Not much love for Kbin! </3

But I get it, without an official API, it's a lot of work to get one going. I just refuse to use Lemmy, so I'm committed on getting a Kbin app ASAP. We're just about to have alpha.1 build ready and it's pretty darn usable.

Plugging our magazine here:
https://kbin.social/m/ArtemisApp

EDIT: me not going w Lemmy was due to devs. I still think it’s a viable platform for the fediverse, especially with all the instances out there besides theirs (and being open source). Kbin being completely separated just felt like the right choice for me when picking between the two.

Starting to test Android builds before we start our incremental rollout (private beta). We’re going to onboard an Android dev to make sure we get an authentic experience. On top of user feedback. So for sure not the final form! Still, feels good to use already!

When browsing your subs, it'll sprinkle posts you haven't seen from communities you don't follow. Helping you discover the fediverse from the comfort of Home.

Ive been thinking about customizations like that while working on it. I want localization, so everything already has right to left support. I can use that piping to help w moving arrows.

Also, youll be able to double tap to vote ;)

(Community muting is a must for sure)

Developing as x-plat codebase. And we have an equal split of beta testers across platform. So wanna prioritize em equally!

in the coming weeks there will be some waves of rollouts to testers. Hopefully we’ll go public not far from there :)

And of course, it's a setting (off by default). Plus early stages, so expect it to evolve :)

Looks so good!

Thank you, just doing my part to serve the community!

already got my own test instance with the changes running. THIS IS SUCH A KILLER KBIN FEATURE! You the boss!

Thanks for the shoutout! App is coming along!

a video and pics of current alpha build.

And see this toot, of me having fun with force touch to preview links :p

Budgeting to get an Android device so I can test it myself too ;)

Also, Apollo was just iconic. If I can built half of that, we’ll be rocking it!

API is almost done! Been using an internal build of the app that uses Artemis’ kbin instance with those changes. And oh god is so much better 👌

So we’re nearing a point where apps for kbin will start popping up ✨

I used Relay for a couple years way back. You betcha I’m gonna get as much as I can in smooth gesture interactions 👌

And yea, it uses an in-app browser. Will expose config for those who want that off, also.

Also, I heard a lot of great things bout Joey, so I gotta get my hands on it 👀

Thanks for joining the community! Y'all are what's gonna lead to this being a great app ;)

Dev here! I’ll be taking a look at all the suggestions here for those that can’t vote on the toot itself :)

but the fediverse can handle it ;)

Love this 💜
I have a slide action prototype. So I'll play with this and see how it feels.

Might have to play with this idea in the Artemis app 👀

Appreciate it!

A decade back I spent some years running another indie app and the best part was the community helping test and recommend features. It really elevates the quality of a product. Unlike what we're seeing with reddit....

Def subscribe to /m/ArtemisApp magazine. We’re just starting our staged rollout to beta testers who signed up. With a public beta aimed for end of month.