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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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    moseschrute@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    What was the dealbreaker with Blorp and how can I make it 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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