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[–] dill@lemmy.one 49 points 1 year ago

I love how nerdy everyone on lemmy is. Brings a tear to my eye to see so much Firefox love.

[–] torturedllama 44 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I've been using Jerboa so far. It's pretty nice. At first I was a bit sceptical because it seemed a little half baked. But it's growing on me. Also now that I've used it for a while I think it's relatively well rounded feature wise. It is quite minimal, but I think a lot of people probably like that. I think long term if other apps come up that are more similar to the existing 3rd party Reddit apps I will probably switch though.

My main issue so far is not being able to follow links to communities inside the app. I imagine this will probably be more difficult to implement than on Reddit because of federation, but hopefully apps can get that working eventually.

Also it can be difficult to add new communities from other servers even via search. Which is also a federation issue.

I also miss the features from Reddit Is Fun which let you choose which content is displayed in-app vs in a web browser. But that's only a minor annoyance so far.

I find I am getting used to the visual style of comments. I initially didn't like it, but it's growing on me.

[–] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah I'm looking to contribute so we can address some of the issues.

[–] dill@lemmy.one 12 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I was planning to open a pr this afternoon for adding adaptive icon support.

Edit: I did it! It was already implemented there were a few tags missing I added

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[–] TheDude@sh.itjust.works 29 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I use Mlem on ios. Still really early but it gets significantly better with every new release

[–] B0rax@feddit.de 12 points 1 year ago

Yeah, todays release improved it significantly

[–] nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I would use Mlem...if it supported iOS 15..not going to lose my 15.1 jailbreak. I've been using one called "Memmy" on TestFlight...but it's nowhere near the support and likely updates that Mlem is going to have

[–] jamie@lemmy.gtfo.social 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, the new TestFlight version is a big improvement.

[–] promitheas@iusearchlinux.fyi 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I use Jerboa. Are there others? I wouldn't mind trying them all out so I can pick the best one

[–] somedude5@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

I’ve been testing out Mlem for iOS

[–] lagged@dataterm.digital 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I started with Jerboa on Android but then saw someone post that the Lemmy web UI was a progressive web app that you could "install" to act as a standalone sort of app. Jerboa was missing the key feature of being able to view communities on other instances in the app by clicking on a link to them.

I've been using the web app as a stand alone app for a few days now. I like it more than Jerboa bc I can follow other communities. Although eventually I hope to switch to an Android app for ease of use.

[–] FederatedSaint@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Jerboa was missing the key feature of being able to view communities on other instances in the app by clicking on a link to them.

I guess I'm missing something because I believe I can do this? For instance, I drill down and look at comics@lemmy.ml or news@beehaw.org all the time in jerboa. What is it you're trying to do?

[–] Glifted@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Those links open my email app

[–] BustedPancake@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Shouldn't a community link start with a ! normally?

Edit: That link crashes jerboa

Edit 2: Probably needs to be [removed because crashes jerboa]

Edit 3: Lol still crashes jerboa I give up.

Edit 4: Removed the links that made jerboa crash

[–] florge@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Really should have read your edits before clicking those links.

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[–] Toddster@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

Same for my with Jerboa. At least the Version that will be released next week let‘s me sort comments by Old. The development seems to have increased a lot in the last weeks.

[–] lagged@dataterm.digital 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If I clicked on the community a post or comment came from I could navigate to it. But if someone posted a hyper link to another community the app would open up a web view.

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[–] Kleysley@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

This can be solved by going to your phones settings, then search for "Opening Links". Then tap on Jerboa, click on "Add links" and tick all boxes. Now it will automatically open the links in the app!

[–] TheWozardOfIz@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 year ago

Firefox for Android

[–] BrikoX@vlemmy.net 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There is Thunder for both Android and iOS.

[–] nostalgicgamerz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

As an IOS 15 user (no Mlem support) this is appreciated...thanks!

EDIT: This looks better than Memmy by a longshot

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which is basically pre alpha. You can't post, comment or meaningfully customize your experience yet.

