return2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agoF-Droid gets its biggest update in a decade with new UI and smoother app installsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square66fedilinkarrow-up1184arrow-down12
arrow-up1182arrow-down1external-linkF-Droid gets its biggest update in a decade with new UI and smoother app installsarstechnica.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 days agomessage-square66fedilink
minus-squareNudelextrakt@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 days agoI’ve just tried it. The UX is great and the downloads are faster than ever. It’s soo much better noww!
minus-squarehansolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoWTF, why is the download on the Fdroid front page still giving me 1.3.2?
minus-squarekamen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-28 days agoCould be a gradual rollout. Edit: saw it’s actually still a beta (and probably this is why it doesn’t show), here’s a link for the APK: https://f-droid.org/repo/org.fdroid.fdroid_2000050.apk
minus-squarehansolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoFrom the website apk download link?
minus-squarekamen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·8 days agoI don’t know, could be. I just tried downloading and I’m getting the 1.x version too.
minus-squareIgris@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-28 days agoYeah me too. Edit: just like WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works said you’ll find it by searching f-droid on f-droid.org, scroll down to version 2.0 and download the apk.
minus-squarekamen@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-28 days agoAh, right. It’s still tagged as beta, maybe that’s why it doesn’t appear in other places (like in the news article on their site). Thanks for the tip. Edit: direct link to said beta version.
minus-squarehansolo@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 days agoAh, for me it was labeled “unstable updates.”
minus-squareripcord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·8 days agoUX is much better. I wouldn’t say it’s great. At all. But I’m really happy to see big improvements! And I’m finding things I had no idea were on the “store” before at all. Which ultimately is the goal.
minus-squareWhyJiffie@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 days agowhat things you don’t like?
I’ve just tried it. The UX is great and the downloads are faster than ever. It’s soo much better noww!
WTF, why is the download on the Fdroid front page still giving me 1.3.2?
Could be a gradual rollout.
Edit: saw it’s actually still a beta (and probably this is why it doesn’t show), here’s a link for the APK: https://f-droid.org/repo/org.fdroid.fdroid_2000050.apk
From the website apk download link?
I don’t know, could be. I just tried downloading and I’m getting the 1.x version too.
Yeah me too.
Edit: just like WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works said you’ll find it by searching f-droid on f-droid.org, scroll down to version 2.0 and download the apk.
Ah, right. It’s still tagged as beta, maybe that’s why it doesn’t appear in other places (like in the news article on their site).
Thanks for the tip.
Edit: direct link to said beta version.
Enable beta.
Ah, for me it was labeled “unstable updates.”
UX is much better. I wouldn’t say it’s great. At all.
But I’m really happy to see big improvements! And I’m finding things I had no idea were on the “store” before at all. Which ultimately is the goal.
what things you don’t like?