How are you accessing Lemmy now? Browser or app?
Hi fellow sync-ers,
Having joined Lemmy recently, I have been having a ton of fun. However accessing Lemmy through my mobile browser has been an awful experience, similar to my past Reddit experience till I found Sync.
I'm not sure how much longer I can tolerate the browser experience, and am hesitating jumping on a app. Where's your head at about this?
Edit (4 days later)
I've been on Connect and has been 8/10 so far. Gonna dual use with liftoff after seeing the comments.
I did a 5 minute ctr+F to see which were the most popular apps/ interfaces. Not sorted by pos/neg, just mentions.
- wefwef/ voyager - 46
- connect - 43
- Liftoff - 33
- Jerboa - 23
- Thunder - 16
- Firefox - 13
- Thunder - 16
- Old.lemmy - 5
- Alexandrite - 4
- Vivaldi - 2
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On mobile, I'm using the Voyager app, which lemmy.world has installed as an alternative front end. Seems to work great.
On desktop, I'm using the amazing Alexandrite UI (https://alexandrite.app/) which solves all of my interface annoyances with the regular Lemmy UI (infinite scroll, opening posts without losing place in the feed, easily accessible communities list).
I love how flexible Lemmy is proving with its UI options... there really does seem to be something for everyone!
Wow, Alexandrite is awesome. If it rolls in an account switcher, it seems like it'll be just about perfect for me.
(dev here) I had an idea for how I'd build a profile switcher recently, it's something I want to implement soon.
I'd also kill for default comment sorting, if you're taking requests.
Awesome! Great work so far.
Thanks! :)
Jerboa for Android
For now I am using connect for lemmy. Which is great! And grown in Canada.
I second this. Been using Connect for about two weeks, and I think it's really solid. I would give it an 8.5/10 in its current state.
I'm gonna give Connect a go! Thanks for the recc
And I'm guessing you're here at Sync due to past loyalties, and may jump ship when Sync is up and/on Connect experience goes down?
Surprisingly no actually. I used RIF on Android and Apollo on iOS. I just joined the sub because I wanted to see what apps people were using too when I migrated like you, and I had seen a lot of people recommend Connect across multiple threads so seemed like a strong contender.
I may try some others in the future, but I see no reason to do that at the moment because I've been having a pleasant experience so far. Let me know what you think if you give it a try!
Reminds me of my Reddit journey before, gone through too many apps including RIF, baconreader before settling on Sync which I really loved.
T'was a fun time lurking around other apps /r and experimenting. and I kinda like it, like now fedi/Lemmy/Kbin etc.
No hate, just doing stuff and see what happens
Using Connect as well. It's working great so far.
Voyager (former wefwef) quickly turned out the best. Good updates every day just made the experience the best. Go to their webpage from your browser of choice and install it from there.
(vger.app for those wondering)
I'm using Connect until Sync is available.
Connect is great. Big upgrade from using mobile browser.
Hey look at us Connecting here!
Highly recommend Connect for Lemmy. I've been using it practically since I started, and it's been consistently great (as long as your instance is up of course)
I am writing this through Connect. It's the closest thing to Rif I found, for Lemmy. I've had some login issues at the beginning, but that seems to have been solved.
Same. There were SO many bugs with Jerboa. I jumped ship fast to Connect. But it'll be nothing but Sync once it's released.
Thunder. I tried every single Android app, and this is the only one without any major issues.
You should try Voyager again. It wasn't the best day one when migrating from Reddit but right now I feel it's turned out to be undisputed.
Have you tried Liftoff? I've never had any issues with it.
I do like Thunder, but it's harder to navigate to people's profiles and communities.
yeah, same. from all the ones I tried, I stuck with Liftoff. seems like the most functional and simplistic one to me.
Yup. Things like easily editing posts or getting extra context menus up, or sorting feeds by Top Hour or 6 Hour - Liftoff can do this but Thunder can't.
The only feature that I can think of that Thunder has that Liftoff doesn't is swipe actions.Edit: Liftoff has swipe actions! I missed the update.
I did, at some point settings got lost between updates and then a later version crashed on startup, that's when I switched.
Ditto. Thunder is amazing. Connect had lots of bugs for me..
Thunder all the way. I tried Connect, Liftoff and Jerboa and they just didn't work the way i liked. Thunder is filling the void of sync for me.
Using Voyager, the really downside was the iOS inspired theming but, with latest updates android theming is supported. It's still in beta but promising. Better than that native iOS look 😑
The "native iOS" look looks pretty good even on Android IMO
Connect for now. It isn't perfect but pretty good. Feed isn't as smooth (images load in later kicks your scrolling up) and you can't open links in it automatically.
