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The features I’d love to see:
I use (or used to use) the Multireddit feature in Apollo all the time. My big use case is that I can put “spoiler” communities there so they don’t pop up in my main feed but I can go there once I’ve seen the relevant episode! It’s also really good for grouping regional ones… like
Edit: and being able to edit your own post!
Second this. Especially community information. What community a post is in, a user is in, subscribe to the community etc.
Also allowing local filter on the post lists. Currently it’s subscribed or all.
Just as a side-note: Multireddits are not an Apollo feature, they are a part of Reddit itself since 2013. Although, Apollo did support them before the Redesign did (which calls them “Custom Feeds”) if I'm not mistaken.
An experience like Apollo would be great but I’ll take what we have. It feels cozier.
I think it has potential to get there eventually. It already follows the similar design and usage philosophies, and I imagine the development could really take off now.
Keep in mind that Apollo has years of full-time development behind it, whereas Mlem is essentially an early beta of an open-source passion project.
Thank you for the point about the length of development. I essentially started Mlem a year a half ago as my very first iOS project to take my mind off the pain from a major surgery I had the the time, then it sat abandoned until I revived it just a little over month ago. So the total dev time on Mlem is only around a month and a half. It’s still a little baby 😊
Copy paste Apollo
Basically just ripoff Apollo entirely.
It would be fucking amazing if Christian ports Apollo for Lemmy. But for that Lemmy needs to have enough audience.
Submitting content, a way to see the various communities to subscribe to would be two big things I’d like to see it do!
I second this. I am subscribed to a big list of communities but I can’t see a list of them and pick and choose them.
I want the ability to pick and choose from subscriptions
Apollo is the one of the best designed apps I've ever used, I'd take inspiration from it in any applicable way.
Outside of obvious UI/UX improvements I'd love to see good iPad support.
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Loving the app so far. Here are some things I'd like to see implemented at some point (in no particular order):
I’d like to be able to post photos and videos from the apps when you’re replying to a thread, if that’d be possible
Don’t get lost implementing fancy features at the beginning, concentrate on supporting what the Lemmy web UI does and try to provide a smooth and pleasant experience on iOS.
In case you’re looking for inspiration would highly recommend to take a look at the Ice Cubes client for Mastodon. An extremely well made app.
What I miss most is
I guess you see I am a Apollo user 😂 I agree with others that posted before: Apollo is a good example, it’s designed very well and usable
YES! Second the button to jump to the root of the next comment. Next root and swipe gestures were the two biggest reasons I started using Apollo in the first place.
I REALLY like the feature in Apollo where you could enable hiding of posts after you’ve viewed them. That way every time you open the app or refresh it you only see new stuff.
this is the biggest feature I want. every time I open lemmy I see the same posts until I scroll for pages... how does everyone else handle this without a mark read on scroll?
I like gestures. Being able to set them. Long left, short left etc.
I like being able to go back by from the center swipe right(so I don’t have to swipe back from the edge). And then short left is upvote. Long left is downvote. Makes browsing and engaging so efficient. This site needs high votes per user right now. So it would help the site too.
Being able to filter communities is also very helpful.
For an iPad I think an easy(?) first huge improvement is being able to use split screen etc.
I love Apollo! Agree with a lot of the sentiments here. Would like Face ID, swipe left/right capabilities, options how to open links, collapsibility, media options (autoplay, loop, controls, mute, etc.)
I didn’t realize how much I missed swipe capabilities until I started using Mlem. Having those added to the app would be great.
Have used the app for several hours now and one thing I miss a lot from Apollo is very long posts being reduced on the main feed so that the whole screen is not taken up. When you want to read more you simply tap.
There are long sticky threads up on a few instances here that are a bit of a nuisance to scroll through each time. While I understand that’s temporary, it could be annoying to see any long wall of text fill the feed.
Tl;dr: please condense posts in main feed :)
A way to see your post history, right now the only way to see your posts is to find them. There is a profile page which just shows your post scores and then dead space so makes sense to just stick it there.
If they could almost replicate this to Apollo. Or even bring Christian aboard to help out. This app would take off instantly. Thousands of people are on his side. This would easily be a huge competition for Reddit within just a few days.
Swipe to vote, Community grouping, Enhanced media viewer, Customizable themes and layout!
That's it! :)
iPad layout, swipe to vote, font scaling for comments, not just titles
After all the standard features are in place, a good iPad version!
Searching for communities is essential. Like others have said, lift as much inspiration from Apollo as possible and you'll basically end up with everything users need.
Adjustable font size, specifically smaller font.
Tell me you’re the right side of 30 without telling me you’re the right side of 30…
For the elder millennials in the back, I’ll add “specifically bigger font”
Is there an option to edit? I make tons of spelling mistakes so that would be cool.
NSFW tagging doesn’t blur the picture like it does on web.
The ability to see (and jump directly to) subscribed communities.
Search for posts and communities!
Not requiring a login
A search functionality, but maybe it’s already there and can’t see it.
I agree with you. I figure out how to search for communities but a general search functionality would be great!
Just echoing many others, the biggest day to day thing I would like to see is a compact feed view. Right now it’s a lot of scrolling.
I’d love to see a Dark Mode personally, but also a way to see what’s on the homepage of a instance. I like to check that (kind of like r/all) to get news or things outside my main subscribed community’s
Just FYI, if iOS is in dark mode, so is Mlem. So it has dark mode, I guess it just needs a user setting for it when you want it different from your OS theme
I’d like to be able to load a user profile and see their comments and posts (like how it is on desktop).
Ability to view communities I'm subscribed to
Ability to see my posts and comments
iPad compatibility
Gestures
Compact mode
Add photos to comments
These things would be game changers imo.