That's very exciting! Please look into adding a TLS cert so that folks can connect with `https://` -- as it stands right now, my browser won't even let me connect without action on my part because of it.

A suggestion: when the program gives us a message, it does that using a message box with an OK button. It would be much better if it announced the message using the screen reader. Both JAWS and NVDA have DLLs that let you announce messages.

Hi! Just looking for a quick poll from the users here:
One requested feature is being able to pull up the thread of a conversation for messages. This bit is not difficult, it's the how that I'm wrestling with. Options are:
1. turn the message list into a message treeview, and you expand a message with the right arrow to see the thread (just like in comments).
1.1: Message sorting from oldestest to newest with a keystroke to jump to newest?
1.2: Sorted from newest to oldest, but could get confusing as the leading message would be the oldest?
1.3: Make the newest message the llead, then have them going newest to oldest as you go down?
2. Keep the list design, but have it so that pressing right arrow inserts them into the list?
As above, oldest to newest? newest to oldest? Newest message is the lead?
3. Do nothing, simply add a view thread button to the message (could get annoying as the messages fetched originally only gets the first ever message sent?

Side note, should there be a sound for unread messages when not in the unread list? EG if you're arrowing over a list of messages in the all view, and one is unread, should it make a sound?

Thoughts? :)

Sounds like a nice program unfortunately I don’t use windows too much but sounds interesting.

I find it interesting.

I tried it, but there are some things that I don't know if they have to be configured.

The threads and subredits do not seem to be updated, because I comment on the first ones and look at the second ones from the web but even if they change there in the program they remain the same.

When I configure the program to show me the dates, it only does so with some comments.

I can't make comments with more than one line, that is, if I press enter the comment is published.

There are other things, but I'm too sleepy right now haha.

Edit: It's the first app I know of to help use reddit more easily, and it helps with platform flaws. Thanks!

I too currently prefer redditfortheblind on Windows. It feels slicker, runs faster, is smaller etc. One thing Redditfortheblind seems to lack is a way of saving and viewing saved posts. I applaud any initiative of course, so glad Luna is here, but I don't think the rich editing features and visibility of the UI trump the speed of my preferred client just yet.

Do you have a donation link! Please take my money haha.

I accidentally wrote a similar comment as a reply and thus deleted it, while learning how to use this program... Anyway, round two?

Seriously nice work! Being able to skip over waves of meme replies in huge subs will save a lot of time. You've also done a really nice job making things customizable and surfacing the settings and features we will need. If i could make one request, assuming its not overly complicated, A dark mode, or inverted color scheme would be very appreciated. I tend to use dark modes on my computer for everything possible, and as a result so many apps written exclusively for blind people end up triggering my photo sensitivity when I swap back and forth to these intensely white UIs. May not be worth your time to accomidate weird people like me, who use a mix of screen reading and magnification. Either way, thanks for providing this quality utility to the community free of charge.

I just installed it. So far, everything seems to work pretty well. The app looks very intuitive. I only had to look into the readme, when I couldn't figure out, how to write a comment. I also couldn't send my comment the first time. But appart from that, it looks really good. I like it.

I just installed it. So far, it's been great. Thank you so much for putting time on making this.

Luna For Reddit version 1.2 is now available for download. It contains an absolute bucket load of bug fixes and new features, far too many for me to list in a comment, so do forgive.
I've also created a new sub for the program at the request of users. Please take it easy on me, i've never run a sub before! :)
I'll put up a release announcement in there momentarily. The original link in the post should work for the new version to download.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Luna4Reddit/

Hi folks.

thanks for all your comments and suggestions thus far! I know a few have written in via email and I can see at least one question about the next release too that I want to address.
Don't worry, it's definitely in the works. I've become side tracked lately with a slightly different project (a game) but have used that time to compile all your feedback into one long list.
I don't want to give a *definitely* release date, as I do that and then have a habit of missing it by a day or two and feeling terrible after. (rightly so). I can definitely promise something soon though. We're having our boiler fixed today, so that'll mean I'll have a warmer environment to work in! :) Cold hands does not a good coding session make, would you believe. :)
I'm in two minds about a sub for the program, but will likely create one at the same time the next release goes live :)

Thanks, once again, for all your support. you're all champs!

