Loom

The incoming build v1.1.0b (2023.08.29) will have a new option in settings under a section called Filtering.

The option is NSFW Extended

This will run an offline CoreML model that will run through all thumbnails and present media that is SFW. This is based on the data set used here https://github.com/bhky/opennsfw2

I will always find offline solutions first. The goal is for data to never leave the device when incorporating such solutions.

I will stay vigilant on better and more up-to date solutions. Since this is a fairly new integration, I will also spend time optimizing, but the speed of inferencing is negligible and almost instant, so experience does not seem to be affected.

I have made a new open-source package called ModerationKit, where I will incorporate solutions of any kind to prevent harmful media from entering a user's feed.

2 Notes to be aware of:

1. ~~There is an issue with config restoration per app launch that will be resolved later this week. You may need to re-enable this filter each open.~~

2. Computer Vision is never a 100% guarantee.

For every version during the beta expect a delay for iPad and macOS versions to get upto speed to iPhone's variant. iPhone's variant/optimizations will always be first.

My priority is making sure the other form factors are not rushed when applying changes, so that they are properly tuned to the capabilities they can offer vs mobile counterparts.

Base Features

• All Mod actions
• Registration
• report content
• Searching instances past current linked
• Interactive instance explorer, acts as a visual learning device for federation
• Customize how any paginated content loads. Either via manual input/auto
• Editing photos prior to upload (Avatar/Banner/Post)
• IPFS settings allowed for custom setups and/or other services past infura
• Marble allows for custom shader parameters and will be able to go past YouTube links
• When Marble is activated, Feeds can turn into a Full Screen waterfall GUI, especially for communities whose content are primarily video links.
• custom emoji editor
• View and label moderators of communities
• adjust styling of the keyboard toolbar, add more tools or the ability for users to customize tools
• allow IPFS to be the content distributor for post links of images/video
• allow users to remove loom watermark from shared image generations
• enable engravings on shared content for users to verify original/authenticity of creators in-app
• add share extension functionality to allow any images/links outside of the app (deeplinking) to be opened in app remotely via share modals
• add Home Screen widget to observe content from looms
• push notifications
• different type sizes for expanded preview of post body content
• remaining Localizations
• alphabet slider for community scrolling
• Add Base featureset/Bug log to settings or side bar
• block communities
• block keywords
• translate content via action

Bugs

• a thread with breadcrumbs won't update the footer action to reply to the target breadcrumb, remains on the parent
• navigation stack doesn’t pop for 1 particular post. But is able to pop when using swipe gesture
  • may have been resolved in 2023.8.27 can't reproduce
• macOS and loading configuration to improve stability overall most issues may be intel specific
  • may have been resolved in 2023.8.28 needs more stress testing
• macOS center modals on initial launch
• proper error handling for failed content uploads. Such as when composing posts. Could be size issues.
• paginated scroll view loading issues and/or more reactive state updates when tapped initially to attempt “try agains”
  • may have been resolved in 2023.8.28 can't reproduce
• need to run through all of iPad’s and Macs interaction and selectively identify uniqueness to each environment for certain flows.
• profile loading logic from search
• sync user stats on each load or via manual interaction
• upvote icon does not migrate updated upvote data (related to current context needing to update)
• refine springiness of modal, dismissal primarily esp with keyboard
• refine search overall, all the interactions when executing queries, empty states and keyboard toolbar usability
• swipe to drag to dismiss animation refinement of pushed views on navigation stack
• weird interactions with menu buttons
• remove bookmarks when signed out of the account
• add toasts for successful content edits (Comments)
• something is inconsistent with account restoration check recent (wait:) changes
• bookmarks send postdisplayviews in style1. Discovered it to be the footer comment button that triggers this
• when restoring config instance check account’s last logged in’s host.
• editing post, spawns multiple toasts and does not persist removing post urls
  • this occurs after making a post, may be similar to actionable retainment issue in the profile case in 2023.8.28
• profile replies are targetting an unknown user sometimes, again has to do with the actionable retainments above.
• headline in feed view when viewing peer communities (Reproducible via entering from a loom)
• expandedlayout creating a post replaces mainView, needs to spawn new window instead.
• readability backdrop removed from the header elements on expanded layout's feed header
• padding in the modal drawer requires the background color to seamlessly blend. (Added .layer2 to the divider in build 2023.8.30)

Cleaning

• Cleanup LinkPreview vs Contentmetadata
• cleanup all preload() logics with the recent sharable changes

1.0.4b was skipped. Since lots of changes were made in Granite, decided to mark v1.1.0 to denote.

Loom: https://github.com/neatia/Loom

LemmyKit: https://github.com/pexavc/LemmyKit

Granite: https://github.com/pexavc/Granite

Testflight: https://testflight.apple.com/join/owwIagmV

Looms
	Create "Looms" of any group of communities from any instance. Merging their content into a singular feed.

Explore
	Visit linked instances when connected to a lemmy server. View small snippets of each and their ping response time.

Travelling Modals
	Writing modals can travel with your viewing context. Allowing you to browse content in any stack prior to publishing.

Bookmark Syncing
	All your saved posts and comments can be switched between accounts in a dedicated component.

Sharing
	Share posts or comments as images. With the intention of supporting QR codes and Engravings in the future.

Search
	Either search all, a specific subcategory with sort support. View expanded contents within the view, interacting with content as normal.

Profile
	Dynamic threads, despite viewing context. Swipe to reply to comments or tap the more button, to modify, remove, block, etc.
	Deleting and restoring with toast reactions.
	Switch accounts, view their profiles, and their scores.

Embedded Webview
	Custom JS insertion supported, customizing how webpages are viewed via direct user input is a possibility.

Light Mode
	Light mode and Dark mode supported. Refer to the color group in Assets to define preferences.

Accessing a url with .local or 127.0 in the domain seems to be requesting this access. I have disabled setting such urls. This is just for the Testflight. Otherwise you can build the iOS/macOS client locally and allow for localhost access

Another area this can occur is in Search. I am still investigating why/how a request can push this modal through. A post's image url could be of a localhost, and thus it is being attempted to request causing this notification to appear.

I have tested the API endpoint with local as a query since posts can either be federated, local or subscribed for instance, but that wasn’t causing it.