After saying goodbye to RIF and reddit, it's time for me to move on. So far I've used 4 apps for Lemmy and this is my personal ranking:
wefwef.app. Very clean design, works well and smooth experience. Overall the best implementation so far.
Connect/Liftoff (tied). Both are solid, I prefer Connect's sidebar and options but I prefer the design of the posts and comments on Liftoff. When the comments stack in Connect it looks awful IMO.
Jerboa. As a first option it was good but after so many timeouts, other design issues and multiple errors I kinda gave up on the app. After its polished I'll give it another try.
Jerboa. As a first option it was good but after so many timeouts, other design issues and multiple errors I kinda gave up on the app. After its polished I’ll give it another try.
i haven't had single issue, timeout or error with jerboa. it even worked fine when the web version of the lemmy had a problem. are you sure you tried to eliminate problems betweeen the chair and keyboard before you start backbiting someone else?
What a bizarre comment. Have you been to the Jerboa community? Users have been plagued with incessant bugs and crashes as of late. It seems to have gotten better, but it's still a buggy mess for me. Not sure what the vitriol is for. OP isn't making shit up. It's a known issue for many users. Just because you magically haven't had any issues doesn't mean that the app is behaving that way for the majority of users.
I very much appreciate Jerboa for the pioneer it has been. But if the app doesn't work right and there are alternatives, I'm going to use the alternatives. Sorry.
Just because you magically haven’t had any issues doesn’t mean that the app is behaving that way for the majority of users.
Just because someone is yelling on the internet about having an issue doesn’t mean that the app is behaving that way for the majority of users.
also, bugs are normal part of the development (esp. so hasty development as the lemmy is undergoing right now) and the most used app will have most reported problems. that is not a cons, that is a pros.
if you are bugged by reported bugs, you might like some closed source software, these all work nicely and have no bugs at all :D
I’m using the beta of Memmy and it’s my preferred, but WefWef is a close second. The only ding against WW is it’s a web app, not a native app and that’s my own preference. either option is solid
Personally, I'm really excited about that! I'm on Tildes as well and Tildes has become on of my favorite platforms that I discovered because of the API changes at Reddit. It has a small, but really nice community with great threads. I also really love the minimal interface: Fast and no distractions. Just text.
I still doesn't have a native app though and for some reason the mobile website is kinda sluggish on my phone. That might be my aging phone's fault, as it is a very quick site on my PC. but a RIF-like app would be amazing!
Edit: I just found out he showed a little preview for the app and asked for donations to Tildes (not to him, to Tildes. Because he is cool like that). Preview of the Tildes app here. I can certainly see the DNA of RIF in it! Just to be clear to anyone skimming through my comment: The is NOT an app for Lemmy (or Kbin)!
Edit 2: I'm on a different connection than last week now and now Tildes feels very responsive on my phone. So it was indeed a problem on my end.
I'd definitely like to get ahold of their iOS stylesheet or whatever tech they are using to make that look so iOS, but the layout of the app is terrible.