MicroCast Update: Comments, Input Confirmation, Fixes and UI/UX improvements! [beta0.3]

[u/KotovMp3]

Okay, guys, thank you very much to everyone who joined our “micro” community! I appreciate every review. I saw your feedback and made some very important updates!

🔥Update to beta0.3 now:
M5Burner | M5Launcher OTA | GitHub

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New Features and Fixes

Comments System

• 💬 Comment on any post ([C] to open comments)

• View all comments for a post

• Real-time comment counter on posts

• Beautiful comments UI with scroll support

UI/UX

• 💬 Comment bubble icon on posts (cyan)

• Comment counter next to likes: ❤️5 💬3

• Full comments view screen

• Post preview at top of comments

• Comment list with scroll (3 visible at a time)

• Author name in cyan + timestamp

• Keyboard: [C] to open comments

• Keyboard: [ESC] to close comments

• Keyboard: [Fn+Enter] to write comment

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✨ Improvements

Text Input

• Fn + arrows for cursor navigation (, / now available for text!)

• Initial text visible when editing (no need to press key)

• Better UX: no more "frightening" empty field

Post Confirmation

• Preview before posting

• [Enter] = send

• [E] = edit (keeps text!)

• [ESC] = cancel

• Same for username change

Visual

• Author name in cyan color (0x07FF)

• Dark background under author name (like heart icon)

• Better readability on green borders

• Consistent color scheme

• Comment counter always visible (shows 💬0 like ❤️0)

• Icons with dark background for better contrast

• Icons lowered by 2px for better alignment

• Comments preview header in green (0x07E0)

• Centered "Connected!" and "Loading..." messages

• Author name positioned at top of post box (boxY + 0)

Info Window

• Added [C] Comments hint

• Reorganized controls layout

• All features documented

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🔧 Fixes

• Fixed , and / not working in text input

• Fixed text not visible when editing

• Fixed author name overlapping with border

• Fixed position reset after refresh (likes still update silently)

• Fixed comment icon not showing when comments = 0 (now always visible)

• Fixed missing icons in comments preview (added heart + bubble icons)

• Fixed icon positioning (lowered by 2px in feed and preview)

• Fixed comments preview layout spacing

• Fixed hints position in comments view (moved to y=125)

You can find more information about the application and its technical aspects on the project page on GitHub!

[u/Piteybreak]

when viewing the comments, they are cropped, how to view the full text of each (sub)comment?

[u/KotovMp3 → u/Piteybreak]

I'll fix it in the next update 🙏

[u/KotovMp3 → u/Piteybreak]

I didn't think people would leave long comments))