Yeah, Connect is how I'm surviving here until Sync is ready.
My primary issue with Connect at the moment is it desperately needs a reduction in the amount of taps to do anything. It takes 3 to download an image, and 4 to subscribe to communities. Both of these are things I feel should be in the ellipsis menu of any post, but currently you have to click through to the post or community. Meanwhile there are a dozen things in there I rarely use absolut flooding the menu. I also wish it saved comment drafts, but that is relatively minor.
It just needs some reprioritizing of actions and it would be perfect IMO.
Mostly browser. But when I'm off the computer, I use Liftoff.
Liftoff as well. While it's definitely missing some features sync had, it's pretty decent for an early app.
Same here, Liftoff for mobile, and browser when I got a chance to sit in front of my computer.
Jerboa on mobile and WebUI on PC
I use Connect for Lemmy, the UI design is great.
Using Jerboa app on Android...had a rocky start but it has updated a whole lot in the past weeks, getting close to 5/5 probably 3.5/5 right now
Even with reddit I seldomly used the browser on PC, if I'm home and on my PC I generally play games or YouTube/streaming shows rarely browsed reddit on PC
Jeroba is nice. Closest thing to Baconreader
App - Jerboa, mainly. I tried a few others and kept Liftoff installed, but keep going back to Jerboa.
But why ? Liftoff is quite good imho
I went from Liftoff to Jerboa as well. Liftoff is great but I just had a few nitpicks. Frame drops from time to time. Upvoting and commenting feels really slow. No button feedback when downloading images, I ended up downloading images multiple times.
If you have github account tell.these issue to.Dev , I.am.sure they will.fix.it
I've been using Liftoff on Android. It's way better than mobile browsing but no where near the same level as Sync. Biggest pain points are searching and subscribing to new instances as well as an insane amount of cache builds up and never clears on its own.
Currently I can't load my subscribed instances but I think that's a temporary bug...
I am eagerly and patiently awaiting Sync for Lemmy release.
I also had the issue with not being able to load subscribed instances. I think someone said it was tied to a forced logout of some sort that happened. I resolved it by removing the accounts from Liftoff, then re-adding them. Afterwards, it worked fine.
That fixed my issue. Thank you very much!
Browser at home and Jerboa on the go.
Same here.
I use Connect for Lemmy ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuroneko.lemmy_connect ) on my mobile and Photon on my Desktop ( https://photon.xylight.dev )
wait what people actually use photon
I haven't yet found a UI that I like. I've been trying Alexandrite for the past couple of days, but Photon has stuck for now.
Jerboa for Lemmy for me. Pretty smooth experience.
I'm using Voyager, it's simple and my design of choice.
Web interface for now while I wait for Sync.
I use the browser with the old.reddit look, and Connect on Android until the Sync app comes out.
Wefwef, party app/site?
I'm genuinely impressed with WefWef. Works great and it's a Progressive Web App
Wefwef is now called Voyager FYI. I'm also using it and its really good, I came here to recommend it.
Idk how I missses the name change but you are spot on!
For now I'm holding myself over with Jerboa
Voyager checking in, pretty decent apart from common freezes while scrolling.
I was switching between Liftoff and Connect, but lately I've just been using Connect. It's gotten a lot better in a short time.
Browser, wefwef. Former Apollo user very happy with this interface.
Jerboa app. It is working well
Liftoff was the first app I tried, still very happy with it and mostly using Lemmy through it.
I'm actually interacting with the servers directly using my psychic powers.
Link?
Zelda, actually.
Using Voyager, formally WefWef.
It's constantly getting updated and they welcome feedback so I would definitely recommend lol
While other apps offer a nice interface I find the jerboa app by far the best app for actually posting and commenting /actually interacting
This is important because I find that interacting with communities is actually a much better way to get meaningful engagement of Lemmy than it was with Reddit (I.e: lurking)
I'm using the "Connect" app on Android
Same here since it's the closest we have to Sync at the moment. It also lets me block entire instances, which is great since Lemmy itself doesn't have this feature yet.
I've been hopping around between the different Android apps and PWAs however, I always seem to come back to Voyager (wefwef). My primary app on Reddit was sync and hope to return to it if it functions as it did on the other site. If not, I am enjoying Connect and Jerboa. Thunder, Summit, and Liftoff have small things I would like to see tweaked and/or they have minor bugs that they are still ironing out, but I am not yet sold on a specific app yet until we get further down the road.
Sync for Lemmy internal build.
It's good, guys. Real good.
Browser basically 100% of the time.
I never once used an app for reddit - the few times I did access it from my phone I'd do so through Firefox, with "Use Desktop Site" enabled.
