We've released a new update to the Stable Pre-Release beta group (and, of course, the weekly), bringing video support, more markdown options, and a bunch of bug fixes. We've also refined our design—check it out and let us know what you think!
Cheers,
Features
- Added preliminary video support:
- .gif, .webp, .mp4, .m4v, and .mov media can now be played by tapping the play button; tapping elsewhere opens the media viewer.
- Currently the only controls are tap to play/stop.
- Planned features, roughly in order include:
- Autoplay
- .gifv support
- Thumbnails for .mp4/.m4v/.mov/.gifv content
- Pausing
- Scrubbing
- Updated design to use rounded rectangles
- Added the ability to edit posts
- Added more Markdown buttons: inline link, code block, and user/community/instance links
- Added a new comments indicator
- Added instance uptime statistics
- Expanded post can now be refreshed
- Added sign up prompts for new users
- Expanded posts now show if they've been crossposted with links to the crossposts
- Added a page for rendering deeply nested comment threads. Navigating to a comment (e.g., from inbox) will open this page.
- Added the ability to create crossposts from the post share menu
Bug Fixes
- Fixed iPad confirmation dialog appearing in the wrong place
- Fixed iPad sidebar navigation
- Fixed Markdown blocks would sometimes being truncated
- Fixed mark read on scroll not respecting the setting
- Fixed an issue preventing swipe actions on the account list and subscription list views
- Fixed some crashes
Mlem is a free and open source project. 100% of our funding, which pays for things like server time, comes from our generous donors; we do not, and will never, run ads or sell data. If you'd like to help support Mlem, you can donate here.
Yes! You can join the weekly beta, which gets an automatic build every Friday, or the stable beta, which gets more polished updates as we complete development cycles.
Thx I just downloaded the stable one 🙏