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Hi there! First of all, I wanted to say thank you. Thanks for submitting bugs and PRs, sharing wefwef, and for the overwhelming kindness from everyone here. 💙 I would not be writing this post right now if it wasn’t for that.

I have a few important announcements in this thread, so please read on!

(TLDR subscribe to !voyagerapp@lemmy.world!)

The road to v1

Somehow, after only a few weeks, v1 is in reach! That being said, there are a few important features needed in order to get there:

  1. Blocking and unblocking users and communities
  2. Hide NSFW posts toggle
  3. Community favorites
  4. Better keyboard handling on comment and post dialogs
  5. Workaround for light mode status bar on iOS
  6. Direct connect to lemmy.world instead of proxy workaround

Keep in mind, v1 won’t be perfect. There will be bugs :) This is just the point at which we feel there is nothing critical outstanding.

Our new name: Voyager

Thanks so much for all of the really great and important points for either keeping wefwef or changing to Voyager. A recurring theme I heard is that while wefwef is a fun, unique name, Voyager is a more approachable name. To me, that’s important. I’ve decided on Voyager!

With that, I’m also happy to announce some new domain names!

(Don’t worry, wefwef.app will continue working for the foreseeable future!)

And our new Lemmy community, !voyagerapp@lemmy.world

We will be transitioning to this new name effective Monday July 10 when the old wefwef community will be locked. Subscribe to !voyagerapp@lemmy.world!

App icon contest

EDIT: SUBMISSIONS NOW OPEN! https://lemmy.world/post/1287799

As part of the v1 launch, I’m hoping to adopt a new community-driven app icon! 🥰 I can’t wait to see what you all come up with!

What do I win??

wefwef *ahem* Voyager is a free and open source project, so there isn't a cash prize or anything. But, credit to you will be officially in the app settings and the Github repo readme!

Submission deadline

On July 10th I will create a thread for submissions in !voyagerapp@lemmy.world. On July 16th, 10pm CT submissions will close (depending on submission volume, may be extended).

Selection process

I will lock the thread after the submission window and nominate 3 icons (see below tips for what I’m looking for). I’ll take into account votes and comments from people. :) If there are very few submissions, I may extend the window to submit. Shortly after, I’ll create another thread for the community to vote to choose one of the final three!

Tips

  • I encourage you to make the app icon FUN and colorful! Give the app a soul that reflects the community driven nature of Lemmy and the greater Fediverse. Icons using the display-p3 colorspace are encouraged. I love how an interconnected rainbow represents the Fediverse, and I’d love to see your personal artistic style :)
  • I am purposely allowing raster icons for this contest, because I think too many app icons look bland, generic and… well… corporate vector bleh. I love the fun style of these Fediverse illustrations by David Revoy: https://framablog.org/2022/12/08/framasoft-2022-a-casserole-cooked-up-thanks-to-you-thanks-to-your-donations/?print=print

Rules

  • 3 submissions max per artist
  • Please, no submissions resembling the Apollo icon (sorry!) to respect Apollo’s app icon branding
  • For each submission, required assets:
    • (For contest submission)
      • Single 512x512 square PNG designed for iOS should be in your comment. (If you have an iOS device, I recommend this site to test)
      • Optional sentence or two explaining your icon
    • (Upon being selected)
      • 1024x1024 PNG or SVG iOS app icon.
      • 1024x1024 PNG or SVG “maskable” variant for Android app icon. Tips here: https://web.dev/maskable-icon
      • BONUS/OPTIONAL Splash screen image - Design a full screen app launch screen that is maskable to fit various device aspect ratios. This is totally optional.
  • Your work should be licensed under CC-BY-SA 4.0, or less restrictive. :)

That's all! Thanks for reading this far! 💙

P.S. Did I mention subscribe to !voyagerapp@lemmy.world?

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!voyagerapp@lemmy.world

Thank you! 💙

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Seems they’re opening in a new full screen view rather than blur/unblur on tap. Actually much preferred the in-feed option!

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I am no longer able to log in or view any content with wefwef. I deleted the app and tried to navigate to the website with my phone.

I am technically able to access the website, but any attempts to login in say "connection error". Any attempts to view posts say "problem fetching posts". I have tried multiple instances and none of them work.

Is anyone else having this issue? I am an android user. Thanks.

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Can we get blurred thumbnails for NSFW link posts too?

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Is this common or unique to me? White text on the light background is fairly illegible.

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Hello everyone... First Lemmy post here... Found a bug that doesn't let you go to the top at once by clicking the posts button. Is this a bug or a feature, and if it's a bug, is it reproducible by you guys... if so... will put up an issue on the repo then...