I did bookmark wefwef / now Voyager for Lemmy, and I use it when I use Lemmy on my phone (I like that it doesn't need to be installed) - but I do that so infrequently it's basically a rounding error.
PWA with wefwef. But also checking out the new apps here and there.
web browser on desktop, but if synclemmy is going to be as hot as reddit syncreddit, then mobile usage will jump.
I'm suffering through Jerboa, heavily anticipating Sync since it'll change everything for me
browser.
Voyager
Im using Alexandrite on desktop und Liftoff on mobile. Liftoff is great, I don't really miss much from the famous reddit apps.
App, funny enough never been here on the pc.
Currently using CONNECT on the phone and browser on PC. More or less exactly the way I used to browse reddit really
Waiting for Boost
Thunder
Liftoff on mobile. Don't get to sit at a PC for web browsing much. If sync feels like it did on reddit. I will switch to that and customize it exactly how I want it again.
Same here. Liftoff does what I need it to do for the time-being, but will be switching to sync whenever it is ready to go
I have jerboa installed but it was buggy so I mostly use a browser (Vivaldi)
Browser. So far I haven't found an app that is user friendly, allows me to switch accounts, and doesn't log me out every 30 minutes.
Connect is what im using until sync comes out. Im finding it difficult to find new communities to connect to, but i think thats more of a lemmy/fediverse casualty of decentralization more than anything. But at least i will have opinions on lemmy apps for when i do go back to to future with sync
Desktop browser on PC or tablet with multiple Lemmy instances pinned. I get different flavors of lemmy based on subscription. Also wefwef.app and old.lemmy. iOS Mlem and Memmy apps on phone.
Firefox for android with Lemmy Universal Link Switcher + rss feeds through Feeder
Firefox when I'm at my PC, and when I'm relaxing I switch between Connect on Android or Memmy on my iPad.
I'm not a smartphone guy. I use a browser version on my laptop.
liftoff
Browser. Waiting for Sync!
wefwef and safari
Liftoff
I just recently started using the app Thunder, but also old.lemmy.world as well. Feel almost at home until Sync is released.
Browser on on PC. On mobile, Connect or Lift-off; can't really tell the differences yet.
Liftoff on Android and Memmy on IOS. I prefer Liftoff.
I was using Jerboa because i was used to Sync for reddit. But, I got a bit tired of how rough around the edges it is, so I switched to just installing my Lemmy instance front page as Firefox "app" on my phone and realized it's not that bad as a UI, so sticking with it for now.
I'll probably try apps again in the future but I feel more open to "installing" good web apps now. Incidentally I tried the same trick with Reddit's mobile interface after Sync stopped working and realized it's also not so awful as I remembered. I did prefer Sync but I'll see how it goes with this method. So it's mobile web interfaces on Android for me for now.
Having said that, in both cases I think I'd prefer a more "simple HTML" type experience like old reddit over these dynamic SPA things they both have going.
I'm also using the Firefox "app" and every time I switch to another app or minimize the FF app it crashes FF. Does this happen for you too? Decided to just suffer through it cause I couldn't find any fix for it.
Mostly liftoff (now), sometimes browser.
I tried quite a few: Jerboa, wefwef, Thunder, Liftoff, browser (Brave)
Ultimately chose Connect which functions great and has some good customizations I appreciate
Patiently waiting for Sync
Another vote for liftoff. Has been great for me since I installed it.
Browser. Jerboa just wasn't working well for me anymore.
Switching between Thunder, Connect, and Summit.
Any preference so far?
Thunder
Mobile browser, it's a bit clunky but waiting for Sync. I haven't been back to reddit more than a handful of times since before the blackout. Patiently waiting for Sync.
Voyager or Memmy on mobile. Regular Lemmy on desktop.
App - Thunder FTW
I really enjoy the double action swiping to up/down vote or to favorite/reply. Also, you can save your favorite default filter for the main feed.
on my laptop, i access the Lemmy web frontend through Tangram. on mobile, i currently just access it through Firefox, but i'd like to switch to an app once i find one i like
Connect for the time being, its not bad at all, I'll feel a little bad leaving it for Sync
I tried wefwef (now Voyager) but was annoyed by its account/instance selector I'm now using Liftoff, it's quite usable despite its meh design
App. I like it so far.
Which app?
Memmy is nailing it for me. Brand new app and it’s already super smooth, intuitive and functional. Experience is close enough to Apollo that I’m now fully onboard the Lemmy train.
Available for Android or just iOS at this point?
Just iOS as far as I know.
Figured. The developer bias struggle is real.
I’m using wefwef on iPhone, nothing on my Android tablet yet. Waiting for Sync.
Can't you just use wefwef on the tablet as well?
I dunno, the tablet is mostly for couch browsing and I just got used to Sync on that device.
