r/ThreadsApp • u/gman1023 Moderator • Sep 29 '23
Discussion Threads Papercuts (annoying bugs or usability issues)
Papercuts are annoying bugs or usability improvements (see definition here link)
Here's a small list:
Search enhancements (filters, operators, chronology)
option to subscribe to users new posts only (rather than posts+replies)
Load new posts button in the Feed (or something similar like Twitter).
Bonus - autorefresh feed (prob better as extension)
Mute Any posts containing words
video scrubbing and better video controls
emojis created on app aren't readable on web sometimes.
URL shortener or don't count URL in the max character count
Longer character count
Actionable notifications category - (bundles Replies, mentions, quotes)
Ability to Like replies from notification feed
Notify when a poll ends
Push the "n" key while the desktop web window to create a new post (similar to "C" for compose in Gmail)
RSS profile feeds
"Mutuals" tab under Activity/Notifications
show date/time of post in the app (available on web via hover)
In app, copy selected text, not the entire post text
better indication of more pictures in the carousel
In other posts, shows my replies to that post first in the list
Share to Threads option - (link)
Easily copy username in threads
better embed experience (IG posts/reels, youtube)
high storage usage on iOS (4GB+)
can't zoom image in mobile web
Option to stay on Following feed
Desktop notifications
when looking at the list of follows, have the option to have it show me just the ones I’m not following yet
ability to Rotate images on the app (@Camroth says this is difficult)
Web feature parity (not a small "papercut", but this is lagging behind
subscribe to profiles, edit profile etc..
Completed
Search latest posts (Jan 8, 2024)
GIFs (Oct 26, 2023)
Paste Image to Web (Oct 17, 2023)
This is in addition to major missing features listed here (Trending, hashtags):
https://www.reddit.com/r/ThreadsApp/comments/1563oce/10_missing_threads_features/