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  1. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (May 2026) — Version 1.6 adds "Find in comments" in ~tildes

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    I just remember that some unexplainable behaviors were attributed to users installing unauthorized APKs, which some actually admitted to back then. Just did a search for "three cheers apk" and...

    I just remember that some unexplainable behaviors were attributed to users installing unauthorized APKs, which some actually admitted to back then.

    Just did a search for "three cheers apk" and there are some very shady ones floating around whose listed properties don't match the official APK which I provide at https://www.talklittle.com/three-cheers/

    If someone's de-googling their phone and don't have access to the Google Play Store then in that case I could imagine them looking up a random APK. I have no way of knowing if that's what's happening in this circumstance.

    For what it's worth I audited the Three Cheers code last night and could find no way that a wrong topic could appear to be voted on. I did find some potential bugs where a topic could render a stale vote state visually, but none where a different topic would be voted.

    The easier explanation is someone's Tildes account being logged in and being used somewhere else. But there's barely any info to go on here. @danke might have to contact Deimos to see if there's any extra info on the server side.

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (May 2026) — Version 1.6 adds "Find in comments" in ~tildes

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    That sounds concerning but I wonder if it's something else. You're sure they're actually upvoted—purple and still tappable to unvote—and not the grey background meaning "cannot vote because too...

    That sounds concerning but I wonder if it's something else. You're sure they're actually upvoted—purple and still tappable to unvote—and not the grey background meaning "cannot vote because too old"? Do those same posts show up as voted on the website? Is this on Android or iOS?

    3 votes

  3. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (May 2026) — Version 1.6 adds "Find in comments" in ~tildes

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    I'll look into making that link-in-details work consistently between Android and iOS. Thanks for reporting.

    I'll look into making that link-in-details work consistently between Android and iOS. Thanks for reporting.

    3 votes

  4. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (May 2026) — Version 1.6 adds "Find in comments" in ~tildes

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    That is a good suggestion and I do have tags navigation somewhere on my to-do list.

    That is a good suggestion and I do have tags navigation somewhere on my to-do list.

    3 votes

  5. Moving from Cinnamon to Xfce fixed my video playback stutter on Linux Mint

    ~tech Ask
    I have an old PC that I put Linux Mint on around Windows 10 end of life. It's been pretty decent except I noticed at some point videos started stuttering a lot. The stutter would happen every 10...

    I have an old PC that I put Linux Mint on around Windows 10 end of life. It's been pretty decent except I noticed at some point videos started stuttering a lot. The stutter would happen every 10 to 30 seconds on every video. Didn't matter if it was Firefox or Celluloid (the mpv wrapper that comes with Linux Mint), didn't matter which streaming site I tried, or what codec was used on a local file.

    I tried everything: different kernels, different GPU drivers, bunch of Firefox about:config media settings, Celluloid/mpv buffer sizes and video acceleration configurations. Even messed with pipewire (audio) config to see if its priority was too high.

    This is apparently a really common problem if you search for "linux mint video stutter". All sorts of different varied solutions out there that work for some users and not others.

    One thread suggested removing Cinnamon applets. I don't have any custom applets on that PC, and was afraid to disable any built-in ones. So I went one step further and replaced Cinnamon with Xfce using:

    sudo apt install mint-meta-xfce

    Which is Mint's meta-package for Xfce desktop environment and other stuff that works well with it.

    It worked right away with no further configuration! Xfce to the rescue! (Sure, maybe uglier and fewer options for display scaling, but I'd rather have basic things like videos working smoothly.)

    Long time ago Xfce was the right choice for an even more ancient PC back in the day. Funny how it circles back to being the solution again.

    So if I ever want to move any older PCs to Linux, I think I'll be skipping Cinnamon and reaching for other lighter desktop environments instead.

    24 votes

  6. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (May 2026) — Version 1.6 adds "Find in comments" in ~tildes

    talklittle
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    That's good feedback. I think I'll change it so the topic OP isn't where the first search result lands. Right now it searches starting from wherever you're scrolled, so if you're midway down the...

    That's good feedback. I think I'll change it so the topic OP isn't where the first search result lands. Right now it searches starting from wherever you're scrolled, so if you're midway down the comments and then do a search, it should already start from the first visible comment on screen and not the very top. I think in general that's what I want, for the topic OP to be excluded from that initial landing point. So I might make that change soon, specifically to prioritize searching comments instead of topic OP as the first landing point.

