Highly recommend checking out wefwef - closest option to an Apollo clone as I've seen so far in terms of UI and functionality, and doesn't even need to be installed. Memmy is a very good second place option, but I've been using wefwef since I heard about it yesterday and ZI think it's better.
Are you using it as an installed PWA? I’m not having any issues with animations or scrolling. I have run into a few weird UI bugs with slide up menus within communities, but that’s about it.
Going outbound or inbound? Outbound the requests are super basic, inbound they are pretty large. There’s a lot of limitations on that.
For example to get basic user info you have to receive a bunch of other information that you’re not going to bother using. Hopefully in time this will get changed, because there’s no reason to be receiving so much data whenever you really only need a few bytes.
your app is truly amazing. bridges the gap from apollo perfectly - finally I can pitch my wife the idea of ditching reddit (she uses apollo and refuses to go to the reddit app as well) for lemmy
I do have installed as a PWA, and although I’m really liking it visually, it’s a bit buggy. I’d like to know if the bugginess is because of its beta status or the fact that it’s not native.
If it’s the latter, it’d be unfortunate since it’s making my switch to Lemmy so much smoother as I feel like I’m using Apollo, which I’m very used to.
It's probably a bit of both - wefwef has been around for literally just days at this point I believe, so I have high hopes it will continue to improve.
Beyond that, there are a lot of people who feel Apollo is/was the best user experience for Reddit, and there will be a LOT of devs trying to emulate that - one way or another, we're going to get a high-quality Apollo replacement eventually.
Thats's fair, most, if not all, of these apps has just started development, and it's pretty impressive what they've accomplished so far.
Right now I feel like when Mastodon started to grow exponentially last year, all of a sudden there were a ton of new pretty good clients. I can see something similar happening here.
I gotta say tho that although using wefwef is helping me getting used to not open Apollo, I think it would be really great if it grows to become its own thing once the platform matures.
I started with Mlem and wasn’t a huge fan and was primarily using Memmy. But I decided to try mlem again as it’s been a while and it looks much better! Might be my new daily driver. I’ll give wefwef a try too.
Lemmy.world is apparently rate limiting the wefwef.app domain. They are working on resolving it. In the meantime you can try the suggested solutions in their community https://lemmy.world/post/801298
For example self hosting it or using other's publicly available versions of it like https://w.opnxng.com/ though you should always be cautious using other's instances.
Agreed in most scenarios, but wefwef is arguably the best PWA I’ve ever used - it’s nice right now as an option to get something into user’s hands quickly without waiting for App Store approval. Would love to see it become a native app eventually.
Using it right now. So far it's nice. But I have like 7 plus the browser. See which becomes my default in time. I am just so used to RIF it's going take an adjustment.
If you're on an iPhone, https://wefwef.app is pretty much the best and easiest way to get up and running. Way more options on Android right now, though.
for a liiiiittle bit more effort (download testflight) check out memmy for lemmy. it's extremely close to apollo AND has the haptic feedback (and I might say I like the haptic feedback more?)
I like wefwef, except the name is terrible and hard to type in a phone. So far, the only UI problem I have with it is it’s too easy to accidentally downvote when trying to upvote by swiping right.
Also, I just noticed, the upvote/downvote colours are reversed. It’s going to take time to get used to blue being upvote and red being downvote.
['Distracted Boyfriend' - A stock photo image of a man walking side by side with a woman in a blue shirt, holding hands, as a different woman in a red shirt walks past. The man appears to be whistling at the woman walking past, showing clear interest in her looks, while the woman he is walking with looks at him. The face of the woman next to him is replaced by the app icon for the app "Apollo for Reddit", while the woman he is looking at has her face replaced by the app icon for "Memmy for Lemmy"]
^I'm a human volunteer transcribing posts in a format compatible with screen readers, for blind and visually impaired users!^
Apollo is more like the wife who was murdered by Reddit, now watching you from heaven, hoping that you find a new social media platform to make you happy.
He addressed that a bit ago. That kind of undertaking would be pretty big, since the data structure on the back end is so much different. It’s not out of the question, but not something he wants to do right now.
I’ve got that bookmarked and it is great, but I’ve been using Memmy for now. It does the slide for up/down votes (or whatever they’re called here) but a slightly different UI
Edit: Connect was my favorite until i realized its absolutely riddled with trackers. RIP. Currently trying Wefwef but ill probably come back to Jerboa.
It looks like thunder and Liftoff are for both android and ios. wefwef also works on both platforms but only has iOS graphic for now (but devs want to also add the android one)
Which Reddit client are you coming from? Which Lemmy app are you enjoying the most right now? I'm an Android user coming from RIF. So far I have the most experience with Wefwef and Jerboa, and Wefwef is winning by leaps and bounds. I haven't tried too much of the rest, but I'm curious of your opinion on them if you've tried them all!
