With all these new options springing up, I’m a little outdated. What’s the best app to use right now?

  • probably_a_robot@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    I’ve had the best luck with Liftoff so far. I used Jerboa for awhile until it kept crashing within seconds of opening it. Not sure how much this affects it, but I’m using GrapheneOS instead of stock Android on a Pixel 6

    • Senseless@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      After the recent patch I don’t have to look at my comments twice under each post, which is nice :)

    • Minty@lemmy.one
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      1 year ago

      Sync is what I used for reddit for years. Is there a timeline for sync for lemmy or is it just started?

      • ne0phyte@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        See r/SyncforLemmy. The dev stated an ETA of 3-6 weeks for a first release with very basic functionality.

  • haych@lemmy.one
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    1 year ago

    I was using Jerboa, but recently moved to Thunder and enjoying it a lot more.

    Although the Reddit Sync app Dev said he’s going to make Sync for Lemmy, so I’ll swap to that once it’s released.

    • anteaters@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      Thanks for actually linking to the app. I’m not only looking for am android app but also stupidly lazy right now. I’ll check it out now.

  • Irgendwii@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    I was using jerboa for the last couple of days but today I tried thunder again after it didn’t work last time. I really love it. It comes really close to baconreader, which I have used for the last 11 years. I really love tapping comments to minimize them but still being able to read the parent comment. The only thing I would like is an option to sort comments, but as far as I know, no other app allows to do this

  • Flughoernchen@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    Impatiently waiting for Beyond. Until then I’ve settled for Connect, as it’s a pretty active community that shapes the app with it’s suggestions and feedback. It’s nice to be a part of that.

  • rancidity9480@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I’ll put my thoughts on this post as it showed up as I scrolled to get to the one from a day or two ago…I have 5 different Lemmy apps installed right now. Figure that there is going to be a lot of experimentation and work being done right now, so it’s nice to see what everyone is doing.

    • Jerboa - Personally, I really like Jerboa. Being the most mature of the bunch shows. It’s well laid out, has just enough UI options, and works. Except that now Beehaw isn’t on v0.18.

    • Connect - Not open source at this time, I get why that matters to people, but not a deal breaker for me. Typing this comment in Connect. Just updated this morning with additional and redesigned settings. There is about a thumbs width of space between this comment box and my keyboard. That’s kind of yucky.

    • Liftoff - I’m hopeful for this one. It LOOKS the best to me, but there’s some weird UX issues. Biggest being that the only place to see your replies/notifications is the top of the Home feed with no quick way to get there if you’ve been scrolling.

    • Thunder - I can see the potential, but it’s not for me right now. No buttons on comments, you have to use swipe gestures. But posts have buttons. Changing UI options doesn’t actually change anything 95% of the time.

    • Summit - You want a zero frills, dark mode way of browsing and interacting? This is that. I’d love a FEW options (like light mode), but it’s fast and easy. Uhh…just realized I can’t find a way to make a new post…

    • Wefwef.app - Last one. Really slick looking and responsive, but too iOS-y for me. It also claims to have light mode, but I can’t figure out how to switch it. Really polished though.

      • Vittelius@feddit.de
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        1 year ago

        Izzyondroid (the weird 90s looking store) can be used with the (or any) fdroid client. You just have to add the repository in the settings. Fdroid builds all the apps from source themselves. You need to add a request for packaging and even after that it takes a bit of time until the app is approved. It seems nobody has requested the inclusion yet. Izzy on the other hand takes the developer build binaries and publishes. The requirements are lower to be included here. So apps tend to be in izzy first and then get eventually added to fdroid proper.

    • Uninvited Guest@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      I just want one that will allow me to hide a posts so I’m not scrolling past the same things over and over. None of them do it.

      • Square Singer@feddit.deOP
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        1 year ago

        That would be an amazing feature. I am just switching the sorting options to avoid this issue. Active seems to be the most “stable” sorting, meaning the same stuff stays on top for the longest time. Hot is better, imho, as it fluctuates a bit more. If I can’t find anything new/interesting on active/hot, I switch to “new”. Tends to be full of irrelevant stuff, but at least it’s new.

  • Riyria@beehaw.org
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    1 year ago

    I was using Jerboa but I’ve been having problems with it over the last few days and was getting annoyed. I saw this morning that there was another app, Connect for Lemmy. I’ve deleted Jerboa now because the connect ui is much nicer and hasn’t been crashing so far.

    • kiku123@feddit.de
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      1 year ago

      I had this exact same thinking culminating in me downloading Connect this morning. Also looking at Liftoff, since I’ll have a better chance to contribute, but so far I’m enjoying that Connect works better and I can actually leave my local instance.