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Eternity

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Eternity is a free and open-source Lemmy client, forked from Infinity for Reddit!

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Hello everyone!

I've just released the first version of Eternity (after changing the name from Infinity for Lemmy). It's been long overdue, but I wanted to finish a few features before this update. This release includes various fixes and new features, such as:

  • Blocking users/communities

  • List blocked users/communities

  • Separate up/down votes (can be disabled in the settings)

  • Private messages

  • Content reporting

  • New themes (including a new default one!)

  • Fixed various crashes.

And a huge thank you to everyone who provided feedback, translated the app, or contributed in any form during the testing phases of this release. Your insights and suggestions were invaluable in making Eternity better for all users. I'll continue to gather feedback and make improvements in the coming updates, so please don't hesitate to reach out with any further thoughts or issues you might encounter. Your support and engagement mean the world to me! Happy browsing!

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[–] wegettosss@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 year ago

I love where this project is going, will stay here for a loong time! Cheers

[–] American_Jesus@lemm.ee 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Reminder, you can help with translations here https://translate.codeberg.org/projects/infinity-for-lemmy/app/

Many translations to be done, with new features and previous untranslated.

You don't need to do all it once, just some words per day

[–] crystal@feddit.de 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Screenshot of a Codeberg Error

I currently get this error when trying to access a specific language.

Ahh, Forgot to update the repo URL there after I've changed the repo name. Now it's open again.

[–] sse450@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Couldn't find. On F-droid or G play?

[–] American_Jesus@lemm.ee 12 points 1 year ago

If you have IzzyOnDroid repo it's here https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/eu.toldi.infinityforlemmy

But needs some time to update (maybe hours)

Or you can download from Codeberg https://codeberg.org/Bazsalanszky/Infinity-For-Lemmy/releases

[–] donut4ever@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

Coming along very nicely. I love how all the reddit stuff is now gone (as far as I can see). The app feels independent now. I'm freaking loving it.

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 1 year ago

Great news!

[–] chefbee@beehaw.org 5 points 1 year ago

If you could add a feature to see and an option to subscribe to all communities from an instance, it would be nice.

Select any post, see the instance info, view all communities associated with it, subscribe to what you like

Thanks a lot for the wonderful app.

[–] beach_pudding@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

no instance filter :(

[–] sounddrill@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thanks a lot for this! This release makes it on par/better than jerboa! And has spell check!

I have nothing but gratitude for the team since I was browsing reddit for years(the platform always made me want to switch because of the shitty app) but infinity saved it. I was dailying a very old phone with an android 11 rom(bacon) which shat itself in terms of battery and heat when running the reddit app

I have been missing it a lot for the past few months and I recently tried infinity for lemmy(it was around .6 release I think or in between .6 and .8)

I think I'll keep using eternity, for eternity :P

[–] pfaca@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

When I try to see my profile, the app crashes. Anybody else?

Edit: It crashes when trying to see any user profile, not just mine.

[–] bazsalanszky@lemmy.toldi.eu 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hmm.. It works on my end. Is this a new issue in this update?

It would help me out a lot, if you could share the crash stacktrace? You can find it under the Settings > Advanced > Crash report option. This sounds like a critical bug.

[–] pfaca@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Just sent it to codeberg issue #153.

I think its a new issue, because I have been using the nightly version and its working has expected there.

[–] wheels@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Seems to only happen when User Default Sort Type is set to Top in the Sort Type settings. Changing it to New or Old fixed it for me.

Edit: or make sure you also set a User Default Sort Time if you're going to be using Top.

[–] pfaca@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

This worked for me.

[–] jBlight@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The update is great! But I have one small issue. I use the compact display mode and it used to display the community/instance and the username of the OP on the post. The new update changed something and now it does not display the username on posts.

[–] jBlight@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Another issue I've run into with this update: I can't click "load more comments". Every time I do, the app crashes. I've tried clearing the cache and restarting my phone. No luck, same issue.

[–] Draconic_NEO@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just tried the new update and it seems to have fixed a lot of issues in the app, but now I can't seem to import new themes into the app anymore, it just says unable to parse theme.

Ohh, no. I will look into that!

[–] theshatterstone54@feddit.uk 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It's pretty great, but what was the original theme? I preferred it.

Edit: I think it's ~~carbonfox~~, although it's not quite the same as it used to be.

It is actually Indigo, it seems

And separation of upvote and downvote can be toggled in settings under Interface -> Post

[–] psychic717@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I still don't see the update on F-droid, is that normal?

[–] SaladevX@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

F-droid usually lags a day or so behind. If you want immediate updates, check out Obtanium

[–] psychic717@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I see...thanks for the info.

[–] fisco@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

Ohh this is nice.....thank youπŸ‘πŸΌ

[–] curiousmonkey@lemdro.id 2 points 1 year ago

can you please release it for android 7 too?

Is it possible to bring back the random community function again? That was the main appeal of the old infinity for me.

[–] MaliciousKebab@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

App just changed its name but I was thinking Beyond for lemmy would be a good name. You know, Infinity and beyond quote from buzz lightyear. Thanks for blessing us with this beautiful app btw.

[–] AcornCarnage@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

There's already someone working on an app with that name.

[–] anosym@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
  • Blocking users/communities
  • List blocked users/communities

Nice!

  • Separate up/down votes (can be disabled in the settings)

I loved that on Voyager! So glad you added that, thank you! (Looks weird for posts with β‰₯1000 points btw. Edit: only when "show absolute number of votes" is enabled.)

I also love how account names and community names are displayed now. Looks great!

[–] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

After updating, I just got a blank screen after launching. Killing the app and clearing cache didn't help, I had to clear the app data completely.

Then I browsed for a bit and it happened again, just a completely blank screen out of nowhere (I was either just browsing or opening a post). I don't see anyone mentioning it on Codeberg, is it just me?

Motorola G6 @ Android 9

[–] bazsalanszky@lemmy.toldi.eu 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That does not sound good. I'll see what could cause this

[–] WhoRoger@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Lmk if there's something I can do or check

[–] lom@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

I'm confused about the plus button? It's always there and it asks me about a user when I press it outside of the feed? Also why did the theme change.

[–] SiyahGuraag@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Just tried it and I love it. Probably my second best UI Interface after Summit's UI. They're kinda Similar. I wonder if Summit's developer took some inspiration from Infinity's UI. Thanks for the Amazing work, Dude.

[–] beta_tester@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago
[–] AnotherOne@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just updated and now the app flickers? It's like one of those epilepsy videos. it shows 1 frame of the app, then 1 frame black then my phone background and repeats rapidly. I downloaded it from obtainium and i use a pixel 7 with graphene os, if that helps.

[–] AnotherOne@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Just reinstalled it. First time opening it worked fine after closing the app and reopening the problem is back.