It's overall pretty good so far but I find that the swipe interactions with comments and posts can be a bit clunky. I frequently will swipe too far and accidentally save a comment when I just want to upvote. I'm still so used to Sync though.
The only thing I'd change about Connect is the visability of comment interaction buttons but other than that with a few tweaks to font sizes and stuff it's a fairly similar experience to RIF.
As a former RIF user, I personally like Liftoff, which you can get in the Play Store, but other popular options are Jerboa, Thunder, Connect for Lemmy, wefwef, and Summit.
Connect and Liftoff are able to give a similar RIF UI. I was really liking Liftoff until I just now noticed why it was so "quiet" despite trying to chat a storm: it has no inbox and no notifications. Connect does, though. But it has less options for customizing the layout...
I want something that takes the best of both and smushes them together. 😩
I started using jerboa cause of a random suggestion, how does everyone feel about it? I noticed it doesnt collect user data and I think it said it encrypts stuff, which I like for privacy
Jerboa used to work but it crashes for me now. I even tried uninstalling and making sure a version compatible with my server was installed (cleared app data and cache too), but nope, It's borked for me.
I use Connect for Lemmy now. Once Boost is out I'll most likely switch
Same, I do wish connect had quick buttons to move between connects. You can collapse a comment section by holding down the parent comment, but I haven't found a way to navigate quickly.
I have been getting "timeout" errors, which are a sign that none of my votes or comments for the couple minutes before the first error notice have actually landed. Happened a few times today and past couple days, although I can't tell if this is from an app bug or an overloaded instance server.
I'm using it. I like it better than connect which is the only other one on the play store right now. There are more but you have to install them off github. I'll just wait till they make it to play store to try those out.
Jerboa was one of the first legit apps out there for Android. But then it killed itself and became a horribly buggy, crashing mess. It doesn't seem to crash as much anymore, but scrolling is very laggy and glitchy still for me. Wouldn't recommend it at the moment, sadly, but I appreciate it as a pioneer.
Yeah, it's not too bad here. Got a dope username and gonna go on a spree searching up some cool new communities. There will always be enough people relaying all the reddit content, so why bother ig
I was so happy when I found my normal username was available here on Lemmy. It's a shallow reason to like the app, but it's part of what really sold it to me and made me check it out further, and so far, I'm really happy I did.
I always wanted something better than my reddit username so I went with something unique! Hopefully the marijuanaenthusiasts page gets more users soon.
I think usernames are specific to the instance, so any time in the future a person can start up their own instance and get user@myinstance, but your username at lemmy.world is yours.
I think that's a wondrously extensible way of extending the username space.
Memmy has seriously improved over the past two weeks, it’s development has been extremely fast and I’m very impressed with my limited casual use so far.
Started with Jerboa until the 0.18.0 issue, switched to Thunder which was buggier than I liked. But now that Liftoff is finally on F-Droid it feels like I've found the definitive Android client. Well until Artemis that is.
I didn't see it on fdroid but it looks like it's on the play store early release. I tried from GitHub but was having issues with my phone and loading the apk
Oh for sure. Mlem, even when it was the only real option, was pretty flawed and I found myself regularly just going to Lemmy through my browser instead.
So now with options like Memmy and WefWef it’s not even a comparison.
That's the advantage of decentralisation, you can find whatever suits you. If you haven't checked it yet, here's a mostly complete list of apps: https://lemmy.ml/post/1162300
Hey, new to Lemmy. I'm in connect and logged in to the lemmy.world instance, your link is to another instance and I suspect that's why the link doesn't work on my phone? Is that right and if so how can I open it?
For Android I'm using Liftoff and it just works so far. I'm really happy for it being an app in alpha. Still missing many features by Reddit app had, of course
Wefwef is one of the smoothest ones I've used so far! Lacks some features, but seems to be a lot more stable and usable than some others. I also like how simple the UI is, like how RIF had a sort of "bare bones" look to it. I've heard Liftoff is gaining traction tho as well.
Yeah, and i still think the UI to this day was one of the best, if only they had actually developed it further... Phones were snappy AF, battery life was awesome, and they had so many features that were only implemented by android YEARS later.
This is why I'm not in a huge rush to move away from Jerboa. If there's a clear frontrunner, I may switch, but I'm not switching every time there's a two day outage while waiting on patches. They're all gonna hit speed bumps as the userbase grows until everything settles out.
I'm currently using Connect for Lemmy from the Play Store. Not the same feel as RiF but it is very simplistic in nature yet still feature-rich, which counts in my book!
