This commit changes the thread view to a new UX concept where children views of the selected view are now presented as chat bubbles, and the entire tree of conversation is shown flattened. New interactions, layout, and design changes have been introduced to revamp the user experience.
Testing
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Device: A mix of iPhone physical devices and simulator
iOS: A mix of iOS 17 versions
Damus: A mix of versions leading up to this one.
Coverage:
1. Unit tests are passing
2. A select few users have been using prototypes versions of this as their daily driver
3. Layout tested with an eclectic mix of threads
4. Posting new notes to the thread works
5. Clicking on reply quote view takes user to the mentioned message with a momentary visible highlight
6. Swipe actions work
7. Long press on chat bubbles works and shows emoji selector. Adding emoji sends the reaction
8. Clicking on notes selects them with an easy to follow transition
Known issues:
1. The text on the reply quote view occasionally appears to be off-center (in about 10% of occurrences). The cause is still unknown
2. Long press will still show the emoji keyboard even if user is on "onlyzaps" mode
3. Quoted events are not rendered on chat bubbles. When user posts a quoted event with no text, that could lead to confusion
Closes: https://github.com/damus-io/damus/issues/1126
Changelog-Added: Completely new threads experience that is easier and more pleasant to use
Signed-off-by: Daniel D’Aquino <daniel@daquino.me>
The full screen carousel looks quite empty. When viewing videos, it
looks like the video is being played full screen, when it is really not.
Alas, SwiftUI/UIKit does not provide an API for programmatically
bringing a video player full screen. The closest we can do is show the
system native playback controls.
This can cause confusion to users, and is not the best UX. To get around
these limitations and improve UX, event information and content is added to the full
screen carousel overlay, so that:
- Users can see a piece of the post while they are browsing images and videos
- Users can more clearly tell when the video is being displayed on the full screen carousel or on full screen
- Users have a way to directly go to the thread view within the full screen carousel
Changelog-Added: Add event content preview to the full screen carousel
Signed-off-by: Daniel D’Aquino <daniel@daquino.me>
Link: 20240318222048.14226-4-daniel@daquino.me
Signed-off-by: William Casarin <jb55@jb55.com>