    I could probably also add "Find in comments" to the top bar's "..." menu on Android as well. Good call.

    3 votes

  7. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (May 2026) — Version 1.6 adds "Find in comments" in ~tildes

    talklittle
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    Thanks for your support as always!

    Thanks for your support as always!

    3 votes

  8. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (May 2026) — Version 1.6 adds "Find in comments" in ~tildes

    talklittle
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    Thanks for the feedback. I think someone reported that before that the scroll-up-twice doesn't feel that intuitive, and it might be true that no other apps actually do it that way. So I'll...

    Thanks for the feedback. I think someone reported that before that the scroll-up-twice doesn't feel that intuitive, and it might be true that no other apps actually do it that way. So I'll possibly consider maybe changing that. Have to think about it more.

    4 votes

  9. Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (May 2026) — Version 1.6 adds "Find in comments"

    ~tildes Text 291 words
    This topic is for the Three Cheers for Tildes mobile app. I'll summarize the major updates at the start of each similar topic, so people can read the updates and then hit Ignore if they don't care...

    This topic is for the Three Cheers for Tildes mobile app.

    I'll summarize the major updates at the start of each similar topic, so people can read the updates and then hit Ignore if they don't care about more frequent updates and user feedback.

    Recently:

    Version 1.6.0 (May 13, 2026):

    • Added Find in comments
    • Improved markdown tables rendering performance
    • [Android] Fixed drafts not loading in some cases
    • [iOS] Fixed keyboard bugs on iOS 26
    • [iOS] Fixed iOS 12 support

    On iOS, currently TestFlight only for the next week or so.

     

    Following version 1.5's addition of searching for posts, Three Cheers 1.6 adds a bar to find text in comments. It changes the comment bar a bit which took some work, and it was pretty tricky handling the edge cases with highlighting the matched text. Might have some leftover bugs, or configurations I forgot to consider, so please report those here.

    There was an Android bug with drafts not loading in some cases, reported last time. Should be fixed now.

    Also I'm happy to report that I was able to fix some long-standing iOS bugs, some keyboard bugs specific to iOS 26 that have been reported on TestFlight intermittently for quite a while, and an iPad rare crash that likely went even further back. So this version should be pretty stable on iOS.

     

    Previous topic: March 2026

     

    Where to get it

    Android version on Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.talklittle.android.tildes

    Or sideloadable APK at https://www.talklittle.com/three-cheers/

    iOS version on the App Store: https://apps.apple.com/app/three-cheers-for-tildes/id6470950557

    Join TestFlight for iOS beta testing: https://testflight.apple.com/join/mpVk1qIy

    70 votes

  10. Comment on Test 3 in ~test

  11. Comment on Tildes Survey #2: What country do you live in? (Results) in ~talk

    talklittle
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    Hey so I submitted a fix to TestFlight yesterday (Three Cheers iOS v1.5.2) but it's taking longer than usual to be approved. Just an FYI. Thanks for reporting the bug but also anti-thanks for...
    • Exemplary

    Hey so I submitted a fix to TestFlight yesterday (Three Cheers iOS v1.5.2) but it's taking longer than usual to be approved. Just an FYI. Thanks for reporting the bug but also anti-thanks for inventing Examplary.

    8 votes

  12. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (March 2026) — Version 1.5 can search for posts in ~tildes

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    Thank you for reporting this bug. It was a pretty big oversight on my part, sorry about that. I submitted the fixed Three Cheers iOS version 1.5.1 to TestFlight for immediate access if enrolled in...

    Thank you for reporting this bug. It was a pretty big oversight on my part, sorry about that. I submitted the fixed Three Cheers iOS version 1.5.1 to TestFlight for immediate access if enrolled in the TestFlight beta. And it will roll out to everyone else within a week or so.

    4 votes

  13. Comment on NASA’s Artemis II crew flies around the moon (live broadcast) in ~space

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    The livestream started about 6 hours ago. The most important milestone (IMO) has already passed a few hours ago: surpassing the Apollo 13 distance record. At time of writing, Artemis II is...