I tend to agree, I've actually stopped using Connect for now and am trying Liftoff and Wefwef, both I think feel more compact and lightweight which is a big reason I used rif in the first place. No bloat.
Only thing I don't like about wefwef is that it feels too much like an iOS app, which uhh I guess it was made for iPhone so that makes sense haha.
After changing the display settings in Liftoff it feels much better to use than Connect.
Yeah, life is good, Connect is fine and keeps on constantly getting better. Also, Boost and Sync are on the horizon. In the end it's a pity that I will use only one of those apps.
Does every Lemmy app need to try and mimic Apollo? I personally liked narwhal the most and would like something more in line with that. Narwhal handles links and content better than Apollo or any of the Lemmy apps I’ve used so far. I also don’t need my front page to be so big, even in compact mode. Just give me the text without a huge ass picture/link image to the side of the title.
On PC at least, go to your account settings and you can toggle 'Show read posts'. Untick this, and anything upvoted or looked at (looked at the comments, aka opened up) Will go away upon refresh.
This behaviour will carry over to the apps on refresh. It's quite aggressive though, so if you comment on something and want to check back on the activity you better bookmark it. But if you're like me , you only mostly care about replies to your comment :P
Yeah I’m a chronic post hider, so I neeeeeed it lol. Thankfully looking at images (by expanding them) also counts so it cuts down on upvoting/looking at comments. It’ll get there soon enough.
Memmy has had an amazing development cycle. Big thing that Thunder has that Memmy doesn’t is swipe access to my communities. Really like swiping in from the left in Thunder and having that list. Memmy you need to click the star and it’s a bit of a reach while one handed.
I just need to figure out how to add more “subreddits” or whatever they are called and how to switch between them but other than that this app feels great so far. Fuck Spez. Currently using Memmy
Honestly, I was perfectly fine with Jerboa in terms of look and functionality. Super simple, no-frills, and worked well enough. But the 0.18.0 update business introduced some issues, and Thunder was just buggy in my experience, so for now Liftoff is #1. Absolutely gorgeous and highly functional. Can't see myself going back to Jerboa. Though I am really looking forward to having a kbin app in Artemis or @dansup's project
I was a fan of RedReader, the dev seems want to add lemmy support, so let's hope for that. So far jeroba and summit... Both are nice, actually. So i might stick to them.
I'm enjoying Summit. It's still in beta but seems smooth. I'm a long time RIF user. I think this app is the closest I've come to the feel of RIF so far
I started with Jeroba a few weeks ago and it was serviceable. After the server updates and rollbacks and all that jazz I decided to try Liftoff. It's a decent app but I am so used to Sync for Reddit that it's hard to adjust. I'm eager for LJ to get Sync for Lemmy out in the wild in a month or two.
Highly recommend checking out wefwef - closest option to an Apollo clone as I've seen so far in terms of UI and functionality, and doesn't even need to be installed. Memmy is a very good second place option, but I've been using wefwef since I heard about it yesterday and ZI think it's better.
It's good but laggy. Swiping doesn't feels native unfortunately.
Are you using it as an installed PWA? I’m not having any issues with animations or scrolling. I have run into a few weird UI bugs with slide up menus within communities, but that’s about it.
As the Memmy dev I can also highly recommend wefwef. Great product for such a short lifespan.
I love your app
Now kith!
Now kith!
Quick question: I noticed the API calls aren't (weren't?) compressed, is that on purpose?
Going outbound or inbound? Outbound the requests are super basic, inbound they are pretty large. There’s a lot of limitations on that.
For example to get basic user info you have to receive a bunch of other information that you’re not going to bother using. Hopefully in time this will get changed, because there’s no reason to be receiving so much data whenever you really only need a few bytes.
the json coming back from requests like showing a thread was not compressed when I checked yesterday (firefox on ubuntu): https://discuss.tchncs.de/pictrs/image/1a99e758-deaa-46f6-8eff-3aa2158858ad.png
but I just checked again and now it's correctly responding with compression (chrome on windows)
Ohh you’re referring to wefwef. I’m not the wefwef dev, I’m the memmy dev. Thought you were talking about API calls memmy makes.
What do you mean with compressed?
Your app is amazing, thank you!
https://i.gifer.com/3WXo.gif
Thanks for all you’re doing!
your app is truly amazing. bridges the gap from apollo perfectly - finally I can pitch my wife the idea of ditching reddit (she uses apollo and refuses to go to the reddit app as well) for lemmy
I do have installed as a PWA, and although I’m really liking it visually, it’s a bit buggy. I’d like to know if the bugginess is because of its beta status or the fact that it’s not native.
If it’s the latter, it’d be unfortunate since it’s making my switch to Lemmy so much smoother as I feel like I’m using Apollo, which I’m very used to.
