## Download the latest TestFlight Public Beta
[https://testflight.apple.com/join/MelFP11Y] for iOS 16+ Hey, Mlem Community!
We’ve got another MASSIVE update for you all, packed with new features, bug
fixes, interface tweaks, quality-of-life improvements, and other surprises!
We’ve all worked very hard over the last week to get this out to you before the
July 4th holiday here in the USA so you can enjoy the app this week while the
Team takes a day or two off! We’re also getting very close to our 1.0 App Store
submission milestone, so keep an eye out for that announcement soon! NEW
ADDITIONS - Improved Profile tab with swipe functionality and sort options -
Inbox tab - scroll and swipe through your comment replies, DMs, and mentions,
together or sorted by type! - Reply to DMs - New Post composition dialog! - New,
sleek post and comment layout featuring unified instance and user tags for tidy
information display, even displaying using full instance info. - Custom Icons! -
13 gorgeous, new custom icons from clay/s who designed our original icon! choose
your favorite from the Settings tab! - Added ability to block communities -
Fixed “Share” button to communities - Proper link handling to communities -
Added button to profile to see which communities a user moderates - Added delete
button to post and comment menus - Updated downvote buttons to be invisible if
the instance disables downvoting - Greatly improved accessibility (VoiceOver) -
Filter keywords - Other quality of life enhancements BUG FIXES - Improved image
handling in posts and descriptions text - NSFW images in description text are
now blurred - Fixed issue where link posts image previews were overdrawing KNOWN
ISSUES - Tapping Mastodon username links opens the user in Profile tab and
cannot be escaped in an infinite loop - Some communities fail to load on rare
occasions - Large posts will prevent scrolling by using left and right gestures
with VoiceOver - Unable to navigate to a community from a post with VoiceOver -
Can’t add accounts with the same username on different instances in some cases,
works ok in others MORE TO COME - Full a11y compliance which should work
perfectly with iOS’s Accessibility functionality like Guided Access and Screen
Reader coming. Each build comes with increased functionality! - Long-press
actions for the Mlem app icon on the Home Screen - Translate button which works
throughout Mlem - Fullscreen image viewer - New & improved fullscreen image
viewer - Inbox notifications - Reporting function to report posts & comments to
mods/admins Please keep in mind that this is beta software. As such, it’s not
feature-complete and there will be bugs and unexpected behavior. Enjoy testing,
and we look forward to hearing your bug reports via TestFlight and your
feedback! You can comment here or come chat with us in The Mlem Space on Matrix.
Enjoy! The Mlem Team - Mlem App Space on Matrix
[https://matrix.to/#/#mlemapp:matrix.org] - Mlem App on GitHub
[https://github.com/mlemgroup/mlem] - Mlem App on Mastodon
[https://mastodon.social/@mlemofficial]
A new beta of Mlem for Lemmy was released on 2023-07-02. Among many other improvements, it has greatly improved VoiceOver support. But there are also the following known issues:
Large posts will prevent scrolling by using left and right gestures with VoiceOver
Unable to navigate to a community from a post with VoiceOver
You can download the update from TestFlight. Remember that there are two separate TestFlight betas. The first ended when there was a change in the development team and won’t be updated anymore. If you are in that beta, you need to join the new beta to get the new update.