In this post I will list the known issues or possible improvements for Lemmy.world.
Please comment with any issue or area for improvement you see and I will add it here.
Issues can be:
- Local (lemmy.world) (also performance issues)
- Lemmy software issues
- Other software related (apps/Fediverse platforms etc)
- Remote server related
- (User error? …)
Known issues
Websockets issues
There are some issues with the Websockets implementation used in Lemmy, which handles the streaming. Websockets will be removed in version 0.18 so let’s hope these issues will be all gone then!
- Top posts page gets a stream of new posts ? Websockets issue
- You’re suddenly in another post than you were before > Websockets issue
- Your profile will briefly display another name/avatar in the top right corner
Spinning wheel issues
Error handling is not one of Lemmy’s strongpoints. Sometimes something goes wrong, but instead of getting an error, the button will have a ‘spinning wheel’ that lasts until eternity. These are some of the known cases:
- You want to create an account but the username is already taken
- You want to create an account but the username is too long (>20 characters)
- You want to create an account but the password is too long
- You want to create a community but the name is already taken
- You want to create a community but the name is not in all lowercase letters
- You want to create a post over 2000 characters
- You want to post something in a language that isn’t allowed in the community
Enhancement requests
- Can themes be added? > To be checked if this can be done without changing code.
For support with issues at Lemmy.world, go to the Lemmy.world Support community.
v18 released today, when can we expect the update to be rolled out here?
EDIT: Not a demand, just a genuine question, sorry if that came off abrasive
Also latest version of jerboa do not support earlier than v18, had to reinstall jerboa older version.
Hello, you might be interested in Thunder, another Lemmy Android client: https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder/releases
It does work, but it’s a bit unstable and crashes from time to time.
v18 has not been released yet AFAIK. lemmy.ml is running it, but it has still not been released on GitHub: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy/releases. From what I have read, however, it is scheduled to be released today/tomorrow.