It's probably a bit of both - wefwef has been around for literally just days at this point I believe, so I have high hopes it will continue to improve.
Beyond that, there are a lot of people who feel Apollo is/was the best user experience for Reddit, and there will be a LOT of devs trying to emulate that - one way or another, we're going to get a high-quality Apollo replacement eventually.
Thats's fair, most, if not all, of these apps has just started development, and it's pretty impressive what they've accomplished so far.
Right now I feel like when Mastodon started to grow exponentially last year, all of a sudden there were a ton of new pretty good clients. I can see something similar happening here.
I gotta say tho that although using wefwef is helping me getting used to not open Apollo, I think it would be really great if it grows to become its own thing once the platform matures.
Yeah, sadly always noticeable in comparison with native apps
Seems to go in and out periodically. Right now running smooth for me
I started with Mlem and wasn’t a huge fan and was primarily using Memmy. But I decided to try mlem again as it’s been a while and it looks much better! Might be my new daily driver. I’ll give wefwef a try too.
Yeah like a week after I joined they completely changed the display, and it’s been my heavy hitter. Wefwef feels like I never left Apollo though.
Wow WefWef as a PWA is super nice.
It worked for me once I logged in.
Lemmy.world is apparently rate limiting the wefwef.app domain. They are working on resolving it. In the meantime you can try the suggested solutions in their community https://lemmy.world/post/801298
For example self hosting it or using other's publicly available versions of it like https://w.opnxng.com/ though you should always be cautious using other's instances.
I've never seen web apps as advantage personally. I'd much rather have a local install.
Agreed in most scenarios, but wefwef is arguably the best PWA I’ve ever used - it’s nice right now as an option to get something into user’s hands quickly without waiting for App Store approval. Would love to see it become a native app eventually.
It’s great, but I really wish it had the equivalent of Apollo’s “compact” mode!
They just shipped it minutes ago! Second release in less than 24h lol
OMG hahahaa that is kind of eerie, but awesome!!!
It's there now!
Using it right now. So far it's nice. But I have like 7 plus the browser. See which becomes my default in time. I am just so used to RIF it's going take an adjustment.
None are quite similar enough to RIF for me, but guess we'll see if any pop up in time!
There’s a rate limit issue happening with wefwef right now but there are alternatives website you can use like w.opnxng.com
Same app just a different host.
If you're on an iPhone, https://wefwef.app is pretty much the best and easiest way to get up and running. Way more options on Android right now, though.
This web app is so good!
Only thing missing that Apollo had is the haptic feedback. Otherwise it feels just the same
for a liiiiittle bit more effort (download testflight) check out memmy for lemmy. it's extremely close to apollo AND has the haptic feedback (and I might say I like the haptic feedback more?)
The beta is full, unfortunately. I was just trying to download it.
Only thing I missing that Apollo had is the haptic feedback. Otherwise it feels just the same
It's also really solid on Android. It's the first time, for me at least, that a web app has felt more solid than any legit apps.
I like wefwef, except the name is terrible and hard to type in a phone. So far, the only UI problem I have with it is it’s too easy to accidentally downvote when trying to upvote by swiping right.
Also, I just noticed, the upvote/downvote colours are reversed. It’s going to take time to get used to blue being upvote and red being downvote.
Save the web to home screen it will than act like an app.
Yeah, the vote colors are a little wonky. But the rest of the app is still nice!
I also occasionally have a problem with it where the screen just stops scrolling, but if I give it a couple seconds it starts working again.
Editing to add: it’s been surprisingly good otherwise, though. I really like it.
Image Transcription: Meme
['Distracted Boyfriend' - A stock photo image of a man walking side by side with a woman in a blue shirt, holding hands, as a different woman in a red shirt walks past. The man appears to be whistling at the woman walking past, showing clear interest in her looks, while the woman he is walking with looks at him. The face of the woman next to him is replaced by the app icon for the app "Apollo for Reddit", while the woman he is looking at has her face replaced by the app icon for "Memmy for Lemmy"]
^I'm a human volunteer transcribing posts in a format compatible with screen readers, for blind and visually impaired users!^
Thank you for doing this important work!
Glad I can help!
good bot
Beep boop I'm actually a person haha
was a joke, but I'd be impressed if a bot could give such a good description
Beep boop well, you never know ;)
That reminds me, I should be more mindful and include altext in my posts.
Apollo is more like the wife who was murdered by Reddit, now watching you from heaven, hoping that you find a new social media platform to make you happy.
Great news, My favourite Reddit app Boost is officially making the migration to Lemmy.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rubenmayayo.lemmy
I'm so happy about that.
Congrats! I hope there will be an IOS app for lemmy soon because this website feels a bit clunky (but in a good way).
I love Memmy, but that icon looks like a clown tick.
