Does anyone else use the android app Connect for Lemmy? It reminds me of Infinity for Reddit. If you use it, do you like it better than Jerboa? I also found another new Lemmy app called Liftoff.
Connect for Lemmy: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuroneko.lemmy_connect
Only just found Connect and its very good IMO
I tried to sign up on lemm.ee with Jerboa and it would give me constant server error messages…but Connect is great so far. Like the layout better as well 👍
I’m missing the ability to collapse threads, but otherwise it’s very sleek Edit: nevermind you just need to hold the top comment for one second
Hi, there’s also a setting to make comments collapse on single tap instead of long press.
Worth noting that the Jerboa app pushed a major update today and it’s massively improved. Definitely suggest giving it another try after today, it feels like an entirely new app.
I’ll be honest, don’t notice many changes? Feels and looks the same to me.
Where did you download it? From what Ive heard the Play Store version lags behind a bit. I got it via f-droid and now have buttons to jump between top level comments (this isnt the only change but it is the most obvious on first glance). A lot of instances arent on the newest version of lemmy yet though, since the sign up captchas were temporarily removed and preventing bots to sign up is way harder without it. I dont know if there will be software conflicts due to this mismatch though.
The app is broken for me. Can’t change away from local in my home feed.
Jerboa has been worse for me since the update. It won’t follow my feed or sorting selections.
Didn’t notice anything different. In fact, I can’t change to “All” anymore (coincidence?). That’s why I’m exploring Connect right now.
Jerboa won’t even let me log in, says server is too outdated :(
There were big api change with lemmy 0.18 which the updated jerboa is compatible with. The instance you were trying to log into is outdated.
Is it on F-droid?
Different app
Looks cool but if it’s not on F-Droid I ain’t using it.
A man/woman of principles
Is your phone 100% un-Googled?
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.
This has to be the best looking Lemmy app I’ve used to far. Great job!
Thank you! Glad you are enjoying it!
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
All the apps except connect are open source. I’ve tried jeroba, thunder and liftoff so far and liftoff has been the most robust.
Liftoff is great, has a lot of potential too. Devs in their Matrix room are cool.
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.
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.
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!
Love the icon, super cute :)
Upvoting this post from Connect for Lemmy. Actually I think I still prefer Jerboa. Unfortunately it has stopped working since I updated my instance to 0.18 so this will have to do for now.
I’m using it, Jerboa, and standard mobile site. They each leave something to be desired, but each have their good points. I don’t know why, but Connect seems slower, with images loading slower than the other two. Don’t know why.
I have since discovered https://wefwef.app
It is amazing. Basically an open-source clone of Apollo for reddit.
I really want to like wefwef, but it jutters so much while scrolling and opening threads. Not sure if that’s just the nature of being a web or or because it’s poorly optimized.
I’m on a pixel 7 so I don’t think it’s just my phone.
Using it to make this answer, and loving it Jerboa just keeps crashing instantly for me (android 12, Fairphone 4). Not sure why. But connect has just worked out of the box.
Mine has been crashing ever since the recent update specifically when I try to switch my filter from hot to new it seems to only happen if you do it right as you open the app
Jerboa works just fine for me. I’m also on a Fairphone 4, but running CalyxOS with Android 13. Maybe you can try Jerboa from another source like F-droid instead of Google Play or vice versa. You can also try the IzzyOnDroid repository on F-droid.
Just downloaded it, exactly what I needed. Thanks!
Jerboa has been crashing on me lately so I’ve been using Connect while it gets fixed. No complaints so far.
Same here, Jerboa won’t even open on my phone without crashing. :/ Connect for Lemmy has all the basic functionality down, so it’s okay to use.
I used Infinity up until yesterday, it’s going to be offered as a subscription app starting July 1. Connect is very similar, I like the way it works. I have Jerboa, haven’t used it yet.