    The livestream started about 6 hours ago. The most important milestone (IMO) has already passed a few hours ago: surpassing the Apollo 13 distance record. At time of writing, Artemis II is currently going behind the moon for about 40 minutes, cutting off their communications during that time.

    I also learned NASA has a Twitch channel, which is kind of funny to me: https://www.twitch.tv/nasa

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (March 2026) — Version 1.5 can search for posts in ~tildes

    talklittle
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    That is a really cool idea. I'm curious how the Tildes codebase fares running a third-party deployment. I'd be willing to help out with that I think. I'd likely lean toward a separate app for that...

    That is a really cool idea. I'm curious how the Tildes codebase fares running a third-party deployment. I'd be willing to help out with that I think. I'd likely lean toward a separate app for that community. There are 3 approaches and I think that's the only one that really makes sense for the end user.

    1. (Bad) Adding a hidden setting to the Three Cheers app: No because it's confusing; user might think they're already in this other community when they're actually on Tildes. Adding a setup screen before starting the app: probably no because I don't want to increase friction for Tildes users.

    2. (Acceptable) Launch a separate app that has a setup screen requiring setting a base URL. Maybe by scanning a QR code or something? I'd consider this alternative too but it's not ideal.

    3. (Good) Launch a separate app specifically for that community. Best for end user.

    That all said, I wonder if you'd consider writing your own app? Or even a web wrapper app. Then you'll have full control over all the details and won't have to wait on me for updates.

    4 votes

  16. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (March 2026) — Version 1.5 can search for posts in ~tildes

    talklittle
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    Almost none. The ones I tried are surprisingly bad at iOS. When I tried to get a particular animation transition, it was unusably buggy after multiple tries. I did it by hand and got better...

    Almost none. The ones I tried are surprisingly bad at iOS. When I tried to get a particular animation transition, it was unusably buggy after multiple tries. I did it by hand and got better results.

    On the other hand, when doing rote work like "reorder the z-index of the table rows in such-and-such a way" it was able to create a working function.

    I haven't written it off in general, especially for new projects. There is potential when scaffolding a new project quickly, especially when doing things a very standard/boring way. I've seen impressive performance in cases like that. But when dealing with intricate UI issues, it fails, in my experience so far, and I'm guessing a big part of that is it has no visual input and can't reason spatially.

    5 votes

  17. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (March 2026) — Version 1.5 can search for posts in ~tildes

    talklittle
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    That's frustrating. Sorry to have you go through all that for nothing. I just tried another way to reproduce the bug but still no go.

    That's frustrating. Sorry to have you go through all that for nothing. I just tried another way to reproduce the bug but still no go.

    4 votes

  18. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (March 2026) — Version 1.5 can search for posts in ~tildes

    talklittle
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    Unfortunately I can't reproduce the error on Android 16. From web searches, and from past experience in Android dev, it might indicate some corrupted database file. So you may have to clear your...

    Unfortunately I can't reproduce the error on Android 16. From web searches, and from past experience in Android dev, it might indicate some corrupted database file. So you may have to clear your app data, and possibly also uninstall/reinstall. Drafts are the main data being lost if clearing data. Will need to login again also.

    6 votes

  19. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (March 2026) — Version 1.5 can search for posts in ~tildes

    talklittle
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    No but it has been requested before. It's challenging from both design and technical perspectives, so I'm not sure if that will ever happen in any reasonable timeframe. Unless I decide to redo the...

    Is there an option to allow for scrolling through the thread when the comment input window is up?

    No but it has been requested before. It's challenging from both design and technical perspectives, so I'm not sure if that will ever happen in any reasonable timeframe. Unless I decide to redo the entire commenting experience.

    5 votes

  20. Comment on Three Cheers for Tildes: App updates and feedback (March 2026) — Version 1.5 can search for posts in ~tildes

    talklittle
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    Thanks for the screenshot. That bug is fixed in the hotfix v1.5.1 which is currently under review on Google Play. (v1.5.0 finished review in less than a day, but it appears reviews are slower...

    Thanks for the screenshot. That bug is fixed in the hotfix v1.5.1 which is currently under review on Google Play. (v1.5.0 finished review in less than a day, but it appears reviews are slower during the weekend.)

    7 votes