added settings to disable remote status fetching

src/app/components/floating-column/settings/settings.component.html

@@ -94,6 +94,15 @@
             <span class="sub-section__title" *ngIf="contentWarningPolicyChanged"><br/>this settings needs a <a href (click)="reload()">reload</a> to be effective.</span>
         </div>
 
+        <h4 class="panel__subtitle">Other</h4>
+        <div class="sub-section">
+            <input class="sub-section__checkbox" [(ngModel)]="disableRemoteStatusFetchingEnabled"
+                (change)="onDisableRemoteStatusFetchingChanged()" type="checkbox" name="disableRemoteFetching" value="disableRemoteFetching"
+                id="disableRemoteFetching">
+            <label class="noselect sub-section__label" for="disableRemoteFetching">disable remote status fetching</label>
+            <br>
+        </div>
+
         <h4 class="panel__subtitle">About</h4>
         <p class="version">
             Sengi version: {{version}}<br />

src/app/components/floating-column/settings/settings.component.ts

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ export class SettingsComponent implements OnInit {
     notificationForm: FormGroup;
 
     disableAutofocusEnabled: boolean;
+    disableRemoteStatusFetchingEnabled: boolean;
     disableAvatarNotificationsEnabled: boolean;
     disableSoundsEnabled: boolean;
     version: string;
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ export class SettingsComponent implements OnInit {
         this.disableAutofocusEnabled = settings.disableAutofocus;
         this.disableAvatarNotificationsEnabled = settings.disableAvatarNotifications;
         this.disableSoundsEnabled = settings.disableSounds;
+        this.disableRemoteStatusFetchingEnabled = settings.disableRemoteStatusFetching;
 
         if (!settings.columnSwitchingWinAlt) {
             this.columnShortcutEnabled = ColumnShortcut.Ctrl;
@@ -172,6 +174,12 @@ export class SettingsComponent implements OnInit {
         this.toolsService.saveSettings(settings);
     }
 
+    onDisableRemoteStatusFetchingChanged() {
+        let settings = this.toolsService.getSettings();
+        settings.disableRemoteStatusFetching = this.disableRemoteStatusFetchingEnabled;
+        this.toolsService.saveSettings(settings);
+    }
+
     onDisableAvatarNotificationsChanged() {
         let settings = this.toolsService.getSettings();
         settings.disableAvatarNotifications = this.disableAvatarNotificationsEnabled;

src/app/components/stream/thread/thread.component.ts

@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export class ThreadComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     isLoading = true;
     isThread = true;
     hasContentWarnings = false;
+    private remoteStatusFetchingDisabled = false;
 
     bufferStream: Status[] = []; //html compatibility only
 
@@ -57,6 +58,9 @@ export class ThreadComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
         private readonly mastodonService: MastodonWrapperService) { }
 
     ngOnInit() {
+        let settings = this.toolsService.getSettings();
+        this.remoteStatusFetchingDisabled = settings.disableRemoteStatusFetching;
+
         if (this.refreshEventEmitter) {
             this.refreshSubscription = this.refreshEventEmitter.subscribe(() => {
                 this.refresh();
@@ -219,6 +223,8 @@ export class ThreadComponent implements OnInit, OnDestroy {
     }
 
     private async retrieveRemoteThread(status: Status): Promise<Status[]> {
+        if(this.remoteStatusFetchingDisabled) return [];
+
         try {
             let url = status.url;
             let splitUrl = url.replace('https://', '').split('/');            

src/app/states/settings.state.ts

@@ -51,14 +51,15 @@ export class GlobalSettings {
     disableAutofocus = false;
     disableAvatarNotifications = false;
     disableSounds = false;
-    
+    disableRemoteStatusFetching = false;
+
     notificationSoundFileId: string = '0';
 
     contentWarningPolicy: ContentWarningPolicy = new ContentWarningPolicy();
 
     columnSwitchingWinAlt = false;
 
-    accountSettings: AccountSettings[] = [];
+    accountSettings: AccountSettings[] = [];    
 }
 
 export interface SettingsStateModel {
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ export class SettingsState {
         newSettings.disableSounds = oldSettings.disableSounds;
         newSettings.notificationSoundFileId = oldSettings.notificationSoundFileId;
         newSettings.columnSwitchingWinAlt = oldSettings.columnSwitchingWinAlt;
+        newSettings.disableRemoteStatusFetching = oldSettings.disableRemoteStatusFetching;
 
         return newSettings;
     }