It's been a few months since the last update post, and Connect has come a long way since then. Here's a quick recap of what's new.
Big New Features:
- Reading Mode: A clean, distraction-free view that strips articles down to just the content. Toggle it on in Settings: Reader Mode, or flip it on per-page while browsing.
- Inline Chrome Tabs: Open external links in fast, in-app Custom Tabs that keep you inside Connect instead of bouncing out to your browser. Pick how links open in Settings: Open links with).
- Advanced Search Filters: Search got a big upgrade with new filters, better empty states, and smoother performance so you can find exactly what you're looking for.
- Piefed + 1.7.0 support: Delivering on last update's promise: Piefed polls are now supported, along with broader Piefed 1.7.0 compatibility, dynamic instance detection, flair, and global vote totals.
- Lemmy 1.0 support: Starting to test API support for the new incoming 1.0 API changes.
Smaller touches:
- Domain Rewrite settings and a "Trust Domain" button on the link prompt
- Case-insensitive keyword filters
- Tap or long-press crosspost dividers to toggle or jump to the crosspost
- New loading indicators across comments, profiles, and search suggestions
What's next:
- Working on some ways to improve discover-ability of new communities
Thank you everyone for all of the support and suggestions, please keep them coming and we'll continue to make Connect the best app for browsing Lemmy and Piefed!
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What's the red number next to OPs name? I can increase it by hitting the upvote arrow
That's Settings: Display user vote totals and displays your vote total for that user
Thank you! I don't think it works as intended, it kept counting backwards when I hit the upvote arrow again.
I was actually looking for a way to see the amount of up and downvotes for comments. I think I was always displaying it via debug Infos but since the update the debuginfo became too big. Also all my settings reset with that update yesterday, but that's not really a problem