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Hi everyone!

A new update for Avelon is now out on the app store! This update adds a lot of requested features, including new search functionality, a brand new in-app browser with reader mode, a better video player, user/community instances & lots more. It also fixes all the major bugs reported.

Let me know what you think!

Full Changelog

  • Added search!
    • Find posts, users, communities, comments...
    • Supports both filtering & sorting
    • Support for searching inside communities
  • Brand new in-app browser
    • Reader-mode support
    • Swipe to dismiss
  • Better video player
    • Fixed bug where videos would immediately pause background audio
    • Videos now keep track of where you were if you open a post
    • Hidden mute buttons for videos without sound
    • No more black bars around videos (unless they are too tall to fit on screen!)
  • Added option to show community/user instances
  • Added bio to profile pages
  • Added option to disable haptic feedback
  • Added swipe to dismiss for in-app notifications
  • Improved quicksearch performance and design (the one shown when tapping the feed title)
  • Compact posts now use the same font size as large posts
    • If you preferred the old look, there's a new setting to reduce the compact font size
  • The account switcher now shows instances if you have multiple accounts with the same name
  • Fixed bug where battery could sometimes drain in the background
  • Fixed bug where posts/comments would sometimes get stuck mid-swipe-gesture when you scroll
  • Fixed bug where thumbnail position setting wouldn't be saved
  • Fixed bug where subscriptions page could sometimes get stuck loading
  • Fixed bug where comments would sometimes be at the wrong depth after tapping "show parent comment"
  • Fixed bug with image cache where it could grow indefinitely
  • Cleaned up context menus a bit
  • Improved & cleaned up settings a bit
  • Other minor bug fixes & improvements
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[–] Sammy@geddit.social 8 points 1 year ago

Lotsa apps for Lemmy are picking up steam, but this one is excellent! Very crisp, easy, intuitive, and I’m enjoying every tweak so far. Thank you all!

[–] shuntipepperment@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wow!!

Just loved that popup change log in the beginning

Looking at the change log itself shows how much hard work have been done here..

Will slowly go through each one of the changes mentioned here

Thanks a lot for your time and work for the betterment of this beautiful app.

[–] chocho@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Amazing! Made a small donation to you.

[–] nicolairathjen@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I’ve been using the app since release, and the experience is amazing so far. Thank you!

[–] ebits21@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Looks great! Very nice app.

The explore tab is just mwah.

[–] Perroboc@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Awesome! Thanks!

One small request: is there a way to create new posts? Maybe it’s not so obvious right now 🙁

[–] censor@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Much love for fixing the music pausing bug :)

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 year ago

Great news!