Comment on Looking for a good Lemmy mobile app

sorghum@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Az_1@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Took a look and love it, mostly because it looks like an iOS app but on Android. I’ve really missed iOS app design and this is just refreshing lol.

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  • end0fline@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    At least in iOS, it reminds me a lot of what used to be the Apollo app for Reddit. Voyager is fantastic and currently includes working, but limited Piefed compatibility.

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    • ordnance_qf_17_pounder@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Voyager is a direct copy of Apollo. Which is good because Apollo was awesome on iOS before Reddit forced it and many other apps to cease development. Assholes

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  • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    For me it reminds more of some rather spartan apps that are economic with their interface — namely RedReader for Reddit. No fluff in the UI. Which is why I like both these apps, however Voyager would be better if it was implemented natively instead of in Flutter.

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• SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There’s a problem that it seems to use a lot of memory, because afaik it’s a web browser in disguise (by the way of using Flutter). As a consequence, any time another app needs memory, Voyager is killed by Android and starts again from the main page, forgetting what I was doing. Oftentimes it’s enough to switch to the browser and back again for Voyager to restart, which is ironic for a link-aggregator app.

  Its animations are janky for the same reason, and get in the way of some functionality like collapsing comments.

  Voyager’s UI is great, mainly because it’s not flashy, but a native app with that UI would be a lot better. RedReader for Reddit is much smoother to use.

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  • kudra@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    I’m quite happy with Voyager, never used anything else.

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    • CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Maybe you should use something else in order to see the larger picture. It‘s hard to know what you really want when you don‘t compare.

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      • sem@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I tried blorp, and voyager is much better

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    • otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      That says more than you might know, respectfully.

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  • Az_1@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    I think they do that so it can be accessed on as many platforms as possible. If the dev had to maintain the website and an ios and android app, they’d probably just shut down the android app since it has less users

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    • SlurpingPus@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      That’s understandable, but the result is what it is. Plus, native apps seem to have built-in remedy for being kicked out of the memory, in that the stack of activities is remembered and the input is kept, so after a brief loading screen I’m back to where I was and can back out through the previous screens too.

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• bonenode@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  You mean the app that inserts ads to itself into links you share, by default? Yes it can be switched off but why does this need to be there in the firat place?

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  • sorghum@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yeah, the one that gives a great deal of ways to customize sharing of links for those that aren’t already using Lemmy Redirect.

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    • bonenode@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Cool beans. Not what I mentioned. But I am not trying to change your mind either.

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      • sorghum@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        It is related to how sharing links is handled especially in the Fediverse where anything could be on a different server and who you are sending it to could likely be on a different server. Not trying to change your mind about Voyager, but that’s the reason why it is the way it is. It was really aggravating in the early days of the 3rd party app rexodus when opening a link would instead open a web link to said server in a browser instead of in app if you wanted to interact.

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• CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  How do I enable seeing downvotes weighted against upvotes in it? It doesn‘t do it on iOS on default which is weird.

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  • sorghum@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Settings > Appearance > Other > Display votes

    I prefer seperate

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    • CosmoNova@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Thank you!

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• Realspecialguy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Nah hands up definitely

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• RaoulDuke25@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Only issue, is sometimes the feed is blank if you refresh. It comes back if you wait a few minutes, but can get annoying.

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