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While we wrestle with our website generation bugs, a new call for testers of #FDroid and Basic.
2.0-alpha9 released over the weekend:
* a redesigned featured categories in Discover
* an useful search page, with categories, keyboard control & easter-egg (touch search twice) and keywords in categories descriptions
* more on-boarding overlays to explore
* updated translations
* fixes and tweaks
We need you all to test the clients on all sorts of #Android devices, the more diverse the merrier!
@fdroidorg "Test" how? Got any official test support, or do you just mean bumble around and report any anomalies?
@fdroidorg That doesn't seem to answer my question...
@realcainmosni That page lists real-time (instant messaging) venues, our forum and the actual F-Droid Client development forge. Surely one of them can be used for you to offer your feedback.
@fdroidorg cool!
So far so good, except for a translation error - my os is in english, see middle of screenshot
Thanks for your updates ❤️
@fdroidorg i like how fast you are moving with these major changes
But I guess this means we can expect alpha/beta to last quite some time
Not that I'm complaining, I didn't find any major bugs so far
@roshless We've been hammering code and UX for more than one year, some team members would release alpha11 as Stable. But until then alpha10 will refine the UI a bit more based on user studies... so have patience. 😬
@fdroidorg the new design looks great and cleaner than the "old" app. In my apps, there is an app called Google TalkBack with an issue. This app cannot be updated because all versions have an incompatible signature. Deleting the app is not possible, and I checked my apps but couldn't find it in my settings? Is it a mistake, or how can I fix it?
@gal1le0 Historically we packaged a TalkBack app that shares the appid with the one Google packages themselves, most users will see that I guess. It's fine to long-press and hide it: 👍
@fdroidorg this is nice that you added download stats 
@fdroidorg still waiting for manual only way to check updates
You've read the above and want to help? Get latest 2.0 by navigating to the F-Droid or Basic app details page and check “Allow beta updates” in the top right three dot menu.
@fdroidorg how can i tell you when I see problems?
First off: looks absolutely great.
I love "My Apps". "Search" feels really full - but that might be because OSS is so diverse - which is nice.
There are some problems with translating. I have never used dutch as a language anywhere - system default is selected in settings and my default is english.
@Dynamodreher An eager translator mixed some boxes, so en-GB users got some strings in... Dutch. Should be fixed now.
@fdroidorg i don't know if i'm alone, but is it possible for the app to stop automatically add new mirror, (or at least maintain them disabled ?
I select one in the EU, yet sadly i often see new mirror enabled by default, making the app violate my explicit intent of selecting a specific mirror.
Thanks in advance for any tips if i missed a settings to allow this.
@fdroidorg To clarify, the "Allow *beta* updates" option will install the *alpha* version? 🤔
@downey @fdroidorg thanks for your question, I came to know if this feature. And, yes, I enabled it and now it is downloading 2.0-alpha9
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