• rman0159@lemmy.world
    10·
    1 year ago

    I’m using Connect for Lemmy right now, because Jerboa keeps showing the server version error when opening it.

    • iron__giant@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      This is where I’m at, but Connect seems to freeze up on me a lot, so I’m thinking of getting a third lol

      • Duchess@lemmy.world
        2·
        1 year ago

        i switched to thunder after connect kept crashing whenever i tried to open it. so far it seems alright but i can’t see any way to vote on comments.

    • svahnen@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      I’m using connect since it’s the only one I have found that have notifications, I had to turn them on in the settings, it polls every 60 seconds.

    • MarcellusDrum@lemmy.ml
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’ve tried Jerboa, Connect, Thunder, Liftoff, Lemmotif, and the PWA. Jerboa has the best interface/ux imo, by far. Thunder is the least buggy to use, and the developer is a machine, doing constant updates. These 2 I think have the most potential.

    • justhach@lemmy.world
      0·
      1 year ago

      Im trying several others while they work out the kinks in Jerboa (it doesnt work very welll if you use Lemmy.World as your instance), but it honestly feels the best out of all of them.

      I’m coming from RiF is Fun, so it reminds me a lot of their layout.

  • _kato@lemmy.world
    3·
    1 year ago

    I’ll keep downloading new ones until i find one that feels like home. Still waiting for infinity to make a Lemmy app.

    • TemmieNo1@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Thunder looks like infinity a bit. Saw someone making an infinity for lemmy by the name of Beyond but not released yet. Connect for lemmy looks almost exactly like Infinity but I cant figure some stuff out on there so Thunder for now.

    • Omegamanthethird@beehaw.org
      1·
      1 year ago

      Summit is the closest from what I’ve seen. But it has some very basic things missing like an inbox. But it’s my favorite feeling app.

  • Captain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zone
    2·
    1 year ago

    I use jerboa but I’d try out any libre client. I’m not interested in proprietary apps.

    Funny enough I never saw the need for dedicated website apps for e.g. reddit, but the fediverse is somewhat clumsy to use in a browser (I’m aware that browser extensions can help) so an app actually improves the experience a bit.

    • SHITPOSTING_ACCOUNT@feddit.de
      0·
      1 year ago

      I’m using Jerboa, but it keeps crashing and on every statup complains that my instance is not compatible with the updated version. This drives me back to reddit and when it shuts off apps, I’ll probably go back to real life.

      • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
        0·
        1 year ago

        In the latest version of Jerboa I can’t change from All / Active anymore. 😊 Also I can’t figure out for the life of me how to make a top level comment, they’re doesn’t seem to be a button for it.

        Thunder didn’t have sorting by top last time I checked. Liftoff can’t add other instances than the 3 it comes with.

          • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            No, just number of comments, upvote/downvote buttons and scores, and the button to save the post. I’m on 0.0.36 right now.

      • richneptune@lemmy.fmhy.ml
        1·
        1 year ago

        For me there’s one massive flaw with the mobile web version of Lemmy - that when you go “back” after viewing a post the page scrolls near to the top of the page. If it weren’t for that I’d happily give up the quest for an app.

  • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
    2·
    1 year ago

    None of them are very complete. The ones that are good are missing features and the ones that are complete aren’t good. I’m using wefwef.app for the most part. Just navigate there in your browser and bammo! Instant app.

    • Flemmy@lemmy.world
      3·
      1 year ago

      I was using wefwef, it looks nice but it’s slow and has awkward UX. Every time I want to reply or vote, I have to take a second to think about which way to swipe

      I think you’re into something about not complete or not good - I was hoping to be one of the firsts, but building a solid foundation takes time - I could’ve gotten something out there a week ago, but I’ve got big plans - I want to build discovery and sorting into the app, I want to be able to pull from multiple servers at once, and I want users new to Lemmy to have their hands held as they pick a server. And obviously, it has to feel responsive

      To do that I had to build a data store and coax high performance libraries to play nice. I was pulling posts and had the account switching working on day 1, but I didn’t even start on posting until a couple days ago - and only after I made drafts that would reload when you go back

      It’s easy to build something rough, fast, or inefficient Building something polished means working on the foundations, building it up, and doing and redoing things as you consider what feels “right”

      Give Flemmy a shot in a few days if you’re on Android (more like a couple weeks on iphone). It’s still early days and there will be bugs and missing features, but, now that the groundwork is solid, it’s moving fast

      • myofficialaccount@feddit.de
        2·
        1 year ago

        UX may be a taste thing but I cannot second the speed critic. On Firefox it’s sluggish as hell, yeah, but using it with Chrome wefwef feels like a native app.

    • wutBEE@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      Same here, completely switched, it’s obviously made by the Apollo dev and no one can convince me otherwise. Wefwef has immediately made Lemmy usable to me, can barely notice a difference from Reddit running through Apollo.

    • dingus@lemmy.world
      0·
      1 year ago

      How do you downvote using wefwef? I can’t seem to figure it out.

      Edit: Ah ok I got it. You swipe to do so. It still seems to be missing very basic features like editing comments and blocking communities though.