Hi folks.

thanks for all your comments and suggestions thus far! I know a few have written in via email and I can see at least one question about the next release too that I want to address.
Don't worry, it's definitely in the works. I've become side tracked lately with a slightly different project (a game) but have used that time to compile all your feedback into one long list.
I don't want to give a *definitely* release date, as I do that and then have a habit of missing it by a day or two and feeling terrible after. (rightly so). I can definitely promise something soon though. We're having our boiler fixed today, so that'll mean I'll have a warmer environment to work in! :) Cold hands does not a good coding session make, would you believe. :)
I'm in two minds about a sub for the program, but will likely create one at the same time the next release goes live :)

Thanks, once again, for all your support. you're all champs!

i also have some feedback.
when i try to enter my upvoted posts, and a few other things from the main menu that i can't remember off the top of my head, the client locks up, taking my screen reader with it many times, and i tend to have to kill it all together to get it back up and running.

i like where this client is going, though i have to admit that the laggyness when applying an upvote, and arrowing over a post or comment that you have upvoted, is very annoying. it slows me down quite a lot. is there a dedicated sub to this client, and if so, where is it?

Following up, what is the status in regard to the 1.1.2.x release, and for those who have their posts sorted by new, bumping this to the top as well.

comment about 1.1.x that I just realised. I was writing apost and I would have loved to upload media. I cannot do this with this client. Can the ability to upload media such as pictures and videos etc to reddit be possible? It is in other clients for the blind and sighted that I have used over the years.
Thanks.

One more thing about 1.1 that i noticed. This is not documented but hitting control enter to send will send the post/comment/reply. enjoy all.

Hi folks. 1.1.1 is up on the website, link is the same as ever.
Only update if you need to though (EG if you're getting the login error) this is just a patch release to fix that bug while other things are worked on

comments on 1.1

1. searching still freezes my screen reader.

2. if I hit enter on "saved posts" on the home screen I then cannot read any options in the home screen. I have to tab back and forth to see what the options are.
3. f7 does not work to spell check the document such as this comment I'm writing, nor does right clicking a word. I do see the format options though.

I'm running nvda 22.x and Windows 10 21H2 (x64) build 19044.1586

5. I still do not want to see pop ups when I take an action. I agree with who ever said that at the beginning of the post. This is not necessary. If the sighted don't get these then we should not need them either.

6. when hitting f5 to refresh the tree view where the comments are is suddenly blank. for example if I leave a comment, hit f5, the comments tree view is blank as if there are no comments. I then need to wait several minutes to view what I posted.

There are other places where it still freezes when I am going around the program. Maybe someone else can find the places.

7. when viewing my subreddits they start out being sorted by name but then I see for example "brave" way below when iit should have been up at the top. I see what looks like a repeat of my sorting in ABC order, that is, a to about o, then a to about p. I have 74 subreddits to go through so sorting my subscriptions in ABC order would be a major plus for me.
I think that is about it from here.

Feedback so far. The sounds at least in the sounds skeme I’m using our way too loud, there is I don’t think a way to sort the sub reddits you are subscribed to by their name, unless I missed it. I did not see that in settings, and it freezes my computer when I go to post a reply or do anything for that matter. Someone mentioned a quality setting, but I can’t find it in settings or in web preferences. I do think the web preferences are cool though. I did unsubscribe from several emails and set other things up as well. There should though be a way to certain turn the sound scheme off though for those who don’t like it. Or at least a way to adjust the volume of the sound scheme as well or configure what sounds play and customize the sound scheme to your liking.

Hello :-).

Today, I downloaded the new update of Luna, v1.1.

I could install it without any problems. But when I tried launching the app, it after trying to log in, I got an error, that something went wrong, and I should try to delete my settings file. But which file is meant with that?

I also already uninstalled and reinstalled it. The error stayed the same. Is there anything else, I can do?

I have just updated Luna to version 1.1. I was not sure if this was better as a comment, as a separate post, an edit?
I went for comment in the end, but let me know what you think!
The link in the post still points to the right place.
Update includes a bucket full of bug fixes, and a net full of nifty new features! :)

According to the website, chats are not supported via reddit api. Actually, I use distopia and other apps and chats are supported there, so what is the differences in regard to those softwares?

Will it be avable for mac?

This is an awesome program! Keep up the great work!

if you make a report. Please please put in a reason for the report. We just don't delete because we have a report folks.

Edit: Having tried the program, I honestly prefer redditfortheblind, it's small and very fast. You might want to check it out and see what all the fus is about.

One thing I noticed was there doesn't seam to be a way of telling if theirs comments in the post or not, or if the comment you're reading has a comment undernieth it.

Perhaps I missed a setting but I left the sound back alone, are you meant to change it to get sounds?

Also; you may want to make your readme into an HTML document for ease of use.

I have read that you can edit your own replies in the program and I htink that's great! You'll be able to do that soon I think with RFB but I'm glad you have that as a feature.


hi Nate, it’s Brad. I use Reddit for the blind but will check out this program.

I’m sure it’ll be great!