This is a packed update! Enjoy (and let me know of any problems!)

New Features

New virtual scrolling library

We’ve switched from Virtuoso to Virtua! This should fix a couple issues and improve performance. One of the bugs that I’m very happy this improves is scroll glitching on iOS.

Community searching

You can now search for posts and comments in a specific community! Just visit the community and use the search bar.

Video performance improvements and progress indicator

Videos now only play if they’re > 50% on the screen. Additionally, there’s now a progress indicator!

Crash diagnostics

If the app crashes, there’s now an opportunity to report the crash and debug - including refreshing and clearing your app data.

Time-limited sort reminder

If you’re using a time-limited sort, for example, Top Posts for last hour, the empty message will remind you that you’re viewing a time-limited sort (instead of just saying “no posts”)

Configurable tap to collapse

If you want, you can now turn off tap to collapse for comments and/or posts

Lemmy v0.19 Support

Once Lemmy v0.19 is released and your instance is upgraded, you will automatically see additional features:

New sorts

Instance blocking

Better number formatting

Instead of seeing “1003 comments”, you’ll see “1.0K comments”.

Bot badge

There’s now a badge next to bots!

Added hack for videos not being scrollable in-feed

Safari has a bug in iOS 17 where videos don’t scroll in feed. I’ve added a workaround (not perfect, but hey).

Apple has fixed this but it’s not released yet.

New report option: Breaks Community Rules

When you report a post/comment, both admins and mods see it. Sometimes admins may see it first. By using a report reason of “Breaks Community Rules” it signals to admins to leave resolving the report to mods.

Autofill post title in new post

Add a URL to a new post, see a button to autofill title!

Post URLs now link in-app

If a post links to another post (or user, community or comment), you can now click to go to said post.

Thread locked status

If a thread is locked, it’s now indicated and prevents new replies.

Render images in comments

There’s now an option in settings to enable inline images in post comments! (General -> Show Comment Images)

What’s Changed

Full Changelog: https://github.com/aeharding/voyager/compare/1.17.1...1.18.0