Hello everyone, its me again back with another announcement. Thunder v0.2.5 is now officially released on GitHub, Play Store and the App Store (pending reviews). This latest update brings a lot of new additions, tweaks, and performance improvements to enhance your Thunder experience!

If you encounter any bugs or issues, creating an issue on GitHub goes a long way! I can’t go through the full list of changes here, but I’ll mention some of the bigger ones:

ℹ General

• Lemmy 0.19.x support is now partially supported on Thunder (see known issues below). This will hopefully allow for a smooth transition experience once the official Lemmy 0.19.x update is released. This also means that instance blocking and the new sort types are available to use for instances running on 0.19.x.
• More language localizations. Thanks to the community, there have been a ton of localization done on Thunder. This includes initial support for Norwegian Bokmål, Spanish, Polish, Ukrainian, Finnish, and Swedish. If you want to contribute towards additional languages, feel free to reach out on GitHub!
• Overall UI and UX improvements across the board including post title suggestions when creating a new post with a URL, post and comment actions on long-press menu, trending communities on the Search page, and so much more.

⚙️ Performance

• The feed page has been reworked from the ground up to provide you with a smoother and hopefully more seamless experience. This is a more under-the-hood change so you may not notice much change to the visuals.

🎉 Features

• Anonymous profiles are now available. This allows you to add an instance and browse that instance without having to create an account or log in. To do this, simply tap on “Add Anonymous Instance” on the profile selection page and enter in the instance of your choice.
• The search page has now been revamped to include even more options, including users, posts, comments, and links. Additionally, you can adjust the sort type and the feed type to better narrow your search results.
• New sharing options for posts. When sharing posts, you now have the ability to customize what you want to share. You can share the link, the media, title, and so much more.
• For Android users, you can now set Thunder to open links by default. To do this, go to Settings -> General -> Links and select the URLs you want to open with Thunder.

To see the full changelog for this release, check out the official GitHub release page.

⚠️ Known Issues

There are some known issues with this update that I’m already aware about. Theses issues were found after submitting the build to the Play Store/App Store. I’m currently working on these issues and fixes should be coming in another update sometime soon.

• Some markdown links are being parsed incorrectly. This results in some links not showing up properly, or some links showing duplicate text.
• Lemmy 0.19.x support is currently only available up to 0.19.0-rc.4. There have been some more changes since then which are being addressed.

As always, this is an alpha release, so do expect bugs to pop up here and there. We have a Matrix space if you would like to join in on discussions: https://matrix.to/#/#thunderapp:matrix.org

If you find any issues or would like to suggest features, please open up a new issue! As always, contributions are always welcomed here.

I would just like to thank everyone for the continued support and contributions. Thunder is still a project that I can only work on the side, and knowing that others enjoy it drives me to continue working on it!

If you would like to show a token of appreciation, you can buy me a coffee. The donations will help support some of the development overhead costs!

• https://ko-fi.com/hjiangsu
• https://en.liberapay.com/hjiangsu/

Thanks again for everything so far, and I hope you enjoy this update! Here’s a cookie for you for reaching the end of this post 🍪