Recurring issues with comments
Howdy y’all! I’m still enjoying Connect and recommending it to everyone, but I’ve been having more and more issues displaying comments, either when opening a post that clearly says “X comments” but ends up being empty, or when clicking on “View more (X)” on my profile only for it to disappear. Any idea why? I haven’t blocked any instances or anything.
Feedback from a UX writer
So I’ve been testing out various Lemmy clients these past few weeks, and while Connect’s my favorite so far, here are some things I picked up: - Instance downtime notifications would be useful - “Default sort for Posts” shouldn’t follow the most recent selection - “Preload images” (and videos) should be configurable separately for wi-fi and cellular - An actual blur would look better than the red NSFW overlay - “Show Upvotes and Downvotes” is fine, but percentages would be more convenient - “Scrolling past Posts marks as read” can be unreliable - Swipes aren’t fully exploited: disabling right swipes to accommodate people using Android devices like iPhones is debatable, but right edge swipes could easily be used to open “About Community” for example - The animation when opening a post’s action menu causes more “misclicks” than anything - Probably Lemmy-related, but a global block for communities (rather than per-instance) would save time - When sharing content, opening apps like Telegram within Connect is impractical - The expected behavior when pressing the back button repeatedly is to go back to the homepage then exit, not open the menu even when the top search drawer is open - The Android navigation bar is always black regardless of the current theme - Live search often doesn’t return exact matches unless expanded, which should also be doable by pressing Enter - Since comments aren’t colored by default, “+X points” would help distinguish from “-X points”, and it should either be “point” for 0 and +/-1 or “point(s)” for everything - Comment action bars should collapse after said actions are taken - When commenting, an auto-search after typing c/ or u/ would be useful - Draft previews don’t seem to work - Your own posts shouldn’t ever get hidden - An “Upvoted Posts” history would be nice Now, this is all obviously subjective so feel free to disagree, but hopefully it’ll still help somewhat.
