submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This is just a rant post about the shortage and quality of currently available Lemmy apps on Android... I started with Jerboa, and honestly was pleasantly surprised at its feature set. But it looks... off. I recently started using Connect. I myself (using another account) like to post content, particularly GIFs (hard G btw). Perhaps this issue is simply embedded into mobile apps for Lemmy in general, but I can see the GIFs on desktop just fine... And not on either mobile app. Keeping in mind the GIFs are hyperlinked, not attached. It all just feels sloppy.

Anyways, I can't wait for Boost... It was the only reason I ever even got into Reddit. I hope it helps with some of these issues, although in my particular case, it may come down to how Lemmy handles gif/image links on mobile.

*Edited for grammar/spelling

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[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Im using LiftOff until Boost is launched. It is pretty similar. Wish stuff was more condensed.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I can't get used to Liftoff. Too much bold text, font sizes are off - some text is far too big and some far too small. Spacing feels weird too. Jerboa feels better designed.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

This is exactly why I'm still on Jerboa. Was a boost user but I'm not sure if I'll go back to it, depends on how it turns out. Jerboa is super minimalistic and pleasing to my eyes. Plus text is large and well spaced. I'm always cranking up text size on all these apps (I'm still in my 20s I swear)

It definitely needs some adjustments but I think it's an app in progress and it will improve as time goes on

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I just installed this app and so far, I like it. I'm new to Lemmy... I recently ditched reddit bc of the changes they made for 3rd party apps... definitely looking forward to trying out boost for this platform.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You should revisit it, the latest update added a ton of customization for fonts of all kinds.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Jerboa was unstable to the point of unusability when I first started using Lemmy but I'm checking it out again now and it seems to work at least. Not quite Boost though.

I've been using WefWef to tide me over but it's not what I'm looking for and it's missing a lot of stuff still.

EDIT: Jerboa is still extremely unstable and in addition to crashing it suddenly thought I was not logged in while refusing to let me log in. It's the most Boost like interface but for now I'm sticking to WefWef and also trying Liftoff.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I don't like that liftoff looks so alien on my Android (13), at least jerboa looks and feel native (system colors, fonts, animation speed, scrolling kinetics, ... Are like in the rest of the system, as it should be)

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oooh liftoff looks very promising, thanks for sharing.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Be aware that, with liftoff, replies to your comments are listed with no context as to what your comment was, and no way to get any, except to go find it yourself.

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