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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's in the nightly builds, although when they announced it they (bizarrely) received a lot of hate for it, so I'm not sure they'll continue development.

[–] Shadowedcross@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Why would people hate on them for adding a commonly requested feature?

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

I have no idea. I just remember the thread where they announced it there was a lot of vitriol over it. I remember a couple were due to it "not being original", which seems like an insane reason to me.