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c/mlemapp · by hanni@lemmy.one · 3y

TIL: The communities text box in the top is a search bar - it can even find communities that you’re not subscribed to.

For the other dumdums like me who didn’t discover this immediately.

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15 Comments

kwiksilver@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y

This is how it worked in Apollo too.

balder1991@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y (1 reply)

I guess it needs a sort of “onboarding” the first time you open the app.

hanni@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y

It might be more intutitive if:

  • changing the text in the field to "Search..." or "Tap to Search"
  • perhaps using the magnifier icon
  • or outlining the field so that you can see that it's an input box.
kikuchiyo@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y (4 replies)

Thank you I didn’t know about that and I was looking for that function 😅😅

GuyDudeman@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 3y (3 replies)

Yeah, we're working on a better design solution for that, since it is definitely not intuitive the way it is now.

_pete_@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 3y (1 reply)

It’s fine once you’ve discovered it, but the lack of onboarding in the app means you’ll probably never discover it on your own

GuyDudeman@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 3y

Onboarding is also something that they're working on.

eximo@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y

Just making it a visible search bar would be a huge starter because right now it looks like a header.

hanni@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y

The one that says “Community…” in dark gray

FollowingOfStalkers@beehaw.org · 1 pts · 3y

Wow missed that, thanks for the tip!

Biotic@beehaw.org · 1 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Oh my...I feel stupid. Was constantly switching between the app and the browser when I wanted to look for something specific and to subscribe!

hanni@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y

Same here 😅

Klanky@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 3y (2 replies)

Doesn’t that only display communities that your home instance has connected with before?

vinnymac@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 3y

For me it seems to show communities that I have never connected with before. I don’t know the specifics of how it works though.

hanni@lemmy.one · 1 pts · 3y

I'm not sure. I'd be curious to know the answer to this.