can we donate to the app creators to support their work?

When I refresh a post, all the comments I have hidden become unhidden

When I comment, all the comments I have hidden are unhidden

Please make remember hidden comments, ideally f forever, but at least for the session. The current state of hidden comments is frustrating

Reddit Enhancement Suite for example keeps hidden stuff hidden, and annotates the root hidden comments with a count of new unread comments above them