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๐Ÿš€ Boost for Lemmy 1.0.15 available! - Spoiler support (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by rmayayo@lemmy.world to c/boostforlemmy@lemmy.world
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Hi Lemmy! I've just uploaded a new version, this is the changelog:

  • Added spoiler support
  • Added superscript/subscript support
  • Added domain in link posts
  • Redesigned account switcher dialog
  • Increased profile bio limit to 1,000 characters (Lemmy 0.19.6+)
  • Fixed link-opening delay
  • Smoother scrolling on image-heavy posts
  • General performance optimizations
  • Squashed some bugs ๐Ÿ›๐Ÿ”จ

SpoilerThis update will roll out widely after testing

๐Ÿ“ฒ To join the beta and test the new features follow this link https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.rubenmayayo.lemmy or visit the visit the Play Store and scroll down to "Join the Beta"

โš ๏ธ Found a bug about this version? Comment below

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[โ€“] Traister101@lemmy.today 61 points 1 month ago (2 children)

B-but I thought Boost was abandoned because you didn't update it for awhile...

On a serious note thanks for your work rmayayo I'm only on lemmy cause of you. I'm not sure how you resist making fun of those "Boost is abandoned" people, really grinds my gears as somebody who's released stuff of my own and had people making similar claims for absolutely no reason (literally have a public git they can look at) but oh well. I've been extremely pleased with Boost both back on reddit and now here on lemmy your work is appreciated man

[โ€“] rustydrd@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Same. When Reddit cracked down on third-party clients, I quickly realized that I liked Boost more than Reddit, and I'm super happy about how it's coming along.

[โ€“] rmayayo@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

๐Ÿซถ

[โ€“] Outtatime@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't notice any of that personally (probably missed it). Did the dev reply to any of those claims? Over six months of no updates is kinda worrisome

[โ€“] Traister101@lemmy.today 2 points 1 month ago

Occasionally yes but 6 months is frankly just not worrying at all. Loads of projects rarely get updates, for example video games Operating systems, for example take Android, is Android abandoned because each update takes about a year? Obviously no, the frequency of updates doesn't correlate to if the project is abandoned. People hassling rmayayo (albeit via a post) is not at all helpful to actually making any progress. Speaking from experience that kind of bs makes me want to stop working on my project. Obviously my work isn't appreciated if all they care about is release speed. Look to literally any large project, especially in the OSS world and you'll typically see pretty lengthy gaps between releases and very few patches. That means they release less frequently for higher quality, something that isn't possible if the only thing you care about is how often you get updates

[โ€“] Hbeog@lemm.ee 18 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Not a bug but a feature request. Can you add the content filters like the reddit boost had? So you can filter between images, videos, gifs, and script posts.

[โ€“] riot@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

This is something I'm really missing too. It would be so lovely to be able to filter everything away, except text and link posts, for when I'm in bed at night. It was one of my most used features with Boost for Reddit, so hopefully it can be implemented in Boost for Lemmy some day too :D

Anyway, thanks for everything you do, rmayayo! Can't imagine using any other app for Lemmy.

[โ€“] beefontoast@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Yes this is really needed please.

[โ€“] Schal330@lemmy.world 16 points 1 month ago

spoilerGreat job!

[โ€“] real_squids@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 month ago

~Nice super/subscript,~ ^Thanks^

[โ€“] cRazi_man@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

This is such a great app

[โ€“] Nyvios@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Thanks for the update!

I found a post though that still has very bad performance https://sh.itjust.works/post/35534975 - it's safe for work, it's about a game/mod. Scrolling through the post is very choppy, the app (or my phone) is really struggling. I'm using an Xperia 1 VI.

[โ€“] rmayayo@lemmy.world 13 points 1 month ago

I see what's going on. Boost only resizes images hosted on Lemmy and that post uses external images ๐Ÿ˜ฉ

[โ€“] ghen@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

I thought surely this guy was making it up, but yeah that's odd. I'm on a Samsung Note 10.

[โ€“] jordanlund@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

spoilerSpoiler Test

ZOMG! It works!

[โ€“] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

yaaaay! i go between boost and eternity but this new update is wonderful boosts rocket again

all i want now is for the down vote buttons to go away since they're not used on my instance

a screenshot from eternity for lemmy showing a post with the down vote button removed

and maybe support for instance emojis when composing like when you type : and then it autofills suggested instance emojis :)

[โ€“] rmayayo@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

The vote buttons is on the to-do list I didn't know about the emojis thing ๐Ÿง

[โ€“] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago

no worries!! :) thank you!

the pr for emojis was here: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/pull/877

don't know if it being in lemmy-ui makes it difficult to be in boost though so if its too much don't worry about it :)

[โ€“] puppycat@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago

thank you!! i don't think i can ever adjust to using a different lemmy app (i had to look for an IOS one for my partner and none of them were as good as boost) so im glad you're still developing and being awesome :>

[โ€“] Coelacanth@feddit.nu 5 points 1 month ago

Any plans to add swipe gesture actions to posts/comments?

[โ€“] MedicPigBabySaver@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Ty! I'll boost the Rocket (again) ๐Ÿ˜

BTW: any chance you can smooth out the Rocket? It shakes pretty bad the whole time.

[โ€“] commander@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Thank you. You'll be rewarded well as more people try out lemmy

[โ€“] CaptainBasculin@lemmy.bascul.in 5 points 1 month ago

Thanks for your work!

[โ€“] helios@social.ggbox.fr 4 points 1 month ago

Thanks a lot ! The fix for scrolling image-heavy post is much appreciated.

[โ€“] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Thank you for the update!!

[โ€“] harlekin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank you very much for your efforts. Is there a "jump to top" button available? If so, can you point me in the right direction to enable it?

[โ€“] rmayayo@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

In feeds is in the bottom-right button with the plus sign

[โ€“] Krudler@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

I knew getting the ad-free version last week was totally worth it! This app rocks, consider not having a coffee today and supporting this developer!!

[โ€“] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 month ago

Ayo, welcome back! Thanks for the update

[โ€“] CuriousRefugee@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 month ago

Thanks so much for your work!

[โ€“] Krudler@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

BETA ME UP BABY

[โ€“] davidgro@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Where should I post feature requests?

(Actually misfeature removal request: Renumbering numbered lists is so bad that even Reddit removed it in the official app)

[โ€“] Nziom@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Love your app wish for more updates โ™กโ™ก

[โ€“] davidgro@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thank you!
Out of curiosity, does it still also support Reddit style spoilers?

[โ€“] rmayayo@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago

Nope, I'm using a different markdown library. Also they wouldn't render on Lemmy website for the rest of users

[โ€“] xhenon@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Thanks for the update, really appreciate it

[โ€“] Eyro_Elloyn@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 month ago

https://youtu.be/lPk_zyRKs1Q

[โ€“] paranoid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Thank you!

[โ€“] obinice@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Yesss, thank you :-)

[โ€“] TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago

still waiting for a button that rotates images like RIF had...