We already are looking at adding community icons. 🤘
I wonder if Christian can reuse Apollo as a Lemmy client and keep the project going
He addressed that a bit ago. That kind of undertaking would be pretty big, since the data structure on the back end is so much different. It’s not out of the question, but not something he wants to do right now.
Yeah, he definitely deserves some time off after this. But if he were to get around to it at some point he’d have a ton of users
oh, absolutely. I’m keeping the app installed in hopes that it makes a rebased comeback.
It would almost certainly be a new app, imo.
Take a look at wefwef (not a typo). It mirrors the look of Apollo and I love it here.
Wefwef is a web app that is a near carbon copy of Apollo. It’s how I’m browsing and it’s great. Much better than the web interface.
I’ve got that bookmarked and it is great, but I’ve been using Memmy for now. It does the slide for up/down votes (or whatever they’re called here) but a slightly different UI
Actually he could be I think rn he needs a break tbf
I think he’s mentioned he doesn’t really have an interest in that right now. But I wish so too.
I’ve got like 4 downloaded right now
I’ve got 5
Based Thunder Enjoyer
I've got
The more the better
I have 6 downloaded so I can try them all. Lmao
Jerboa
Connect
Liftoff
Lemmur
Thunder
Wefwef
Edit: Connect was my favorite until i realized its absolutely riddled with trackers. RIP. Currently trying Wefwef but ill probably come back to Jerboa.
What platform are these all for?
I'm Android but i think a couple are on both.
It looks like thunder and Liftoff are for both android and ios. wefwef also works on both platforms but only has iOS graphic for now (but devs want to also add the android one)
Which Reddit client are you coming from? Which Lemmy app are you enjoying the most right now? I'm an Android user coming from RIF. So far I have the most experience with Wefwef and Jerboa, and Wefwef is winning by leaps and bounds. I haven't tried too much of the rest, but I'm curious of your opinion on them if you've tried them all!
I'm from RIF. I'm on Jerboa and i still haven't tried the other ones because I've been doing other stuff. Lol
Fair!
Connect was my favorite until i realized its absolutely riddled with trackers. RIP. Currently trying Wefwef but ill probably come back to Jerboa.
Excited to try Boost when it releases.
I saw some post about the trackers but I didn't really understand what that meant. Can you explain?
Haha, me too!
Any prior RIF users with some advice for which app to switch to for Lemmy that's the most similar?
Connect for Lemmy, so far so good
Seconding Connect. Only been using it for the past 24hrs and the UI is equally as minimalist with some new idiosyncrasies to get used to.
3rding this. I absolutely love Connect.
Connect is GOAT. Only thing I need is custom font size then it would be perfect, at the moment it's either too big or too small.
Using Wefwef right now which was a huge upgrade from Jerboa. About to download Connect to see what all the hype is about.
Edit: ok all you fuckers are correct this is DOPE. Confirmed Connect user.
It's overall pretty good so far but I find that the swipe interactions with comments and posts can be a bit clunky. I frequently will swipe too far and accidentally save a comment when I just want to upvote. I'm still so used to Sync though.
Tried a few of these apps so far. Connect is really nice! It seems really snappy, and got it mostly working just like how I'd had RIF setup before.
Check out WefWef for Lemmy
Agreed. I just got it and it feels great so far, similar to Apollo
Is this an android app? Cause I couldn't find it on any app store lol
It’s a web app at http://wefwef.app
Yup, but you have to get it through TestFlight right now. It’s going to be on the App Store soon though.
Here’s a link to the Memmy TestFlight page.
I'm using Connect for Lemmy and so far it's fairly good.
The only thing I'd change about Connect is the visability of comment interaction buttons but other than that with a few tweaks to font sizes and stuff it's a fairly similar experience to RIF.
As a former RIF user, I personally like Liftoff, which you can get in the Play Store, but other popular options are Jerboa, Thunder, Connect for Lemmy, wefwef, and Summit.
Connect and Liftoff are able to give a similar RIF UI. I was really liking Liftoff until I just now noticed why it was so "quiet" despite trying to chat a storm: it has no inbox and no notifications. Connect does, though. But it has less options for customizing the layout...
I want something that takes the best of both and smushes them together. 😩
Honestly ... I'm just using the website. With Firefox you can make any webpage into a homescreen app by chosing "Install" from Settings.
LiftOff and Thunder are also good. My favorite is still Jerboa though
I am enjoying memmy
The dev has done very well for such early releases.
Same
Which clients?
Memmy + Mlem
Thanks!
Which is better?
Feature wise definitely Memmy, looks-wise Mlem
Memmy is on fire development-wise. Lots of updates.
Updated again. Memmy is my #1 now, design has caught up.
