I will be the only person to agree and not suggest an app!
Unless there’s some fantastic game-changing functionality provided by the app, I’m fine with the webpage. I have a pi-hole at home that further enhances the “no ads” experience.
I didn’t use an app on reddit, either - old.reddit only! I left reddit and joined lemmy because fuck spez!
The gamechanging functionality for me was being able to log in. Mobile, desktop, whatever. I click login, use my credentials, it says “logged in” and then asks me to log in again and warns down the right side of the website that I’m not logged in.
Using Jerboa I get infinite scroll and a more usable layout. The website works ok, but there’s lots of room for improvement.
All the stuff at the top on lemmy web page gets turned into buttons on the top and bottom of my phone that I don’t have to scroll up for. Vote buttons are big enough to hit easily. Titles flow on top of Images so I see more than a thumbnail without tapping.
In my experience (large asterisk there), infinite scroll is great until you click a link, then hit back, and it doesn’t resume where you were before so then you have to keep scrolling to get back to where you were before. Maybe the infinite scroll experience is better now than it was in the dark ages of new.reddit.
Pagination just never really bugged me? It gives me a stopping point.
Yeah just a few things different but overall the aesthetic is very pleasing. Took forever for me to figure out how to mark a comment as “read” to get rid of the badges (slide left).
It does work it just has the same problem Apollo had that it just isn’t optimized … I really liked the way alienblue or narwhal looked on the iPad because it just used the extra space better instead of feeling like a scaled up phone.
On a side note … Reddit really expected all third party users to switch to their shitty app when it doesn’t have Tablet support after how many years?
I’ve tried Mlem on and off, but Memmy and Voyager run circles around it in functionality. I’m sure the developer drama didn’t help anything either. I do hope Mlem catches up, because more options are never a bad thing.
Wait, there was developer drama? I just saw a comment from the Mlem dev yesterday thanking the Memmy dev for helping with getting their app through some testflight issues.
Yes, first, the founder of the project suddenly left with no warning, and then the guy who took over locked everybody out shortly after that. The remaining developers had to jump through hoops so they could resume development of the app.
I was using Connect until I have found that there are trackers(via DuckDuckGo app) in it from Facebook. Trackers are common in apps, but if there are options available which give same experience without trackers, I will choose those options.
This is probably not true. The app collects zero info according to the dev, the privacy policy, and the app store. The dev has stated that the trackers are from the sites you visit, not Connect itself
Is there a possibility that DuckDuckGo got it wrong? Or is the Meta already trying to track users from threads which is present on fediverse? Latter seems unlikely but who knows.
That’s untrue I installed Connect and used it for 5min. Stayed only in app and didn’t click on any third-party article link, here is the result:
47 trackers in 5 mins
Yeah all good I don’t want to suspect the dev either but since there are bunch of alternatives available, I’d opt for them than this one. I loved how Connect was the first one to try and implement the swipe between posts feature. Hope it keep doing well in the future.
I think it may be down to the UI, for example I preferred Relay for Reddit over the other offerings because the UI just felt more natural to me and that of course always going to be down to the individual user
Deranged developer known to call everyone a harasser, troll, complicit in swatting et al while being a witch hunting harassment gang leader on internet. I would not touch anything he or his acolytes make with a 100 foot pole.
Last I knew, he has never spoken a word of truth when making accusations, and even when he claimed to have stepped down, he never apologised to Louis or any of us entities he with his gang harassed and witch hunted, and there was an insane level of censorship during and after the days on his Discourse forum when he claimed to have left. This was the time people were questioning him, his presence, his project’s future and the whole incident.
My personal preference is to use (preferably FLOSS) apps whenever possible. I just don’t like the experience of a browser trying to act like a native application. This goes for desktop and mobile.
It’ll never happen, but if there were a desktop lemmy app I would use it.
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I will be the only person to agree and not suggest an app!
Unless there’s some fantastic game-changing functionality provided by the app, I’m fine with the webpage. I have a pi-hole at home that further enhances the “no ads” experience.
I didn’t use an app on reddit, either - old.reddit only! I left reddit and joined lemmy because fuck spez!
The gamechanging functionality for me was being able to log in. Mobile, desktop, whatever. I click login, use my credentials, it says “logged in” and then asks me to log in again and warns down the right side of the website that I’m not logged in.
Using an app, I can actually log the fuck in.
That’s fair. I’m definitely having to log in every couple days.
But I’m also not on Lemmy as often / continuously as I was on reddit. That’s been a nice change for me.
Using Jerboa I get infinite scroll and a more usable layout. The website works ok, but there’s lots of room for improvement.
All the stuff at the top on lemmy web page gets turned into buttons on the top and bottom of my phone that I don’t have to scroll up for. Vote buttons are big enough to hit easily. Titles flow on top of Images so I see more than a thumbnail without tapping.
In my experience (large asterisk there), infinite scroll is great until you click a link, then hit back, and it doesn’t resume where you were before so then you have to keep scrolling to get back to where you were before. Maybe the infinite scroll experience is better now than it was in the dark ages of new.reddit.
Pagination just never really bugged me? It gives me a stopping point.
For me, this is a bug and not a feature.
I haven’t dove into the Android app options and honestly, as an Android developer, I might just make my own.
