Hey everyone, sorry for the long delay but this is the first pre-release for Thunder v0.6.0! As always, this pre-release version contains many additions, changes, and fixes.

Be fully prepared to know that these pre-release versions may contain major bugs which could cause Thunder to crash or behave unexpectedly.

Note: We are aware of a few visual issues with this nightly build and hope to fix them in an upcoming build. If you notice any additional visual issues, please create a new issue on GitHub.

Some notable changes to test out:

• Thunder now supports alternative link sources for posts using Archive Today, Internet Archive, and Ground News. You can access alternative link sources from the post page overflow menu, or by long pressing on a link thumbnail. Thank you to micahmo for implementing this feature!
• The post actions menu has been completely redesigned and reorganized to improve navigability and support for additional moderator actions. If you have any feedback on the new design and layout, feel free to mention it on GitHub.
• Thunder now supports additional user/moderator actions including the ability to report posts, banning/unbanning a user from a community, and adding/removing a user as a community moderator. All these actions are available when you open the post actions sheet.
• Various other improvements including support for image alternative text, quick peeking for image thumbnails, unread notification badges in the account switcher, and more!

The full list of changes since v0.5.1 are mentioned below. As always, if there are any bugs or issues, please submit a new GitHub issue.

Additions

• Added support for alternate link sources by micahmo
• Added ability to report posts by hjiangsu
• Added moderator action to ban/unban user from community by hjiangsu
• Added moderator action to add/remove a user as a moderator to a community by hjiangsu
• Added reporter to reported posts/comments by hjiangsu
• Added support for showing image alt text by micahmo
• Added ability for quick peeking at images by micahmo
• Added unread badges to profile switcher by micahmo
• Added reader mode for in-app browser by micahmo
• Added ability to navigate between top-level comments for comment navigator in experimental post page by hjiangsu

Changes

• Migrated video player to different package by hjiangsu
• Redesigned post action sheet by hjiangsu
• Changed end of feed/comment message to be more generic by hjiangsu
• Switched hint text to label in create post page by micahmo
• Improved search-ability for account and debug settings by micahmo

Fixes

• Fixed theme settings page bottom spacing by ggichure
• Fixed partial percent encoded links in markdown images by hjiangsu
• Fixed create post/comment page markdown toolbar visibility by hjiangsu

Misc

• Upgraded dependencies for Flutter 3.24 compatibility by hjiangsu
• Removed unused package dependencies and organized pubspec.yaml by hjiangsu
• Upgraded NDK version by gwbischof
• Updated instances by github-actions
• Updated translations from Weblate by hjiangsu
• Fix macOS build and dependencies by gwbischof
• Fix web build by gwbischof and hjiangsu
• Fix deprecation warnings and linting by hjiangsu