Boost for Lemmy
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Eternity
Jerboa on mobile, the website on desktop.
Voyager works like a charm for me.
Yup. I use the PWA so I don't even need to install it. Wish this was more widespread.
Connect for lemmy, reminds me of rif
Just Sync
Fun fact. If you search up reddit on android bar sync comes up.
The app is just called sync what used to be Sync for Lemmy. It still says sync for Lemmy on the play store, I'm not sure if that hasn't been updated or it's the official name still.
Jerboa. Made by the Lemmy devs.
Voyager
Voyager here, can't complain.
+1 for Voyager. It's my first and so far only client that I've used, having been on infinity for reddit before switching.
I like it. it's smooth, works well, and has fairly granular settings for how to handle "read" posts, gesture controls within posts / comments, and so on.
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Connect for lemmy,
Back button asks if you want to exit the app
Looks just like RIF
"Looks just like RIF"
I seriously don't understand how that's a positive. RIF always looked and felt like it was badly designed on purpose. Like some shitty thing from the early 2000s. But seeing the shit people do with theming on their phones and other stuff it's weirdly not surprising, still doesn't make sense. It's actually vile looking.
Remember that some really like old reddit for some reason.
While I sort of get it on the desktop, I really not get it on the phone.
I liked Rif and I like this. I'm an old man who has my text messages zoomed in and my wife laughs at me
Seconded
Blorp is incredible !
Feature requests are welcome!
And from my friends in the Zip team
Eternity. I don't know the last time the dev has updated this shit but it kinda works. I still love the UI
No love for Summit here? I've tried almost every android app and ended up with this one. Very smooth UI and full of features.
It's not smooth at all, IMO. Lots of visual annoyances which makes it feel stuttery and just bad. Been a Sync user for years and going from that to any other app is just a bad experience... I try all lemmy apps I come across and they either just look bad, no matter how much I change settings or they lack several major things that I just won't be without. None has come close to feeling like a replacement yet, and it really sucks that it seems Sync is actually dead now.
I swapped from Sync to Summit and have been loving it. The dev's super responsive too, which is a big plus.
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Boost
Called "Boost for Lemmy". It's great. All kinds of custom options. Integration with instances are really good.
Try it.... give a dollar... It'll be Ad free.
I used boost for reddit back when that was a thing. The dev got the lemmy up in like a week, very impressive to me. I give $5 every now and then when I feel like it and remember. I'd recommend the app for sure
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I've used Jerboa for years now, and have the press back twice to exit setting enabled:
My configuration for it is very minimal, to mimic RedReader that I used to use.
Jerboa gives you a confirmation prompt before exiting, when you press back from the main feed.
Wef wef I think? That’s what the app says on my phone.
Wefwef was the original name for Voyager. If it’s still named that, it simply means you’re using the browser-based PWA instead of the actual App Store app. Not a huge difference between the two, except that the PWA isn’t technically “installed” on your phone in the traditional sense.
I think that was the OG name for Voyager lol
Extremely happy with Voyager.
Connect.
I actually want the opposite of what you want. I am used to Jerboa and Liftoff refreshing the front page if you hit back on the main feed. Connect just asks it you want to close it and I have to manually scroll back up to the top to refresh, and its annoying af when I'm hella far down the page.
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You know what's nice, we have sooooo many more options than we deserve. Thanks all you devs!
Reddit has one official one that kinda sucks.
I recently switched to Blorp. It’s still somewhat early in development, but overall is really nice.
Firefox
The less apps I have on my phone the better and I mostly browse Lemmy on desktop anyway.
Voyager
Has sync been updated lately? I left sync because the dev fell off the face of the earth or so it seems but I really miss the long hold to view images.
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