Dunno Memmy is pretty neat looking with all the different themes
THERE ARE THEMES NOW?? Dang, development really is on fire.
I’ve been doing my best to read all of the notes for each update, but I totally missed that themes were a thing.
Dracula <3
I’m waiting for multilemmy to be added to memmy.
What does it mean? ELI5 :P
I’m blown away with the themes. Usually the polished themes come way later in an apps development but with memmy they’re already here.
Still waiting on AMOLED dark mode… I’m boring I know
Memmy with the purple theme is where it’s at
This is just a comment to have myself counted as part of the reddit migration
Same
🤌
I started using jerboa cause of a random suggestion, how does everyone feel about it? I noticed it doesnt collect user data and I think it said it encrypts stuff, which I like for privacy
jerboa crashes on me everytime. now i use connect for lemmy. I also like the interface more for it
I've only started using it, but I'm liking it alright. That being said, I'm going to use Sync as soon as it's available.
I am still getting used to it coming from RIF but it's growing on me.
Same doesn't seem bad, just not what I'm used to.
Same doesn't seem bad, just not what I'm used to.
Jerboa used to work but it crashes for me now. I even tried uninstalling and making sure a version compatible with my server was installed (cleared app data and cache too), but nope, It's borked for me.
I use Connect for Lemmy now. Once Boost is out I'll most likely switch
After being here for 5 minutes. After not knowing how to login 6 minutes ago.
I've already forgot reddit exists.
What's Reddit?
Reddit? Never heard that before
I had to switch to connect for Lemmy, as jerboa was bugging out and not showing me anything on my feed from outside my local instance.
Waiting for sync for Lemmy but it's roughly 6 weeks away from release according to developer.
Same, I do wish connect had quick buttons to move between connects. You can collapse a comment section by holding down the parent comment, but I haven't found a way to navigate quickly.
Connect dev here. It's coming! I like that feature a lot too.
I would've liked to try it, but it crashes on app launch :/ using Connect For Lemmy instead
I have been getting "timeout" errors, which are a sign that none of my votes or comments for the couple minutes before the first error notice have actually landed. Happened a few times today and past couple days, although I can't tell if this is from an app bug or an overloaded instance server.
I'm using liftoff and I like it more, because it remembers that I only want posts from the communities that I'm subscribed to.
I couldn't login two weeks and had to do it on thed web page. I can't download images in comment sections :(
I'm using it. I like it better than connect which is the only other one on the play store right now. There are more but you have to install them off github. I'll just wait till they make it to play store to try those out.
Jerboa was one of the first legit apps out there for Android. But then it killed itself and became a horribly buggy, crashing mess. It doesn't seem to crash as much anymore, but scrolling is very laggy and glitchy still for me. Wouldn't recommend it at the moment, sadly, but I appreciate it as a pioneer.
I know I'm going to have too many Lemmy apps on my devices. Ugh. LOL
5 and counting 😅
Yeah, it's not too bad here. Got a dope username and gonna go on a spree searching up some cool new communities. There will always be enough people relaying all the reddit content, so why bother ig
Same for the username hehehe
I was so happy when I found my normal username was available here on Lemmy. It's a shallow reason to like the app, but it's part of what really sold it to me and made me check it out further, and so far, I'm really happy I did.
I deleted my original Reddit username a long time ago and always regretted it. DriftingDeep is back, baby!
I always wanted something better than my reddit username so I went with something unique! Hopefully the marijuanaenthusiasts page gets more users soon.
I think usernames are specific to the instance, so any time in the future a person can start up their own instance and get user@myinstance, but your username at lemmy.world is yours.
I think that's a wondrously extensible way of extending the username space.
I'm keeping Apollo on my phone for the memories 😢
Same with Infinity😅
Infinity for Everything (Threadiverse) is under development.
I deleted rif because I absolutely will click on it just by habbit
I just changed the connect for lemmy icon to the Rif icon because it just felt weird without it.
I will keep sync on my phone because everytime I accidentally open it, I will remember why I dislike reddit and vow never to go back.
Queue the habitual "open Apollo" to waste time to be met with a disabled screen :(
Same, but that “forever” notification icon. Argh.
This is starting to feel like Digg v5.0.
the apollo - memmy pipeline is real
Apollo walked so Memmy can run
Replacing my addiction I had to apollo
Lol that's why I'm here too
memmy is fucking lit. i love watching it evolve in real time with us :)
Memmy has seriously improved over the past two weeks, it’s development has been extremely fast and I’m very impressed with my limited casual use so far.
Agreed! Watching it get better and better with literal updates multiple times a day has been crazy. It’s definately my front runner right now.
It’s wild seeing the difference in number of votes and comments today compared to the last week or so since I signed up.
