• soda3x@kbin.social
    26·
    2 years ago

    I think Connect looks nicer so I’ve been using it - very excited for Sync for Lemmy though

  • RagingNerdoholic@lemmy.ca
    18·
    2 years ago

    Just tried and it’s much more impressive than Jerboa. No laggy scrolling, UI and UX are nicer. Feels more like RiF.

    Only (minor) nitpicks I have are:

    • dark theme could be darker
    • I’d prefer the comment form shows as a popup/overlay (like RiF does) so you can kind of glance at the context while commenting
    • list view items need more padding and less margin
    • val@beehaw.org
      11·
      2 years ago

      Jerboa is absolutely not laggy on my side. Find it super responsive and lightweight instead. it’s only 2MB

      • hoyland@beehaw.org
        9·
        2 years ago

        I’m guessing what they’re referring to is that it waits to fetch the next page of the timeline until relatively “late”. There’s a definite hitch in scrolling for me when it’s fetching more posts.

        That said, I’m perfectly satisfied with Jerboa.

        • val@beehaw.org
          3·
          2 years ago

          true, i do have that same hitch that you describe when it’s fetching more posts. but that’s not too big of an issue for me either. i guess adding a bit of pre-fetching would solve it.

    • warg@lemmy.mlEnglish
      3·
      2 years ago

      dark theme could be darker

      Try the “Amoled” theme in the settings (remember to click save at the bottom of the page, I initially missed that). It’s a much darker theme on my phone.

  • SkyNTP@lemmy.ml
    6·
    2 years ago

    Connect is pretty good. Stil missing some important features, like block, and the instance name is missing from usernames and communities, which is a pretty major oversight, but other than that it’s solid and being developped surprisingly fast.

  • TheGiantKorean@beehaw.org
    3·
    2 years ago

    Been using it since yesterday after I saw this post. I like it! Not sure if I’ll stick with this or Jerboa yet (or go to Sync when it’s ready for Lemmy).

  • Zer0Rank@sopuli.xyz
    16·
    2 years ago

    Using Connect because Jerboa just kept crashing on me at startup. Never got to test it out. Problems do exist in Connect, as e.g. I could not comment on this post in the app. Will check out Thunder and Lift off as well, so thanks for the suggestions!

    Edit: I literally just found out that you have to hit the huge plus-button at the bottom right to add a comment… I always thought it was for creating a new post 🤦‍♂️

  • McBinary@kbin.social
    16·
    2 years ago

    This app looks really good. It looks almost exactly how I have my kbin account set up with scripts in a browser, and the gestures are very nice. - I hope it adds kbin support or one of the kbin apps ends up looking like this or better.

  • followthewhiterabbit@beehaw.org
    47·
    2 years ago

    Anyone else just using whatever is FOSS feom f-droid?

    Of course the more apps the merrier, but personally open code = a more trustworthy use for me

    • keardap@lemmy.selfhost.quest
      2·
      2 years ago

      Same here, installed what was available in F-Droid.

      Will check again in a few months, as I assume different flavors will be created.

    • val@beehaw.org
      26·
      2 years ago

      Jerboa was the first showing up on F-Droid and so far it’s great: minimalistic, responsive, lightweight (only 2MB or so). Don’t know why so many people are developing apps and not simply joining efforts. Makes me think they’re doing it for the purpose of doing it, and because they’re happy to work on an app and get their software engineering brain occupied by their own little project. But what will happen once this sentiment passes? Who’s gonna maintain these apps? What we need is one robust app everyone is working on together.

      • Uni@lemmy.ml
        2·
        2 years ago

        The UI of this app honestly makes be feel a bit braindead at times, the process of finding the drop down necessary to even log in made be feel like I unlocked an easter egg in a point and click adventure game. It could use some more thought considering the backend of it is otherwise very well put together.

      • BlueBockser@programming.dev
        7·
        2 years ago

        I say let them be, there are (or soon were) many different third-party apps for Reddit as well and each has their own niche of users for whom it works just right. Jerboa has plenty of devs working on it, and if in doubt I’ll always prefer having a choice between different apps. Let the free FOSS market decide!

    • Parsnip8904@beehaw.org
      5·
      2 years ago

      All the apps except connect are open source. I’ve tried jeroba, thunder and liftoff so far and liftoff has been the most robust.

        • Parsnip8904@beehaw.org
          1·
          2 years ago

          Yeah. I love the fact that it can aggregate feeds from multiple accounts. It is also the client that has been giving the least amount of timeouts for me.

  • ehrenschwan@feddit.de
    7·
    2 years ago

    Aurora Store is working for you? I always get the Oops, This Account is rate limited no matter how much new sessions I request. The main screen seems to be loading though so idk.

      • ehrenschwan@feddit.de
        4·
        2 years ago

        That’s sad, because the anonimity was the reason I was using it. Well, it was expectable with Google being Google.

    • flora_explora@beehaw.org
      2·
      2 years ago

      There is also the workaround to search an app in your browser and then open the link to the Google store page witg Aurora. No need to login with Google (at least that’s how it is working for me right now)

  • r23111@programming.dev
    8·
    2 years ago

    Using it right now, and I’m enjoying it so far. I was using jerboa before, but it crashed everytime I clicked on a link for a post or community on another instance, and when I tried to add this account (on programming.dev instance) it would crash instantly.