I’m not sure if you’ve tried this PWA called Wefwef but it feels like a fully featured Apollo client for Lemmy already. You just go to the site and add it to your home screen. No beta to sign up for. No TestFlight link. Just add the PWA.
It’s good. It’s really really good.
30 mins in and I’ve set up a Lemmy account, logged into Wefwef, added a bunch of subscriptions and now it’s about 85% like I’m still using Reddit. Amazing, and considerably better than I could have hoped for
Wow, can you link it?
Edit: I found it and wow it really is exactly like Apollo!
I think my favorite app is Thunder. Serious RedReader vibes
Trying it now. Thunder is really good but it feels like it’s designed for Android not iOS. Very “material you” feeling.
I’ve been enjoying Memmy (https://testflight.apple.com/join/6jaRU6rD)
I’d recommend trying wefwef. Stupid name imo but it’s thunder with a lot faster releases and it is more featured. It’s also focused to be like Apollo in functionality. It’s also had like 4 updates released in the last 24 hours lol
It’s good, but it needs a compact view (unless I simply haven’t found the option).
Edit: It looks like compact view arrived in the appearance settings. Nice.
Edit 2: It might need since better post error handling/feedback…
Check out their github to see how new this actually is. I’m blown away that it actually works most of the time and new major features arrive daily.
Check out their github to see how new this actually is. I’m blown away that it actually works most of the time and new major features arrive daily.
Can I connect to other instances apart from 4 preset ones?
Yes. The last option (other) will let you enter the URL of the instance you want.
You can then enter your credentials and proceed to use it as your new home
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I just tied wefwef, and it’s brilliant! It really gives the Apollo feel and even allows for multiple accounts for different instances. Feels like coming home 🙂
I’m an Android user and I never used Apollo, but wefwef is just amazing. It works surprisingly well, especially for a PWA. It will be my app of choice at least until Sync for Lemmy is out.
I’m feeling the same way. Can’t wait for Sync.
For multilingual people. Please be aware that wefwef will fail upon posting comments, if you have selected more than 1 language in your Lemmy profile. Wefwef comes back with the error message that you need to select a language in your Lemmy profile.
Thanks for the recommendation. This is excellent, and so far it works brilliantly for a a PWA.
It really is great but that name is so weird. Anyone know what it’s based on?
Dev said he just came up with it randomly lol
He made a post on !wefwef@lemmy.world about a possible name change, and some people are suggesting Voyager> wefwef
It immediately felt so right that I committed half an hour to really figuring out what this was and how it all worked. Okay to be fair I only kind of know how it all works
It can look as nice as it gets. A PWA remains a PWA. Yes, I understand that there are people that like it. I don’t. I still hope for an Apollo port to Lemmy. But the development progress of Mlem and Memmy is remarkable as well.
Genuinely curious, why do you not like PWAs?
They never manage to feel native. Keeping data reliably? - Not really possible. Stability? - Fully reliant on the browser. Native notifications, target for sharing stuff, etc.? - Never seen it. …
It always feels like a compromise.
New favorite way to use lemmy.
Great design, feels responsive, works everywhere…
PWAs are great, and for 99% of use cases are more than enough. We need a fake App Store that “installs” PWAs in people devices in a transparent way.
Also let’s hope Apple is forced to open iOS to alternative rendering engines and complete full features browsers.
And for a final irony boost, the PWA thing is the “”””original”””” vision for smartphones, at least according to Steve Jobs during the original iPhone keynote. Full circle and stuff.
PWA App Store https://appsco.pe/
wefwef is the best, I really stopped caring about all the other apps being under development. Just mind that using it with Firefox really is absolutely lagging (which is kind of a shame) and that (currently) Chrome gets you the best performance. Feels like a native Android app.
As an Apollo user I was very (happily) surprised at how familiar this feels, thank you! Interesting note about this app is they have a Dockerfile available which means you could host the PWA/app in your own domain. Looking at the Dockerfile this would be super easy to deploy and update.
