Bean

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Bean is a Lemmy client for iOS.

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Hey testers! Please use this thread for give any feedback and report any bugs for Bean 1.1

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Hey everyone 👋

Bean for Lemmy is now available on the App Store for everyone to download!

The app is free to use with a "Pro" plan that gives you access to some premium features like push notifications and multiple accounts, as well as a bunch of customisation options with more themes and app icons available.

Thank you to everyone who tested the app over the last month. I'm really happy with what I've made in a short period of time but… This is just the beginning and I have so much more planned including mod tools, kbin supported more!

I hope you'll check it out and I look forward to hearing your feedback ❤️

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I still use Bean as it works for my uses. But, disappointed there wasn’t more transparency and communication. Also, disappointed it wasn’t made Open Source so someone could’ve picked it up. It feels like multiple levels of “screw you” to users

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Dead? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 

So is Bean completely dead? I noticed it’s not even in the App Store anymore. Still have the last version on my iPhone. Should I delete it?

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Bean is toast (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 

Now that http://wearecocoon.co.uk/ is officially out of business (subpages are still working) did anybody try to get a refund in the App Store?

Edit

I just opened a fraud case with Apple support: http://reportaproblem.apple.com/

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Would like to know more about what’s going on with the development of this app? Any plans? How are things going? What sort of things will be the primary focus in the near future?

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Or am I missing something?

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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 

Hey Steve,

its been a while since your last occurrence, when you and your buddy re-assured your commitment and explained some time of absence: fine with the most of us. But since then: silence.

Some of your early customers already moved on and wrote off their invest.

Could you please step the game up a little and start managing your community and maybe our expectations? For example you could share a rough roadmap, just so we know, that you are still on it and your community issues were heard? Or take half an hour once a week, biweekly or monthly to communicate your progress and what you are up to?

Best wishes a early stage customer that already resorts to other clients

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How do I hide the voting buttons in the feed view? They take away a lot of screen space and I am not voting on anything I have not yet read. I didn’t find this in the settings. Thanks.

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What happened to the ai summarizing?

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1.1 has seen no progress. 1.0 hasn’t been updated in about a month.

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submitted 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 

I really don't like the desktop web Lemmy UI, it's really ugly in my opinion. Is there an app or something I can use for lemmy.world that'll make it just a little more... idk, prettified?

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Now Lemmy 0.19 has been released it would be great to see the new "Scaled" sort option in Bean. Hopefully its a simple request.

The scaled option is basically a tweak to Hot, which gives equal weightings to small communities too.

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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
 
 

Seems to fix the image upload issue.

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Thanks Steve and team! Hoping for an update that includes widgets soon 😏🫡❤️

BTW I get a json error about unexpected token < when trying to upload image

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Just wanted to see how the app dev is tracking along? Can we expect an update before the holidays start? Cheers

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https://lemmy.zip/post/5678250

For whatever reason, Bean shows no content. Other clients show a link or embedded video file.

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Hey Everyone,

First of all, I owe you an apology for the lack of updates and communication from me. I totally understand the frustration from everyone and the feeling that the rug’s been pulled out from under you.

I’m not going to many any excuses, I can only express my apologies and plans to rectify this moving forward.

Next week, I will be working to fix some of the issues highlighted in this community: chiefly the inbox issues and switching to using the Authorization header now that Lemmy has made the change.

After that, I want to work with you all again as I did during the beta testing phase to figure out what priorities should be.

I of course, don’t expect anyone to take my word any face value but I hope that actions speak louder than words and that you’ll bear with me while I pick development back up on Bean.

It’s pretty late here in the UK but I didn’t want to head to sleep while everyone was expressing their concerns.

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Bought lifetime, no updates since then. Last activity from Steve’s account (the developer) on Lemmy was over 3 months ago.

A month ago his colleague had an update. Nothing since then.

Did I just throw away my money on this app? Or do you guys think development will start up again?

Also, what do you guys think is the best alternative to Bean with a similar UI?

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I know the devs had some other commitments that we due to end last month, but its still radio silent here.

Like others I am still having crashes and other issues. I did subscribe to a lifetime subscription and do feel a bit cheated that there's been no updates or even replies to bug reports.

Bean is still a great app and I hope development ramps up again, especially with all the backend changes coming to Lemmy soon!

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Like the title says, I’ve been unable to get my unread replies in the inbox. The loading circle just spins endlessly.

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https://lemmy.world/post/7304479

That post causes an endless scroll repeating the same text over and over again. This doesn’t happen in a few other clients I’ve tested it with. Same behavior in feed view or post view.

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I know the dev is buried in some deadlines, but I wanted to post a feature request for when things pick back up on the Bean side.

Would it be possible to have different sort settings for the main Home feed and the Community feeds? I’d like to be able to sort by “Hot” or “Top” with all read posts hidden while scrolling on the Home feed, but sort by “New” without read posts hidden while in specific communities.

Sorting by “Top” with read posts hidden leaves virtually every community empty at the moment, so it’s a few extra steps to bring everything back.

Thanks Steve!

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