Check out liftoff before you do
I’ll check it out, thank you.
What? No. Lemmy web is clunky. Try an app bruh.
Nah, apps are better. There aren’t any ads in the Lemmy apps I have installed on iOS, so uBlock Origin is irrelevant.
The UI is much better on apps in general.
Memmy on iOS is amazing and much better than using any browser.
I want features the web UI doesn’t have, like an inage viewer with zoom gestures and a direct file share button.
Thunder has that, and as a foss app I will be able to add more stuff that I want, like easy toggling or dismissing of read posts, and more.
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Brave Browser + uBlock Origin (for PC) Jerboa (for Mobile)
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I’m using memmy on iOS, it’s still on TestFlight: https://github.com/Memmy-App/memmy (click on “join the group”)
Another +1 for Memmy. It has been my Apollo replacement.
Theres also an official release in the app store if you don’t want test flight version.
Memmy’s on the App Store now. It does still have a TestFlight if there are any spots available but the app store’s version is currently up to date.
Thanks, I didn’t know that 😃
Been real happy with Memmy. It’s getting closer to Apollo every day
Yeah just a few things different but overall the aesthetic is very pleasing. Took forever for me to figure out how to mark a comment as “read” to get rid of the badges (slide left).
I also really love the ability to pick a hex code for the accent color.
Working pretty decent already. I would absolutely love an optimized layout option for the iPad however.
I haven’t tried it on my iPad yet but that would be great
It does work it just has the same problem Apollo had that it just isn’t optimized … I really liked the way alienblue or narwhal looked on the iPad because it just used the extra space better instead of feeling like a scaled up phone.
On a side note … Reddit really expected all third party users to switch to their shitty app when it doesn’t have Tablet support after how many years?
[email protected] kicks ass 💯
I have both Memmy and Mlem and I switch between them every time one releases an update to see who’s better.
I’ve tried Mlem on and off, but Memmy and Voyager run circles around it in functionality. I’m sure the developer drama didn’t help anything either. I do hope Mlem catches up, because more options are never a bad thing.
Wait, there was developer drama? I just saw a comment from the Mlem dev yesterday thanking the Memmy dev for helping with getting their app through some testflight issues.
Yes, first, the founder of the project suddenly left with no warning, and then the guy who took over locked everybody out shortly after that. The remaining developers had to jump through hoops so they could resume development of the app.
kbin on iOS is my ‘app’ of choice, at least thus far.
kbin on android+firefox is smooth af as well
How many alternatives do you have for kbin on mobile?
There’s one beta app called Artemis and the testing slots for ios are all full. Not sure about android.
On mobile, I tried FFox and Chrome… Worked like garbage. I switched to Connect and I am happy now.
I was using Connect until I have found that there are trackers(via DuckDuckGo app) in it from Facebook. Trackers are common in apps, but if there are options available which give same experience without trackers, I will choose those options.
This is probably not true. The app collects zero info according to the dev, the privacy policy, and the app store. The dev has stated that the trackers are from the sites you visit, not Connect itself
Is there a possibility that DuckDuckGo got it wrong? Or is the Meta already trying to track users from threads which is present on fediverse? Latter seems unlikely but who knows.
Here’s the dev comment on the matter
I will install Connect again and see if it still gets detected on DuckDuckGo having hidden trackers.
Developer’s comment on the matter
That’s untrue I installed Connect and used it for 5min. Stayed only in app and didn’t click on any third-party article link, here is the result: 47 trackers in 5 mins
I mean read the Privacy Policy unless the dev is lying, which i doubt since he seems cool, there is nothing to worry about
Yeah all good I don’t want to suspect the dev either but since there are bunch of alternatives available, I’d opt for them than this one. I loved how Connect was the first one to try and implement the swipe between posts feature. Hope it keep doing well in the future.
Give wefwef.app a try in your mobile browser.
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I think it may be down to the UI, for example I preferred Relay for Reddit over the other offerings because the UI just felt more natural to me and that of course always going to be down to the individual user
I use wefwef.app/Voyager on FF. I don’t believe ublock does anything though since its not an Ad based service
I’m using ublock to block large media elements when I’m running low on data :)
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The m.lemmy.world and vger.app links also work
But… I am on IOS
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Deranged developer known to call everyone a harasser, troll, complicit in swatting et al while being a witch hunting harassment gang leader on internet. I would not touch anything he or his acolytes make with a 100 foot pole.
Last I heard, he had stepped down as a developer.
Last I knew, he has never spoken a word of truth when making accusations, and even when he claimed to have stepped down, he never apologised to Louis or any of us entities he with his gang harassed and witch hunted, and there was an insane level of censorship during and after the days on his Discourse forum when he claimed to have left. This was the time people were questioning him, his presence, his project’s future and the whole incident.
Wefwef/voyager is the way.
https://vger.app
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Connect, feels closes to boost. Until we have boost
It will come out. It’s currently available to pre-register.
My personal preference is to use (preferably FLOSS) apps whenever possible. I just don’t like the experience of a browser trying to act like a native application. This goes for desktop and mobile.
It’ll never happen, but if there were a desktop lemmy app I would use it.
I know I’m (probably?) weird.
I just installed the lemmy instance that I use as a “web app” via my browser on PC so it just acts like an app.