I don't know if I've missed some configuration option
No, you haven't missed anything. ATM, all replies open an inline text editor.
The issue I have with the current reply is that it's just too small. It's a third of my screen so not only do I not get a good overview of my reply I also have to scroll a lot just to proofread.
I can definitely see it being an issue, especially on smaller screens. Maybe we could add an option to set whether you want commenting to be inline or on a separate page.
Half of these we already have :) Unfortunately, the other half is not supported by PieFed's API, but it's good to know there's interest!
- Gestures. Can't live without'em
Settings -> Feed Actions -> Enable Swipe Actions
- Better admin/mod tools within the software
This is also something I feel is lacking. We already have support for modding posts/comments specifically (mark NSFW, mod delete, pin in community, and ban user), but nothing much beyond that. I would like to improve it sometime soon.
- Very small nitpick; but maybe add the Sub/Mod/Fav/All/Loc buttons as a dropdown menu? I never liked how they were always there.
Settings -> Feed Actions -> Set Filter
- Better, more fleshed out settings tab
I agree, I would say the Settings menus are a bit cluttered/unorganized. I'm just not really sure where I would start to fix that. I'm no UX person. Especially considering you couldn't find the settings for the features you wanted :)
Well that's about it. I hope this doesn't come off as demanding or anything, you don't owe anything :D And thanks for adding piefed support, it's great
You're all good, this was exactly what I was asking for :) Thanks!
The sorting for piefed lacks a few options: Top Day, Top 6 Hours, etc. That is the most annoying so far.
Will definitely add, I'll make sure it's in the next update! PieFed's API didn't support these options previously (which is why they're not in Interstellar), but I just checked the PieFed source code, and it looks like they are supported now at least.
Thanks for developing the app. Cheers!
Thank you!
Should be the default in my opinion.
The problem with that is that Interstellar is not only available on phones, but also on large tablets and desktop devices. So if we change the default to hide the UI, then it would also do that on larger devices, which is probably unwanted.
What we really need is an onboarding process / welcome screen, which would ask you to configure some common settings and add your first account.
Will you consider adding back gesture?
Possibly? Do other apps have back gestures as well? The problem here is if I added back gestures from post back to Feed, then would people expect it to work the same for all pages (like community page back to Explore, user back to user comment, etc.)? It seems like it would be quite a bit of effort to implement for all of those.
Additionally, it seems like having that back gesture would rule out having the possibility of feed swiping (being able to swipe on one post to get to the next) in the future.
IMO, back gestures should be handled by the OS, as if you swipe from the side out on Android, then it goes back one screen, and that's handled by the Android OS.
I'm not ruling it out, but I do want to get more feedback on the idea.
Can you autohide when scrolling?
Yes, you can in fact! Just go to Settings -> Display -> Hide feed UI on scroll.
Thank you for the report! Unfortunately, this is not enough context to be able to fix. Is it possible you could tell me exactly what you were doing? Were you literally just scrolling through the comments? Which post were you seeing it on? And are you seeing this consistently?
Yes, in parallel, both at the same time. Sorry if I hadn't made that clear.
Considering there wasn't anybody interested yet, I'm not even sure if I will set it up. I'll just have to see.
What is the difference between the three options within Settings > Feed Defaults > View. There’s Threads, Microblog and Timeline options, but I can’t see what effect they have on the feed.
That sets the default Feed View for when you're on an Mbin account. Mbin has options to view threads (the Lemmy side of the fediverse), microblogs (the Mastodon side of the fediverse), and timeline (combined threads and microblogs), whereas Lemmy and PieFed don't have microblog support, only threads.
When viewing comments, some replies are shown and nested, but others require tapping Open x replies. What determines whether a reply is shown automatically or needs a tap to open?
That's totally dependent on the API's response. If Interstellar sees the API returned a comment that has X listed as the number of children, but the API didn't actually return those children, then it displays the Open X replies button.
I've made an issue for it on GitHub so we can track it: https://github.com/interstellar-app/interstellar/issues/207
Wait, I literally just solved the issue and uploaded fixed APK files. You should be able to update successfully now!
I couldn't tell anything from the video, but I'll try to look around and see I'd other people have jitter problems with Flutter (Interstellar's UI framework).
That's definitely something we could add!
This is also something we should easily be able to fix.
Thanks for the feedback!