• twistedtxb@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Connect is at a stage where it could rival those now defunct mature 3PA Reddit apps

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    Liftoff is a better app experience than I ever had using any options for Reddit. It’s fanatastic. It’s far, far better than a browser experience as well.

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      Liftoff is my daily driver, Voyager is also great. It’s awesome how many open source Lemmy apps are in active development right now.

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        it’s really great. I’m using connect on android, because it’s similar to RIF. But the beautiful thing is we have choice. I really hope you enjoy your lemmy experience on whatever app makes you happy.

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      Sync is still my favorite app for Reddit. And now I’m waiting Sync for lemmy.

      In the meantime I’ll be using liftoff. Seem like it’s pretty close to sync, but no as good as sync.

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      I grabbed liftoff after reading about the early access when using web interface. I’m sure it is missing some features, but it does “just work”, so I’m pretty happy with it.

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    On mobile, I tried FFox and Chrome… Worked like garbage. I switched to Connect and I am happy now.

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      I was using Connect until I have found that there are trackers(via DuckDuckGo app) in it from Facebook. Trackers are common in apps, but if there are options available which give same experience without trackers, I will choose those options.

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        This is probably not true. The app collects zero info according to the dev, the privacy policy, and the app store. The dev has stated that the trackers are from the sites you visit, not Connect itself

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      What exactly is the problem with browser. Do people just have a high expectation of a platform, or am I just too used to the browser experience?

      • Boris NotTooBadinov@lemmy.world
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        I think it may be down to the UI, for example I preferred Relay for Reddit over the other offerings because the UI just felt more natural to me and that of course always going to be down to the individual user

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    My personal preference is to use (preferably FLOSS) apps whenever possible. I just don’t like the experience of a browser trying to act like a native application. This goes for desktop and mobile.

    It’ll never happen, but if there were a desktop lemmy app I would use it.

    I know I’m (probably?) weird.

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    Yup, mobile Firefox runs beautifully and has all the features of the desktop version. I don’t see a reason to get an app tbh.

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    I’m still waiting for a community-based project of passion like Reddit Enhancement Suite.

    Lemmy Enhancement Suite when?! lol

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      The community-based project of passion to enhance lemmy is already here… it’s lemmy.

      This isn’t reddit. There isn’t a big black box and company around the service that is preventing the community from making it what they want it to be.

      Sure there can be flavors, but I’d guess if there’s the type of consensus around the usefulness as there is with RES, then why wait for a separate project to shoehorn features on top of lemmy when the folks behind lemmy seem quite receptive to contributions?

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        That’s not entirely true. One of the lead developers of Lemmy almost blocked infinite scrolling being implemented before the other lead developer stepped in and approved it. This can absolutely happen with other features, other features can get blocked.

        There’s nothing wrong with having additional optional features through an addon, especially when those features are optional and also don’t have to go through an approval process. That’s the power of addons.

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    I will be the only person to agree and not suggest an app!

    Unless there’s some fantastic game-changing functionality provided by the app, I’m fine with the webpage. I have a pi-hole at home that further enhances the “no ads” experience.

    I didn’t use an app on reddit, either - old.reddit only! I left reddit and joined lemmy because fuck spez!

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      The gamechanging functionality for me was being able to log in. Mobile, desktop, whatever. I click login, use my credentials, it says “logged in” and then asks me to log in again and warns down the right side of the website that I’m not logged in.

      Using an app, I can actually log the fuck in.

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        That’s fair. I’m definitely having to log in every couple days.

        But I’m also not on Lemmy as often / continuously as I was on reddit. That’s been a nice change for me.

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      Using Jerboa I get infinite scroll and a more usable layout. The website works ok, but there’s lots of room for improvement.

      All the stuff at the top on lemmy web page gets turned into buttons on the top and bottom of my phone that I don’t have to scroll up for. Vote buttons are big enough to hit easily. Titles flow on top of Images so I see more than a thumbnail without tapping.

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        In my experience (large asterisk there), infinite scroll is great until you click a link, then hit back, and it doesn’t resume where you were before so then you have to keep scrolling to get back to where you were before. Maybe the infinite scroll experience is better now than it was in the dark ages of new.reddit.

        Pagination just never really bugged me? It gives me a stopping point.

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    I haven’t dove into the Android app options and honestly, as an Android developer, I might just make my own.