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I made a folder with my fav lemmy apps that I tried so far, and they are sorted by favorite to less favorite. By far, wefwef is my most used and I do switch to lifoff sometimes. Also, the official lemmy app is really not bad compared to reddit's official app. I would say try all of them and see which one works the best for you. waiting for sync and boost to launch. let me know if you have any other suggestions I haven't tried yet.
I'm using Thunder and I'm liking it while I wait for Sync for Lemmy to be released.
If Thunder could fix its bugs and add more ui customization the it'd be golden.
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I see vivaldi, I upvote! Best browser around
I see Niagara, I upvote! Best launcher around
yes sir!! been using niagara launcher since last year and just switched to Vivaldi on desktop lately. damn man, I don't ever see myself using that google launcher ever again on my pixel phone no matter what updates they bake
I've been trying them as well. It feels like each one (so far) has something problematic--quite understandable given their early development.
I'm really looking forward to trying Sync when it's ready.
Keep seeing people talk about wefwef, but I can't even find it to download
I see Connect, Jerboa, Lemmotif, and Liftoff
It's a progressive web app, basically a website that you install to your phone that behaves like a normal app. It's one of the best PWAs I've personally encountered too.
Here you go…
Doesn't work for me. I have Android and I used DuckDuckGo initially but there wasn't any install option, then I used Firefox and clicked Install from the settings while I was on the homepage and on the settings/install page but neither did anything, they just moved me to the app launcher (my home screen).
Chrome probably works the best for PWAs, maybe try some Chromium alternatives to see if works properly.
You're right, it installed without problem on Chrome, I'm writing this from wefwef
Doesn't work for me. I have Android and I used DuckDuckGo initially but there wasn't any install option, then I used Firefox and clicked Install from the settings while I was on the homepage and on the settings/install page but neither did anything, they just moved me to the app launcher (my home screen).
Connect works well for me on Pixel6! I feel they are fixing stuff too because it has less and less quirks every day
U forgot Thunder
Thunder should 100% be on this list.
Slide is still in alpha but is looking promising.
def looks promising, I'll give it a try!! thanks
Haha, I got them all in a folder too and would rate them similarly. (Tough, Liftoff is above wefwef for me)
I Update them all regularly and snoop back in to see how they're progressing. So far it's been really fun and inspiring to see these madmen developers push out 3 updates a day
If I get to make one recommendation: the thunder app is also good, but only available through GitHub (I guess?), so you'd have to install via an apk. Worth it in my opinion, as it comes close after wefwef in my ranking! :D
The alternatives have looked nice, but overall I keep coming back to Jerboa as it has had less bugs for my experience. But I also get automated updates via F-Droid and previous versions have been buggy.
If you have izzy's repo enabled then liftoff updates too
I do use Izzy's repo, it isn't a full f-droid experience without it
Sync had a navigation option to go to the next "top comment"; I can't find this feature on wefwef nor Connect.
Do the others have something similar to navigate comments inside posts?
Jerboa has this. So far it's the only one (that I've tried) that has this feature.
Jerboa has been useless for me.
Even liftoff has struggled. I'm hoping that things stabilize over the coming weeks.
liftoff has been by far the most usable for me
Tried jerboa and wefwef, now on liftoff and this one seems best for my use, so gonna stick to it for a bit while other apps are made.
right now I'm using Jerboa and Connect. I liked connect because the UI it's pretty similar with Sync
Lemmotif is unusable as it is. You can't even log in to an account. On the other hand, Summit and Thunder are worth a try.
Been using Connect and liftoff for a few days now. Both are really good but imo connect seems to be a tad bit smoother and has better UI.
I agree connect has the smoothest scrolling experience of all of them but there is something about the UI and theme that keeps making me go back to wefwef. we can't really tell now but with time I guess, all of them will be enhanced and less buggy, and it'll be just a matter of preference.
I’m using wefwef and you can hardly tell that its not native
Tried jerboa and wefwef, now on liftoff and this feels best for me at the moment so gonna stick with it for a while till other apps are made.
The ones that I liked the most so far are wefwef, but I still can't save posts and block user/communities. The other is connect because there's a easy enough toggle hide read in the settings, although for some reason it's not linked with the lemmy profile setting to hide read, but it works the same.
Call me stupid but I refuse to try Connect due to its terrible icon.
Jk, happy with Liftoff
I've been trying them as well. It feels like each one (so far) has something problematic--quite understandable given their early development.
I'm really looking forward to trying Sync when it's ready.
Has anyone tried Summit yet?
Pretty solid, good looking dark theme, don't like the lack of "next top comment" down arrow, the images seem to either have a hard time loading (or maybe Lemmy users are posting them wrong still), but seems to be more noticeable on Summit. Quick navigation and easy to get around though. If day is my second fave, after Jerboa (now that it is stable again).
Edit: not so stable Jerboa, got network error posting, it went, but I didn't think it did. Double posted, hence the delete. Not sure the experience on Summit, but seems to be more stable, in general.
What am I doing wrong?
I can post on the Lemmy website (typing this on my desktop right now), and I have downloaded and installed a couple of the apps listed above on my Android phone, but I can't log-in into any of them.
I have tried many times over a couple of days now so I don't think it is because of the Reddit refugees swarming this site or those apps, but maybe I am wrong.
One rather confusing thing is that when I try to log into wefwef for instance (but I think the other apps have something similar), it asks for Account's server. I don't know. I pick lemmy.world but I am only assuming that is correct. Then the next screen asks for username or email. I've tried "Hazdaz", I have also tried the email this account is tied to. I have tried all lowercase. I have double and triple checked my password. But everytime it says "double check your credentials".