Ah
I am writing this on Connect. Mostly works, but about one in 5 comments fails due to "wrong language". I haven't yet found any option of even setting comment language, so I guess it's autodetecting and failing at that.
I also miss Sync's filtering capabilities.
Both, I guess, technically.
I have been using Voyager for lemmy.world. which is a progressive web app you can install to your phones homescreen. It is still is using the browsers engine for javascript, but it behaves as if it was a mobile app.
Right now in firefox on a laptop. But I mainly use the Connect app. And will definately check out Sync when it releases.
App Memmy = image handeling is a bit buggy. Web wefwef/Voyager = has a freezing issue.
The should kiss.
I may be new to the fediverse, but I’ve found kbin more visually pleasing than native lemmy website. That’s on desktop, on mobile, since there’s no native kbin app yet, I’ve added kbin as a WebApp to my Home Screen. I’ve heard good thing about Liftoff too.
Jerboa on mobile until Sync is ready. Nothing at all on desktop!
I'm using an app at the moment
Primarily Memmy for iOS.
Voyager is nice too though on iOS. Connect on Android is nice also.
Kbin on browser with scripts.
No other option really at the moment, but curious what scripts you're using?
@jared any scripts you recommend?
@Wabbitsmiles
I'm using the following: Floating Subs List and kbin Enhancement Suite
For myself I have KES, Move Comment Box To Top, Notifications Panel, and Subscriptions panel, all of which have done wonders for me. (and tagging @HipPriest)
Comment box on top - https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/468681-kbin-move-comment-box-to-top
Subs Panel - https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/469139-kbin-subscriptions-panel
Notifications Panel - https://greasyfork.org/en/scripts/470353-kbin-notifications-panel
KES - https://github.com/aclist/kbin-kes/raw/main/kes.user.js
Firefox Focus on mobile
Firefox on desktop
Kbin with PWA. Happy enough with that but interested to see what happens with the Artemis app as well
I keep going back and forth between Voyager (buggy) and Memmy (missing features).
If scrolling was fixed (iOS) and images stopped partially loading in Voyager, I would stick with that.
If Memmy supported favorites (without subscribing to a community), then I'd probably stick with that.
Voyager for the time being.
It's a PWA.
Summit for Lemmy
Kbin PWA on Firefox on Android. Was using Chrome but it won't let me log in any more, invalid CSRF error.
Also using the Kbin PWA from Firefox. It got me to switch over from Edge because performance was terrible in any magazine that did something as simple as change the color of the title bar for some reason. Worked fine in Chrome oddly enough. But I'd sooner use Firefox over Chrome.
I use Thunder because it's the most M3 looking app but still pretty functional.
M3 referring to Material You?
Yep
/kbin form the Artemis app beta 🤩
Browser. I've tried Connect and Liftoff on android but I couldn't find a way to browse communities I hadn't subscribed to, probably because I'm dumb
I jump between voyager for lemmy and liftoff while waiting for sync for lemmy. They seem pretty good so far. Better that using a browser imo. I mostly use voyager because looking at and replying to messages is kinda annoying in liftoff compared to voyager.
I'm using https://old.lemmy.world/ and waiting on Sync for mobile.
Using the KBin pwa
App.
At the moment, I just use Connect on my phone and Wefwef/Voyager on Desktop (I access it via Firefox Sidebar)
95% app. 5% website
Right now I'm on old.lemmy.world
But I also have Jerboa on my phone and Connect on my tablet. I like Connect more than Jerboa, but both of them have some quirks when browsing and reading. I really prefer the experience of the site.
Thunder, webUI for kbin.
Using m.lemmy.world as a firefox web app. I guess that's basically voyager nowadays. Working great! For the times when I can't stand the ios gui I use jerboa.
The instance that Im on has both voyager built in, and a front end that makes it look like old reddit. So I use voyager on mobile and that old reddit look alike on PC.
@altima_neo https://mlmym.org/ is fantastic. Sadly it doesn't work with kbin. Maybe some day.
I am using Jerboa and Wefwef.
Can't really decide which one I like more.
But I am hoping to switch to Sync fully once that's out.
I’m using Bean and love it! I was using Memmy, and I still swap back and forth, but Bean has a real Apollo feel.
Connect. Also enjoy Liftoff.
I'm also using Connect. I've got it looking pretty similar to RiF and it has some nice features. Plus, the developer is very active and is constantly pushing out updates and adding new features.
But connect doesn't allow interaction with kbin right? I'm looking for something that is as nice as connect but also allows kbin
I think I've been seeing Kbin posts using Connect
How?!!! I can't login with my kbin.social account
I'm not logging in with my Kbin account, Kbin hasn't released an API for apps yet.