Technology

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.

Waiting for Sync

I've been using Connect for Lemmy and so far it's unbeatable

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.

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

I'm still using the mobile website until the apps mature a little bit. it's surprisingly functional.

I'm using jerboa for now, I intend to investigate in a couple months to find the best one, things are changing way too rapidly right now and I'd end up going through so many and that can't be great for security.

I'm enjoying liftoff for lemmy right now but will switch to sync for lemmy once it's out. The reason why is because of gestures. I feel that it's intuitive to swipe to go back and forth between posts and voting.

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.

On Android...

I am eternally grateful for the welcoming start to fediverse apps in Jerboa.

Connect is visually nice in places, but not a fit for me (so far).

I'm REALLY enjoying functionality of Summit so far - don't know how to submit a new post in a community in app though and it's driving me crazy that I may be missing something obvious...

I've currently settled with Liftoff. I got very used to Jerboa and was perfectly happy with it, but the last few updates broke it to the point of unusability for me.

Liftoff isn't perfect, though its pretty good. My biggest gripe is that as far as I can tell there's no button to go straight to the top of the feed, which is really annoying when you've been scrolling for ages and have to scroll all the way back up. Hopefully that will be added soon.

Jerboa seems to be more than usable for now, UI isn't as pretty as others but it's pretty functional

I prefer using a firefox PWA but I have the scrolling bug no matter what browser I use - the page keeps jumping to top when I'm trying to read.

So I've started using liftoff this morning and so I agree with others in this thread, it looks the best to me. It's not as smooth but I find it each much easier to tell which post comes from which instance than with connect. The community icons and titles are larger and the cards seem more separated.

I switched from Jerboa to Connect. I like Connect a bit better. Really excited for Sync for Lemmy, and will likely switch to that.

On Android...

I am eternally grateful for the welcoming start to fediverse apps in Jerboa.

Connect is visually nice in places, but not a fit for me (so far).

I'm REALLY enjoying functionality of Summit so far - don't know how to submit a new post in a community in app though and it's driving me crazy that I may be missing something obvious...

Jerboa 0.0.36, but there are some bugs that really bother me. But since Sync will hopefully come soon I don't care enough to try others in the meantime, just waiting it out.

Liftoff and thunder. Liftoff has the feature of showing combined feed from multiple accounts so you can see things even when instance are defederated.

I've tried most of the Android apps available and Jerboa is the one I like the most. It functions and looks just as a expect it to.

Jerboa is fine for me, I've been using it for about 2 weeks now. Last update also added a bunch of new functionality which is awesome. It's still in alpha but seems to be on track to become a great app.

Thunder is my favorite so far, still rough but the next update should be great.

Currently using Jerboa, which works well for me. Haven't had any of the issues people are reporting. Might switch to Sync when it comes out though.

I've been really happy and surprised at how well https://wefwef.app works. It's a PWA and is slick as snot.

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

The kbin mobile site as a PWA :)

Honestly, the web app (and hopefully Sync when it arrives)

Jerboad has been my go-to. I've tried liftoff, connect, and some of the webapps, But I found that jerboa has worked most reliably for how I use Lemmy.

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.

Rabbits

been using Connect for Lemmy, it seems pretty decent so far.

Any that are optimized for tablets yet?

wefwef.app is pretty good if you don't mind PWA's

I've been playing around with several apps. I really like Thunder and Liftoff. Currently giving connect a try and liking it as well. Will definitely move to sync when available though as it is my app of choice for reddit.