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App Store (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/wefwef@lemmy.world
 
 

Now that Memmy is in the App Store on iOS, I feel like Wefwef is going to be left behind since this is the main place people go to discover apps. I know that Wefwef is a PWA web app but if it could be put in the store that might get more people to use it. Are there any downsides to being in the store?

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Any plans to add community collections (like multi-reddits)?

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haptic feedback? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
 
 

I’m almost certain it would’ve been implemented by now if it was possible but just to be sure: how’s it with web apps and haptic feedback?

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I spent way too much time drawing these lol

You're welcome to crop & use them on your personal devices, if any strike your fancy

No charge, but I do accept dopamine and compliments

No commercial use, please. I'm happy letting y'all use them if you like em, but they're still my work

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submitted 3 years ago by to c/wefwef@lemmy.world
 
 

Hi all,

Loving wefwef and am even using it as my desktop Lemmy UI but there is one niggle.

I often want to select and copy text in a comment (usually to search for it) but this doesn't work. Single clicking hides the comment while click and drag engages the upvote/downvote etc options.

Could we get an option to allow text selection (eg. ctrl-click)?

Thanks,

giddy

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In Apollo I could tap and hold a posted image and there’d be an option to share the image directly with my contacts. Here I can only share the Lemmy link.

I guess what Apollo was doing was temporarily downloading the image/video and then deleted it after being shared.

Right now I can’t copy an image through wefwef either, I have to open the link through safari to have that functionality.

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Very impressed with the app but one feature i really miss is the "scroll to top" when tapping on the status bar in iOS. It's something i use all the time and it works across all apps and websites in iOS, just in wefwef it doesn't work.

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submitted 3 years ago by to c/wefwef@lemmy.world
 
 

I’ve discovered a possible bug in how wefwef is parsing or displaying community statistics. For example, at the time of this writing, c/science at lemmy.ml shows the following stats in their sidebar:

Users / day: 12 Users / week: 54 Users / month: 157 Users/ 6 months: 244 Subscribers: 8.27k Posts: 1.23k Comments: 1.29k

As the screenshot of the sidebar in wefwef shows, only the “users / day” stat is correct. Wefwef shows 80 subscribers rather than 8.27k.

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my submission (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/wefwef@lemmy.world
 
 

actually submitted this to memmy last week. and was told they were going away from the lemming. maybe this community will like it. seriously impressed with wefwef by the way.

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Similar to others I originally made these for Memmy without realizing they decided to move away from a lemming icon.

Here’s a couple alts

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I'm using Safari on iOS 16.5.1

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App Icon Idea (programming.dev)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/wefwef@lemmy.world
 
 

Something along these lines would be fun.

I'm not the greatest designer, but I think you get the idea: a cute rocket with a rainbow trail.

A few other musings:

the rainbow trail reminds me of nyan cat, an animated version in that style might make for a nice loading screen

I looked up "rocket nyan cat" and saw this hamster with a rocket attached: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/nyancat/images/5/58/RocketHamster.gif/revision/latest?cb=20210923233749

It would be cool if someone could do something similar with a lemming.

That reminds me of Buzz holding Woody with a rocket strapped to his back: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/bd893090-c6dc-4d2f-96a5-9ec62637242e

It's a similar feeling, with Voyager (and other apps) picking up Apollo and trying to keep it flying.

The word Voyager makes me think of the Daft Punk piece, there's a bit in the video with an anime style star, this could make for a simpler icon theme: https://youtube.com/watch?v=CqZgd6-xQl8&t=2m29s

I think the name "Rocket" would be a cool name for an Apollo inspired app - simple and effective.

The rocket idea could be anthropomorphised (smiley cyclops) and become a character in an of itself; there was an astronaut with Apollo, there could be a rocket character with Voyager.

I looked up Wallace and Gromit's rocket, because I remember really liking the look, but I don't think it translates: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Kb0ooQKbflM&t=2m38s

Orange and Blue is a popular contrasting colour scheme though.

I like the rainbow focus in the brief and I hope to see some cool creations. I'm not precious about the rocket idea, but I hope it inspires some more creative submissions, I definitely think something other than a slight variation on the lemming motif would set this app apart from the rest.

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I would love to be able to see the user beside the community when viewing my home page / all / local pages. Right now we are only able to see the user who posted when we open the post or go right into the community.

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I'm confused! Before I uninstalled wefwef all of the browser interface was hidden. But now the address bar and "new tab" button plus other interface elements visible.

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