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@keplercafe.bsky.social
· Aug 21
Join the Mercury Client beta
Available on iOS
testflight.apple.com
i fixed a bunch of stuff. saved posts, the home tab, and some other stuff i will let you discover (or just read the changelog on testflight)
get it here: testflight.apple.com/join/wPVjUmtg
get it here: testflight.apple.com/join/wPVjUmtg
this is a prototype - ignore the UI issues
would you like the media overlay to act like the apple maps search sheet, or do you like it the way it is?
would you like the media overlay to act like the apple maps search sheet, or do you like it the way it is?
October 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
this is a prototype - ignore the UI issues
would you like the media overlay to act like the apple maps search sheet, or do you like it the way it is?
would you like the media overlay to act like the apple maps search sheet, or do you like it the way it is?
new version coming:
- Mark posts read posts with toggle to hide
- Sort preferences persist across sessions
- Tap anywhere on compact comments to collapse
- General compact comment improvements
- Better article cards (supports long press)
- Compact spoiler overlays for compact posts
- Mark posts read posts with toggle to hide
- Sort preferences persist across sessions
- Tap anywhere on compact comments to collapse
- General compact comment improvements
- Better article cards (supports long press)
- Compact spoiler overlays for compact posts
October 15, 2025 at 11:22 PM
new version coming:
- Mark posts read posts with toggle to hide
- Sort preferences persist across sessions
- Tap anywhere on compact comments to collapse
- General compact comment improvements
- Better article cards (supports long press)
- Compact spoiler overlays for compact posts
- Mark posts read posts with toggle to hide
- Sort preferences persist across sessions
- Tap anywhere on compact comments to collapse
- General compact comment improvements
- Better article cards (supports long press)
- Compact spoiler overlays for compact posts
plz tell me what sucks about the app so i can fix it. i know of:
- videos need ringer ON to play sound
- videos sometimes show black in large mode
- videos showing failed to load
- video embeds in the feed being incorrectly sized/cut off
- gallery images cant be zoomed
what else?
- videos need ringer ON to play sound
- videos sometimes show black in large mode
- videos showing failed to load
- video embeds in the feed being incorrectly sized/cut off
- gallery images cant be zoomed
what else?
October 15, 2025 at 6:44 PM
plz tell me what sucks about the app so i can fix it. i know of:
- videos need ringer ON to play sound
- videos sometimes show black in large mode
- videos showing failed to load
- video embeds in the feed being incorrectly sized/cut off
- gallery images cant be zoomed
what else?
- videos need ringer ON to play sound
- videos sometimes show black in large mode
- videos showing failed to load
- video embeds in the feed being incorrectly sized/cut off
- gallery images cant be zoomed
what else?
revamped article previews!
October 15, 2025 at 1:47 PM
revamped article previews!
Mercury update:
- OP badges now highlight the original poster in comments
- Redesigned link previews - more compact
- Swipe up from media to jump straight to comments
- OP badges now highlight the original poster in comments
- Redesigned link previews - more compact
- Swipe up from media to jump straight to comments
October 12, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Mercury update:
- OP badges now highlight the original poster in comments
- Redesigned link previews - more compact
- Swipe up from media to jump straight to comments
- OP badges now highlight the original poster in comments
- Redesigned link previews - more compact
- Swipe up from media to jump straight to comments
want to be able to see comments from here?
October 11, 2025 at 10:44 PM
want to be able to see comments from here?
I got apollo-style spoilers working!
October 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I got apollo-style spoilers working!
How is the multi account feature?
October 10, 2025 at 1:43 AM
How is the multi account feature?
Getting lots of reports that sorting in the home feed is off.. or in feeds in general. Can anyone else confirm this?
October 9, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Getting lots of reports that sorting in the home feed is off.. or in feeds in general. Can anyone else confirm this?
Coming soon: multi account support
October 7, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Coming soon: multi account support
options to remove the card and horizontal padding?
October 3, 2025 at 4:05 PM
options to remove the card and horizontal padding?
New version is coming:
- Introduces compact mode
- Introduces extensive post and comment appearance settings
- Fixes swipe gesture logic for iOS 26
- Introduces compact mode
- Introduces extensive post and comment appearance settings
- Fixes swipe gesture logic for iOS 26
October 3, 2025 at 1:45 AM
New version is coming:
- Introduces compact mode
- Introduces extensive post and comment appearance settings
- Fixes swipe gesture logic for iOS 26
- Introduces compact mode
- Introduces extensive post and comment appearance settings
- Fixes swipe gesture logic for iOS 26
compact mode is coming tonight
October 3, 2025 at 12:03 AM
compact mode is coming tonight
Shipping a Mercury refresh: smoother feed navigation, smarter
media sizing in comments, tap anywhere in the post to nav, fully customizable text sizes in settings, and some minor ux changes
media sizing in comments, tap anywhere in the post to nav, fully customizable text sizes in settings, and some minor ux changes
October 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Shipping a Mercury refresh: smoother feed navigation, smarter
media sizing in comments, tap anywhere in the post to nav, fully customizable text sizes in settings, and some minor ux changes
media sizing in comments, tap anywhere in the post to nav, fully customizable text sizes in settings, and some minor ux changes
reposting this for the new traffic - please provide input on the layout of the compact mode
October 1, 2025 at 11:52 PM
reposting this for the new traffic - please provide input on the layout of the compact mode
Next Mercury update: multireddits in your drawer, faster launch with caching, clearer sort icons, audio that plays nice with your music, auto-refresh on return, subreddit search (swipe up at top of feed), and wildcard filters (support for * in filter). Smoother, smarter, faster. Shipping soon.
October 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Next Mercury update: multireddits in your drawer, faster launch with caching, clearer sort icons, audio that plays nice with your music, auto-refresh on return, subreddit search (swipe up at top of feed), and wildcard filters (support for * in filter). Smoother, smarter, faster. Shipping soon.
Next up:
- Multireddit support
- Compact mode
- Fixing left-side swipe gestures in iOS 26
- Multireddit support
- Compact mode
- Fixing left-side swipe gestures in iOS 26
October 1, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Next up:
- Multireddit support
- Compact mode
- Fixing left-side swipe gestures in iOS 26
- Multireddit support
- Compact mode
- Fixing left-side swipe gestures in iOS 26
Thanks to whoever posted about Mercury... it went from 100 users to 1000 overnight!!
October 1, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Thanks to whoever posted about Mercury... it went from 100 users to 1000 overnight!!
create posts in mercury!
October 1, 2025 at 12:16 AM
create posts in mercury!
New in Mercury: redesigned markdown composer; ability to create posts; type-aware Mark All Read in inbox; scrubbable subreddit drawer alphabet pill; subreddit sidebar
; improved search/subscribe and inbox picker; crosspost crash fixed; URL -1002 fixed.
; improved search/subscribe and inbox picker; crosspost crash fixed; URL -1002 fixed.
October 1, 2025 at 12:13 AM
New in Mercury: redesigned markdown composer; ability to create posts; type-aware Mark All Read in inbox; scrubbable subreddit drawer alphabet pill; subreddit sidebar
; improved search/subscribe and inbox picker; crosspost crash fixed; URL -1002 fixed.
; improved search/subscribe and inbox picker; crosspost crash fixed; URL -1002 fixed.
sidebar is coming in the next update too
September 30, 2025 at 7:54 PM
sidebar is coming in the next update too