Started with Jerboa until the 0.18.0 issue, switched to Thunder which was buggier than I liked. But now that Liftoff is finally on F-Droid it feels like I've found the definitive Android client. Well until Artemis that is.
Sync for Lemmy is also coming!
If only Sync was FOSS
There's a pretty big reason it isn't. The developer actually talks about it and there have been multiple comments about it on the sync page on Reddit.
Liftoff is my favorite so far. It's the closest to Infinity for Reddit, which is where I'm migrating from.
Same!
Same with me. Infinity was great, all Liftoff is missing is a comment search option at the moment
Is it on fdroid? I just installed the apk
I didn't see it on fdroid but it looks like it's on the play store early release. I tried from GitHub but was having issues with my phone and loading the apk
Pretty sure it got added super recently because it definitely wasn't on there like yesterday
Actually it's reddit I'm looking away from. Not Apollo. Memmy is good. In a better state than mlem I'd say.
Oh for sure. Mlem, even when it was the only real option, was pretty flawed and I found myself regularly just going to Lemmy through my browser instead.
So now with options like Memmy and WefWef it’s not even a comparison.
FYI, Memmy was JUST submitted to the AppStore at 8am yesterday. It’s waiting on review. 🤞
Memmy is excellent
Yup, you and a lot of other people, probably why it's being hugged to death at the moment.
Which clients do you guys actually recommand?
For noncommittals I'd recommend wefwef (dev is considering renaming)
Then if you want an app there several.
I'm new to this, using wefwef right now. For a totally new user onboarding experience, it feels easier than i expected.
It feels just like Apollo
I have 3 diff Lemmy apps on my phone and just heard about WefWef and it has very quickly become my favorite.
I've just installed Connect and so far I like it more than Jeroba. There's also Sync coming SoonTM so that would probably be good
I'm also usibg Connect. But I gotta say I don't like the UX so far. It's a good app, just not my cup of tea.
That's the advantage of decentralisation, you can find whatever suits you. If you haven't checked it yet, here's a mostly complete list of apps: https://lemmy.ml/post/1162300
Hey, new to Lemmy. I'm in connect and logged in to the lemmy.world instance, your link is to another instance and I suspect that's why the link doesn't work on my phone? Is that right and if so how can I open it?
I found jerboa unusable, but so far connect is great
Liftoff is pretty slick too. Though it has a padding issue on some drop downs.
Can vouch for connect too, alot like Sync
There is also Thunder, and personally I'm torn between it and wefwef.
https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder
I learned about Connect from this post. It felt like Relay with it's gestures, which is nice.
For Android I'm using Liftoff and it just works so far. I'm really happy for it being an app in alpha. Still missing many features by Reddit app had, of course
Hi guys, what's the most similar lemmy app compared to RiF?
Wefwef is really slick, but keep in mind that all apps are still early in development.
I checked out Wefwef and the format looks pretty good! I'm excited to see where it will end up.
Wefwef is one of the smoothest ones I've used so far! Lacks some features, but seems to be a lot more stable and usable than some others. I also like how simple the UI is, like how RIF had a sort of "bare bones" look to it. I've heard Liftoff is gaining traction tho as well.
I used baconit on windows phone 7 and RiF as an early adopter. I can handle new apps 😅
Whoa, someone who actually had a Windows phone? You're like a unicorn!
Yeah, and i still think the UI to this day was one of the best, if only they had actually developed it further... Phones were snappy AF, battery life was awesome, and they had so many features that were only implemented by android YEARS later.
This is why I'm not in a huge rush to move away from Jerboa. If there's a clear frontrunner, I may switch, but I'm not switching every time there's a two day outage while waiting on patches. They're all gonna hit speed bumps as the userbase grows until everything settles out.
It’s basically a clone of Apollo. So def a winner.
I'm currently using Connect for Lemmy from the Play Store. Not the same feel as RiF but it is very simplistic in nature yet still feature-rich, which counts in my book!
I just clicked a link to WefWef, and am trying it right now on a desktop. Feels so mobiley, and superintuitive.
Changed a few settings (text size, compact) and this would be a worthy replacement, but just not 100% yet.
I tend to agree, I've actually stopped using Connect for now and am trying Liftoff and Wefwef, both I think feel more compact and lightweight which is a big reason I used rif in the first place. No bloat.
Only thing I don't like about wefwef is that it feels too much like an iOS app, which uhh I guess it was made for iPhone so that makes sense haha. After changing the display settings in Liftoff it feels much better to use than Connect.
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Is that a little ogre? How do you paste a little ogre?
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I don't know how, but I've done it too...
it’s an emoji
Yeah, life is good, Connect is fine and keeps on constantly getting better. Also, Boost and Sync are on the horizon. In the end it's a pity that I will use only one of those apps.
