I’m trying to stop using Reddit, but it having an app I know about makes it have quite an advantage.
I know there’s a few apps out there I can use to browse Lemmy, but I’m not sure about their names and the different features they offer.
I’m currently using Liftoff since lemmy.world isnt on 0.18 yet and therefore doesn’t work with Jerboa.
It seems to work pretty fine with jerboa for me
I think Jerboa still wasn’t updated in F-Droid, so you should be fine if you get it from there. F-Droid also allows you to downgrade of you need to.
lemmy.world is waiting for 0.18.1 because 0.18 removed captcha as a consequence of a change away from websocket, i think. they announced they arent going to update until its added back in, which the lemmy developers promised to do.
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Currently using Jerboa. I want simplicity and no clutter. It would be nice if there was a “collapse all” for comments. And would like to be able to double-click an image and have it zoom in.
Mostly just he collapse function for comments. It’s really necessary.
Just click on the text of the comment and it will collapse!
OMG I’m stupid af
Nah, it’s just muscle memory. I only discovered it by accident.
Currently on connect while lemmy.world waits for an update to server software. I might keep it, I’m still looking for the “best” client for me
Oh god yes please. Thanks for asking! I had the same question! I’ve been trying to browse lemmy.world on Firefox, but the auto updating feed bug is still killing me…
Jerboa - a bit buggy still, and sometimes posts take a while to load, but its features are fantastic.
Connect - I love this app, and I tried to switch to it, but being unable to disable “swipe to upvote” is a dealbreaker for me. (EDIT: turns out it’s been updated so I can now disable it! Bless!)
Liftoff - I just switched to this. It’s very polished and responsive, and accomodates my preferred way of scrolling and interacting with communities.
Lemmotif - pure minimalist doomscrolling. It doesn’t even let you log in to vote, comment, or post. Blazingly fast, and I love it. Uninstalled.
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Doesn’t work with lemmy.world yet as the version is too low.
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Jerboa has been working great for me on my Samsung Galaxy. A few minor bugs but overall gives me that RIF feel, and works great on my shitty rural internet connection. I did have to make an account through my browser and then log into Jerboa, but that wasn’t too bad.
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Chrome for me
I am using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuroneko.lemmy_connect
Looks pretty good to me, it can make text larger so yeah. Like 10 minutes in rn though lol
Connect community links:
Very much Connect for Lemmy, I think it’s the best of the pack now, works with 0.17 and 0.18 servers unlike the Jerboa official app. The latest update fixes commenting (keyboard used to cover input field) and there is now markdown. Gestures have been added.
It’s very much like my old favorite, Slide for Reddit.
It has an amoled dark mode ! That was one of my biggest requirement for an app.
I agree on the amoled setting requirement! So far Connect is one of the smoothest options.
Just tried out the amoled mode and it’s definitely an improvement! But it doesn’t look quite amoled black, it seems a few shades lighter to me.
The divider lines between posts and the menu are definitely darker than the posts in the feed, which makes me think it’s not fully amoled black. Having an amoled setting where the bulk of the UI isn’t fully black seems counterintuitive. Anyone else notice this?
I use Liftoff and like it. The auto picture loading is great.
Until Sync for Lemmy comes out, I’ve been using the chrome Web app via Chrome browser.
I use Thunder. Actively being developed, tons of new features coming every few days. I get an update almost every day. Works great, looks great.
Link? Not seeing it in the play store. I’m always nervous just googling an Android app without knowing I’m installing the right version from the right site
https://github.com/hjiangsu/thunder is the site
Thanks!
I downloaded connect for lemmy yesterday just to see, and although it won’t let me sign in unless I give it my email instead of username. (ive been SOL if an instance doesn’t require an email, but maybe it works on someone elses) i think I’m liking connect better than jerboa though. For me it’s been less glitchy, and it easier to access content.
I don’t mind it but how the hell do you collapse comments??
Long pressing the comment will collapse it.
I’ve been liking Connect.
Me too! Just migrated from Jerboa to Connect due to Jerboa not working properly for lemmy.world
I like that there are daily updates. I’ve been abusing the “tiny left swipe to upvote” feature from the latest version. I can scroll and upvote using just one (smallish) hand
I did the same thing and connect’s ui is very nice and it feels comfortable. I think it’s best for me right now.
If you are a fellow reddit refugee, the Sync for Lemmy is coming soon.
