Avelon for Lemmy 1.0.5 is now out! Includes posting, a better GIF player in the feed, and even better performance - eviltoast

Hey guys!

Another week and another Avelon update!

The biggest feature in this version is posting (so you can finally post in this community without using the webui!) and a better native GIF player! The feed should also be even more buttery smooth (unless you doomscroll for 2 hours straight, or so I’ve heard).

Changelog

  • Added posting! - Supports link posts, image posts and text posts - Automatic uploading of images to Imgur! - (No way to edit posts just yet)
  • Much nicer GIF video player - GIFs can now be paused - GIFs show progress just like videos
  • Added pull to refresh inside posts
  • Videos with audio now play nicer with background music
  • Improved autoplay behavior for videos and GIFs
  • Inline images with a name/alias now show the name as well as the image itself
  • Improved layout on small devices with large fonts
  • Performance improvements (should be even smoother now!)
  • Squashed some pesky bugs

If you enjoy the app, consider leaving a review on the app store as it helps out a lot! And tell all your friends plz

Hope you enjoy the update & let me know what you think!

(Posted from Avelon)

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    1 year ago

    Avelon is making its way to becoming my favorite app. Just really need a “next top level comment” button and for the Posts button to refresh to the top of the feed instead of showing all the communities

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    1 year ago

    Excellent! Avelon is quickly moving to the top of my stable of Lemmy apps. Thank you for the hard work

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    1 year ago

    I think the performance is better on most things after this last update, but scrolling still seems slightly “laggier” than when I first downloaded the beta.

    As a side note, I would love to have Color Schemes one with dark grey and darker grey (as opposed to straight OLED black), and a “sepia” with font as dark brown and the background as beige/off-white. They are easier on the eyes for some reason.

    And thank you for all of the hard work on this project.

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    1 year ago

    Also happy to give tips! Prefer that anyway. Avalon is one of my top two!

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    1 year ago

    Do I need to download the non beta version to tip? Is there a place to support my favorite app directly?

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      1 year ago

      Hmm I don’t think apple allows payments through testflight, but not sure