I recognize most of what's been mentioned but having difficulty finding the links on github? But maybe assume not all are FOSS?
I there anywhere with those apps and their respective links (fdroid, play store, github)?
Testing Memmy right now. Seems to get a lot of basics right. Would be nice if you could use it to just read without logging in though.
I FEEL COMPLETE ONCE AGAIN!
Connect is pretty great for Android.
Does every Lemmy app need to try and mimic Apollo? I personally liked narwhal the most and would like something more in line with that. Narwhal handles links and content better than Apollo or any of the Lemmy apps I’ve used so far. I also don’t need my front page to be so big, even in compact mode. Just give me the text without a huge ass picture/link image to the side of the title.
I wish I could hide posts, couldn’t find any apps that have that like Apollo had as a swipe option
On PC at least, go to your account settings and you can toggle 'Show read posts'. Untick this, and anything upvoted or looked at (looked at the comments, aka opened up) Will go away upon refresh.
This behaviour will carry over to the apps on refresh. It's quite aggressive though, so if you comment on something and want to check back on the activity you better bookmark it. But if you're like me , you only mostly care about replies to your comment :P
Ah I wish I didn’t have to interact to hide it, but that’s better than nothing, works pretty well, thanks!
Yeah I’m a chronic post hider, so I neeeeeed it lol. Thankfully looking at images (by expanding them) also counts so it cuts down on upvoting/looking at comments. It’ll get there soon enough.
Memmy has had an amazing development cycle. Big thing that Thunder has that Memmy doesn’t is swipe access to my communities. Really like swiping in from the left in Thunder and having that list. Memmy you need to click the star and it’s a bit of a reach while one handed.
Have you tried the new update for Memmy? They’ve added a “traverse” option located on the botttom where you can access your communities now.
Nope, I thought I was up to date but I hadn’t grabbed the latest. Memmy dev killing it!
It’s insane how far Memmy has come in such a short time!
iPhone 13 mini to the rescue lol
I just need to figure out how to add more “subreddits” or whatever they are called and how to switch between them but other than that this app feels great so far. Fuck Spez. Currently using Memmy
I want to use Liftoff, but it doesn't work with vlemmy.net
Is there a client/app for iPhone?
Yes
try out these two;
https://testflight.apple.com/join/6jaRU6rD
https://testflight.apple.com/join/MelFP11Y
Thanks! Testing out Memmy now
It's already relatively complete! Hope you like it
Dev submitted to App Store. Hopefully approved soon.
Very much looking forward to using Arthemis as well
I FEEL COMPLETE ONCE AGAIN!
I just changed the connect for lemmy icon to the Rif icon because it just felt weird without it lol
liftoff for me!
I FEEL COMPLETE ONCE AGAIN!
https://youtu.be/sEvRCH3MHzw
What's available for android besides Jerboa and Connect?
Jerboa, Connect, Thunder, Liftoff, Summit, wefwef
What's your favorite?
Honestly, I was perfectly fine with Jerboa in terms of look and functionality. Super simple, no-frills, and worked well enough. But the 0.18.0 update business introduced some issues, and Thunder was just buggy in my experience, so for now Liftoff is #1. Absolutely gorgeous and highly functional. Can't see myself going back to Jerboa. Though I am really looking forward to having a kbin app in Artemis or @dansup's project
I’m really enjoying Memmy so far.
Red reader has some great accessibility tools I just found out. I hope they make a lemmy client!
Its not as polished as Apollo but years of development will do that for you.
I noticed at one point in the side swipe upvote the down vote and upvote waw pointing down just the color was changing
I was a fan of RedReader, the dev seems want to add lemmy support, so let's hope for that. So far jeroba and summit... Both are nice, actually. So i might stick to them.
I'm enjoying Summit. It's still in beta but seems smooth. I'm a long time RIF user. I think this app is the closest I've come to the feel of RIF so far
there’s less content but I find the content to be of higher quality. at least on what I’d consider the frontpage
What app is that on the left
I started with Jeroba a few weeks ago and it was serviceable. After the server updates and rollbacks and all that jazz I decided to try Liftoff. It's a decent app but I am so used to Sync for Reddit that it's hard to adjust. I'm eager for LJ to get Sync for Lemmy out in the wild in a month or two.
Shoutout to Memmy for supporting IOS 15, couldn't browse Lemmy on my old ass iPhone 7 without it
Does wefwef not support iOS15? Its just a web app so id have expected it to run fine.
This is so hawt right now!
Holy shit I’m posting this from wefwef… how the hell is this as good as Memmy!?
Is it just me or is wefwef letting promoted by bots?
Not a bot, but I think it works surprisingly well for a non native and pretty new app.