[–] BrikoX@vlemmy.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean all of them are in pretty much the same state. I shared the alternative option as the 3 other options were already mentioned.

[–] MaggiWuerze@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wdym? Jerboa is basically feature complete, it's only missing in customization and quality of life features. You can post, subscribe and comment. It has several different styles to choose from and offers customizable default sorting.

[–] BrikoX@vlemmy.net 6 points 1 year ago

It's defintely the most feature complete, but view, post, subscribe and comment are the basics. It's far from a great experience. Check out feature requests section https://github.com/dessalines/jerboa/issues?q=islabel%3Aenhancement+is%3Aopen

[–] Astrophel@lemmy.zip 11 points 1 year ago

I use Jerboa mostly because it was the first one that popped up

[–] TGhost@lemmy.fmhy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've stopped to use jerboa. On mobile I prefer the web browser. Its fully functional and act like an app with an shortcut on the drawer :)

[–] TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pub 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Same. I installed the web as an app, which is working much better for me. Jerboa needs some work before it's ready for prime time.

[–] TGhost@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Yeah, no doubt that will coming, for the both way to do. With time we will see great improvements I'm sure.

[–] gabriele97@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think jerboa is the only one available for android

[–] sleepyducky@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’m playing about. I am on IOS so I saved the web app on the home screen as well and I find myself using it to find new communities/ comment/ post. I like Memmy as I enjoy the look and feel, I just feel it’s lacking a bit of functionality (such as receiving notifications, or searching for communities), but it easier to block communities on it. Mlem is nice as well, but again lacking a bit functionality wise (does not have search, cannot see post history, cannot receive notifications). At the moment I am switching between them depending on my needs at the moment and I will decide on one depending on their development in the future. I don’t mind testing new stuff and I enjoy discovering updates as they are coming on each of them

Edit: sorry, don’t know why it posted as reply, I thought I was replying to the main thread

[–] flubba86@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

There are apps? I've been using the website on mobile.

[–] bardm@lemmy.fmhy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I'm using a combination of Jerboa and running the website in Native alpha. Hopefully Jerboa gets even better with time.

[–] person@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago

I’m on iOS, currently running Mlem and Memmy.

[–] ellwoodb@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I currently use Mlem on iOS. I’m very happy so far and they improve it with every update.

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[–] pgod@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago
[–] Snowbird2629@lemiverse.xyz 4 points 1 year ago

Aren't there only 2 apps available?

[–] sleepyducky@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Posting this again, as for some reason it got posted as a reply…

I’m playing about. I am on IOS so I saved the web app on the home screen as well and I find myself using it to find new communities/ comment/ post. I like Memmy as I enjoy the look and feel, I just feel it’s lacking a bit of functionality (such as receiving notifications, or searching for communities), but it easier to block communities on it. Mlem is nice as well, but again lacking a bit functionality wise (does not have search, cannot see post history, cannot receive notifications). At the moment I am switching between them depending on my needs at the moment and I will decide on one depending on their development in the future. I don’t mind testing new stuff and I enjoy discovering updates as they are coming on each of them

[–] lFenix@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Mlem does have search. Tap the middle of the top bar, where it says “Subscribed” or “All”. Then tap “Communities…”

I’m surprised people can’t discover this, considering it’s the same workflow as Apollo.

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[–] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 3 points 1 year ago

I'm currently just using the default app.

Ie, when you click the button in chrome to add app to desktop.

Leaves room to be desired, will check out jeroba soon though

[–] FederatedSaint@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Jerboa here, too. Could use a little work, but seems stable, intuitive, and usable for me at this point. Better than the website definitely, which was having major issues when I tried it a few times.

[–] jeena@jemmy.jeena.net 3 points 1 year ago

I went into Chrome on Android and saved it to the home board (or what it's called) and it works really well, better than I expected to be honest. It stays logged in and stays where I was when I left it, it's quite fast and look good, without anything breaking on mobile.

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