Technology

I'll put my thoughts on this post as it showed up as I scrolled to get to the one from a day or two ago...I have 5 different Lemmy apps installed right now. Figure that there is going to be a lot of experimentation and work being done right now, so it's nice to see what everyone is doing.

• Jerboa - Personally, I really like Jerboa. Being the most mature of the bunch shows. It's well laid out, has just enough UI options, and works. Except that now Beehaw isn't on v0.18.

• Connect - Not open source at this time, I get why that matters to people, but not a deal breaker for me. Typing this comment in Connect. Just updated this morning with additional and redesigned settings. There is about a thumbs width of space between this comment box and my keyboard. That's kind of yucky.

• Liftoff - I'm hopeful for this one. It LOOKS the best to me, but there's some weird UX issues. Biggest being that the only place to see your replies/notifications is the top of the Home feed with no quick way to get there if you've been scrolling.

• Thunder - I can see the potential, but it's not for me right now. No buttons on comments, you have to use swipe gestures. But posts have buttons. Changing UI options doesn't actually change anything 95% of the time.

• Summit - You want a zero frills, dark mode way of browsing and interacting? This is that. I'd love a FEW options (like light mode), but it's fast and easy. Uhh...just realized I can't find a way to make a new post...

• Wefwef.app - Last one. Really slick looking and responsive, but too iOS-y for me. It also claims to have light mode, but I can't figure out how to switch it. Really polished though.

I was using Jerboa, but recently moved to Thunder and enjoying it a lot more.

Although the Reddit Sync app Dev said he's going to make Sync for Lemmy, so I'll swap to that once it's released.

I've been using Connect for Lemmy and so far it's unbeatable

I'm still using the mobile website until the apps mature a little bit. it's surprisingly functional.

I've currently settled with Liftoff. I got very used to Jerboa and was perfectly happy with it, but the last few updates broke it to the point of unusability for me.

Liftoff isn't perfect, though its pretty good. My biggest gripe is that as far as I can tell there's no button to go straight to the top of the feed, which is really annoying when you've been scrolling for ages and have to scroll all the way back up. Hopefully that will be added soon.

I'm enjoying liftoff for lemmy right now but will switch to sync for lemmy once it's out. The reason why is because of gestures. I feel that it's intuitive to swipe to go back and forth between posts and voting.

I switched from Jerboa to Connect. I like Connect a bit better. Really excited for Sync for Lemmy, and will likely switch to that.

Waiting for Sync

I've tried most of the Android apps available and Jerboa is the one I like the most. It functions and looks just as a expect it to.

I've had the best luck with Liftoff so far. I used Jerboa for awhile until it kept crashing within seconds of opening it. Not sure how much this affects it, but I'm using GrapheneOS instead of stock Android on a Pixel 6

Jerboa 0.0.36, but there are some bugs that really bother me. But since Sync will hopefully come soon I don't care enough to try others in the meantime, just waiting it out.

Thunder is my favorite so far, still rough but the next update should be great.

I currently use litoff and jerboa

I prefer using a firefox PWA but I have the scrolling bug no matter what browser I use - the page keeps jumping to top when I'm trying to read.

So I've started using liftoff this morning and so I agree with others in this thread, it looks the best to me. It's not as smooth but I find it each much easier to tell which post comes from which instance than with connect. The community icons and titles are larger and the cards seem more separated.

On Android...

I am eternally grateful for the welcoming start to fediverse apps in Jerboa.

Connect is visually nice in places, but not a fit for me (so far).

I'm REALLY enjoying functionality of Summit so far - don't know how to submit a new post in a community in app though and it's driving me crazy that I may be missing something obvious...

Currently using Jerboa, which works well for me. Haven't had any of the issues people are reporting. Might switch to Sync when it comes out though.

I'm using jerboa for now, I intend to investigate in a couple months to find the best one, things are changing way too rapidly right now and I'd end up going through so many and that can't be great for security.

The kbin mobile site as a PWA :)

Jerboa is fine for me, I've been using it for about 2 weeks now. Last update also added a bunch of new functionality which is awesome. It's still in alpha but seems to be on track to become a great app.

Liftoff and thunder. Liftoff has the feature of showing combined feed from multiple accounts so you can see things even when instance are defederated.

I was using Jerboa but I've been having problems with it over the last few days and was getting annoyed. I saw this morning that there was another app, Connect for Lemmy. I've deleted Jerboa now because the connect ui is much nicer and hasn't been crashing so far.

Jerboa is working well for me so far.

wefwef.app is pretty good if you don't mind PWA's

On Android...

I am eternally grateful for the welcoming start to fediverse apps in Jerboa.

Connect is visually nice in places, but not a fit for me (so far).

I'm REALLY enjoying functionality of Summit so far - don't know how to submit a new post in a community in app though and it's driving me crazy that I may be missing something obvious...

Honestly, the web app (and hopefully Sync when it arrives)

I've been really happy and surprised at how well https://wefwef.app works. It's a PWA and is slick as snot.