Hi, Mlem App Community!

We on the Mlem Team wanted to share some data from our TestFlight so far with you all to let you know how popular the app is.

The Testing Numbers

So far, we have just over 8k beta testers for the Mlem App! That’s out of 10k total test slots in TestFlight, which means that we’re close to our max allowable testers! That’s a lot of adoption for a week since our announcement!

Also, 89% of currently-registered testers have the latest build installed and are currently testing (meaning 11% deleted the app but are still registered), and there’s a 34.6% reporting rate for crashes-- meaning some of you could do a better job with crash reporting.

New Recruits

Last week, we posted a call for new contributors, and you, the community, stepped up! We’ve added a bunch of new developers and designers, including those with expertise in accessibility compliance, helping us to make sure that everyone will be able to use our app, using all of the system’s features iOS provides and meeting a11y standards. With new UX designers, we’ve overhauled our interface, and with new graphic designers, we’re bringing a great starter set of custom icons, with more to follow in future releases. And, most importantly, after an internal reorganization, higher-quality and more regular updates will follow with more strict project management, bug tracking, and resource delegation-- all thanks to the lemmy community coming together to make a great app for everyone!

Development & Feedback

The app testing is going well and development is proceeding apace. We’ve heard tons of positive feedback, and we’re thrilled to hear that everyone is loving the app. We’ve also been listening to all of your excellent feedback. We’ve put everything into our Issue Tracker on our GitHub project page, and we’re working through them, along with all of the bugs you’ve been reporting and new features we’re planning, and we’re working on a huge update for our next beta, which we hope to release very soon!

So, keep testing, stay excited, and check back here for updates, and discussion about the Mlem App!

Cheers!

– The Mlem App Team

  • orangeNgreen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    Hello. Former Apollo user here. I’d be happy to volunteer as a beta tester. Please let me know if you’re still looking for people!

  • LaughingSpider@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    A few times when the app crashed my keyboard bugged out and covered the entire screen and I had to cancel the send bug report. I don’t know if others are experiencing this issue but I’ll try to send bug reports when I can!

  • ouigol@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    How often will there be updates, and when can we expect the next one? Love the app, but could use some improvements which I’m sure will be implemented!

  • Dynamo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I have not had the app crash even once yet. Is it a common occurrence?

    While I’m not using the app as excessively as I did Apollo, from what I’m reading about crashes and bugs I’m kind of surprised how well it is running for me.

    Edit: Never mind, it now crashed 3 times in short succession. Reported of course!

  • JustSomeGuy@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Thanks for all the hard work, I’ve been using the app exclusively since leaving reddit and I’m excited for the updates

    • BrooklynMan@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      not currently, although we’ve been looking into it. as it stands, there are some fundamental API differences that make bringing kbin into the same app difficult. however, the kbin devs have been discussing API changes that may make this easier in the future, so we’ll always be considering it if it seems more realistic in the future!

  • RIP_Apollo@vlemmy.netEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    Great work. Thanks for your hard work.

    I’d like to make a couple of points if that’s ok:

    • I had marked some subs as favourites within the Mlem app, but they have been removed from my favourites since the update to version 0.0.7 Beta (I’m not complaining btw, just wanted to make you aware in case it affects other users too).

    • I noticed that the posts themselves support Dynamic Text (a feature that enables users to choose the size of onscreen text in iOS) as well as the text box to leave a reply…. But the actual comments on the posts are always at a fixed size. It makes it difficult for people with visual impairments because they can’t increase the size of the font in the comments. I can’t find this issue mentioned on the Github board. Am I allowed to request the feature there even though I’m not a dev?

    Again, thanks for your hard work.

  • SickIcarus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    0·
    1 year ago

    Hello, I’m LOVING the slide options for voting and replying in the new Memmy up - they work well!

    Is there a way to create a new post in the app? If there is I can’t find it.

    Are there plans or an ETA for iPad landscape scaling? Currently it uses the iPhone-style UX (small vertical window in the middle of the screen) on an iPad.

    If you could make this look and function just like Narwhal that’d be greeeaaat lol

    Edit (from website): also not seeing a way to edit a comment yet. And apparently using * for italics (and I’d assume bolding as well) doesn’t work yet.

    Edit x 2: apparently editing on the webpage made the * italics work.

    • BrooklynMan@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      You’ll be glad to know that we’ve been taking a lot of the community’s suggestions and bug reports (including suggestions for wipe interactions and iPad landscape scaling) and are planning a big new beta release soon that will contain a lot of new features and an overhauled interface.

      as this is an early beta, many features are still missing or may not work as expected in some instances. with every release, we hope to improve the app for our testers so that we have a great app experience for 1.0! In the meantime, we hope you continue to enjoy testing the beta.

      Also, hop on over to Matrix and join the Mlem App Space to continue the discussion with our community there! (links in post)