Gregory's Serverso now that the big Mastodon for Android update has been out for a little bit...any feedback? anything you'd like to see?
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@samhenrigold at this point its hurting this space for people coming from other places. Starting here already takes a bit of effort to get used to. @samhenrigold It's beautiful! You should be really proud of it. I've tried a bunch of the Mastodon apps. I keep going back to the Mastodon web app for its features. Haven't found an app that matches it. And it has had some nice polish added to it of late as well. @pabloniusmonk Does the web app have anything in particular you rely on that the mobile app is missing? @samhenrigold The Mastodon for Android app runs smooth AF, that's for sure. I'm used to having the web app's right side ribbon which is fairly complete. Most of the time when I follow someone, I try to add them to one of my saved lists. I don't see where that's possible in any of the apps I've used. Nor have I seen the option to toggle on and off notifications (bell symbol 🔔) for a followed account. If I'm missing this somewhere, please let me know. Thanks for inquiring! Great work too! @samhenrigold it's super pretty, but I do find it mystifying that it still can't follow hashtags. That (including tips pointing people to the function), and search, are the two most powerful ways for a new user to find their footing without running out of motivation and leaving. Odd that retention isn't a goal of the app! @samhenrigold When you click on a toot in your messages to read replies to it, and then go back to messages, everything jumps to the beginning, so back to the first message. Then you always have to scroll down. Wish I could get back to where I was before. @aniho91 Hm, not able to replicate that. Any chance you can get a screen recording of that? It's a problem with the original Mastodon programme. I should probably contact the @Gargron group directly, but thank you very much for your answer.😗 @samhenrigold Will there be the possibility for groups like on Twitter? I am eagerly waiting for that. Or would it be better to switch to Calckey, you can have groups there? @aniho91 I _believe_ a groups feature is being considered, though I'm not the best source for platform updates. I just handle design for the first-party mobile apps @samhenrigold @samhenrigold I love it! The only feature I wish it had is tap-and-hold to preview an image/thumbnail. Sync for Reddit had this feature before the Reddit implosion, and I wish more apps had it. It worked like Quick Look in Finder on macOS. @samhenrigold a fix for this bug pls 😅. I'm using a Pixel 6a on Android 13, this happens only on my own profile page. @samhenrigold That's basic functionality on the Website and way better than anything from the :birdsite: -site. I missed that a lot on the iPhone-App and had to choose a 3rd-party one because of that a couple of years ago. Cheers |
@samhenrigold hashtag following and a starter tip telling you to follow hashtags. I was more forgiving before they released an entire updatw