No joke, I use my self-hosted Friendica instance as a PWA and browse Lemmy/PieFed threads from there. I even get notifications for new topics via Firefox.
The killer feature for me is swipe gesture navigation. Most apps do not have that. If anything, they might have a "swipe in from the edge of the screen" gesture, but that is not the same as being able to swipe from any point onscreen to go back.
I went from Android to iOS due to reasons and this is one of the few apps I truly miss. Voyager comes close, but I was willing to pay for Boost when I was using it for Reddit.
I've been on Summit forever now. Very active development, and they've added every feature request I've had along with many others'. I lose track of all the options it gets anymore.
It looks good, works good, and when it doesn't, it gets fixed quickly.
I share lots of posts and articles and put them in quote blocks and just bring able to select all text and guy a single button that auto quotes all paragraphs won me over for good, and then multi-communities was the icing on the cake.
If you ever ask what app has feature X, it's likely already in Summit.
I wonder why I had written it off months ago, because giving it another shot now, that app sure seems to suit all my needs. Perhaps I had just tried it out when it was very new and lacked many of the features that I wanted and could find in Thunder.
Summit here too. I changed up some of the display settings so it feels like Relay for Reddit 😀
The things that got me to move from Voyager were that when images didn't load first time, there was no way to re-try - Summit has that. And I don't think Voyager handled drafts that well. Summit has drafts but I do wish there was a client that had drafts like Relay did, where if you come back to the same comment/post and hit reply it has your draft from where you left off on that comment/reply.
I use Summit because it has all the same features as Relay for Reddit, which was the best 3rd party reedit reader. Well, it still is, but now they have to pay disgusting Spaz.
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Probably because of Anubis protection. When the whole "AI scrapes the internet over and over so servers get flooded to death" (effectively an unintended DDoS attack) thing got wild, several websites incl image hosts enabled Anubis, which somewhat works in a browser, but often not so great in apps. Possibly it's the apps fault for [not] setting the correct headers or whatever.
I dunno, it was on F-Droid and it's really simple and lightweight, like its namesake critter. I'm sure there's some more full featured options out there. (Voyager's gestures kept throwing me off I think lol)
But I don't hear a lot of people talking about this one much! Wonder why...
Firefox. I used jerboa for a while but it got confused one of the times the admins forgot to renew the domain or cert or something plus you have to remember all the names for the emotes.
I was using Sync for Lemmy until a week or two ago. It was nice and familiar because that was my reddit app of choice prior to api-gate, but for some reason it kept frequently erroring out and not showing posts or images. I switched to Voyager and so far it's been pretty good
I was a sync user for many years on Reddit. Then also I paid for the subscription on Lemmy. The app stopped being updated so I left. It had been around a year at the time since anyone heard from the dev.
I haven’t checked back. What’s the latest? Still got the “LJ does this but he always comes back! He’s so great!!” crowd; or has everyone jumped ship?
Honestly, I don't know. The app had been really spotty for months, I didn't check about updates or anything, I just jumped ship. If the maintainers abandoned it though, that would explain why it broke.
I used "Reddit is Fun" for years on Reddit but when it came time to switch to Lemmy I picked Voyager (wefwef at the time) because the UI was the most similar. I tried many of the other popular apps and I was happy with most of them, but Voyager was (and is) my favorite.
It's simple. Lots of text. Easy to use. Looks nice.
Jerboa, I was using Eternity by Bazalansky (Eternity is Infinity for Reddit but for.. Lemmy) but it hasn't been updated continuously, and I already had Jerboa as backup app just in case and it's from the lemmy devs so it's (for me) guaranteed to keep up with lemmy development
Used to be Memmy for Lemmy. That's gone, so I've been using Arctic and the web.
This just inspired me to download the source code for Memmy for Lemmy. Whether I spend time updating it for personal use or not, at least I have it if I need it. Sorta like how I plan to keep a derivative of Pocket going if I decide Wallabag isn't enough (also code available on github).
I have three Lemmy clients on my phone: Blorp, Summit and Voyager. However, I mostly use Voyager. I think it's the best app for Lemmy that I've tried so far. It's the one I'm most comfortable with.
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I've been on Summit for a bit, but it doesn't seem to have push notifications, or if it does I can't make them work, so I'm thinking about switching back to Boost. I prefer the appearance of Summit, though.
Voyager, because I need a replacement for Reddit after they booted me (not saying why, just know it was complete horseshit), and I heard Lemmy was the next-best thing, and Voyager was the best-rated in the iOS App Store.
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The killer feature for me is swipe gesture navigation. Most apps do not have that. If anything, they might have a "swipe in from the edge of the screen" gesture, but that is not the same as being able to swipe from any point onscreen to go back.
It also supports PieFed.
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Edit: I forgot to add why. I used boost for Reddit and I really like the UI. It's very customizable.
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It has been the best clean user experience for me so far
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It looks good, works good, and when it doesn't, it gets fixed quickly.
I share lots of posts and articles and put them in quote blocks and just bring able to select all text and guy a single button that auto quotes all paragraphs won me over for good, and then multi-communities was the icing on the cake.
If you ever ask what app has feature X, it's likely already in Summit.
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The things that got me to move from Voyager were that when images didn't load first time, there was no way to re-try - Summit has that. And I don't think Voyager handled drafts that well. Summit has drafts but I do wish there was a client that had drafts like Relay did, where if you come back to the same comment/post and hit reply it has your draft from where you left off on that comment/reply.
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It’s the only client I have found that loads all images, regardless of source. When I used voyager, about half of the images didn’t load.
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Anubis: Web AI Firewall Utility | Anubis
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I dunno, it was on F-Droid and it's really simple and lightweight, like its namesake critter. I'm sure there's some more full featured options out there. (Voyager's gestures kept throwing me off I think lol)
But I don't hear a lot of people talking about this one much! Wonder why...
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I went jerboa->sync->interstellar->summit
Every other one gave me a reason to switch, though I don't remember why I left interstellar
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I started with Jerboa and it just didn't feel right. I tried Blorp and a couple of otherez but Connect just has the feel.and features.
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in reply to beliquititious • • • Public MessageI was a sync user for many years on Reddit. Then also I paid for the subscription on Lemmy. The app stopped being updated so I left. It had been around a year at the time since anyone heard from the dev.
I haven’t checked back. What’s the latest? Still got the “LJ does this but he always comes back! He’s so great!!” crowd; or has everyone jumped ship?
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Not sure why but I just find it so likable like RIF once was for Reddit!
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I used "Reddit is Fun" for years on Reddit but when it came time to switch to Lemmy I picked Voyager (wefwef at the time) because the UI was the most similar. I tried many of the other popular apps and I was happy with most of them, but Voyager was (and is) my favorite.
It's simple. Lots of text. Easy to use. Looks nice.
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Heard that it was an app from a Lemmy dev.
Tried it and it was simple enough.
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This just inspired me to download the source code for Memmy for Lemmy. Whether I spend time updating it for personal use or not, at least I have it if I need it. Sorta like how I plan to keep a derivative of Pocket going if I decide Wallabag isn't enough (also code available on github).
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in reply to n0p1lls • • • Public Messagefor most things -- yes.
but lemmy is fully functional w/o the apps and why i ask this question -- what am i missing by using a browser instead?
i've tried the apps myself and couldn't find a reason to justify keeping it around since most of them keep my user password.
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Voyager + Thunder - Don't have comment navigation with volume buttons.
Summit - Can't set it to show the content of the collapsed parent comment.
Jerboa - Can't set a default comment sort, literally have to resort every time you click into comments.
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