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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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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

WefWef is super impressive for a PWA, and development is very rapid. It's a good meanwhile solution while I wait for Boost :)

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is it available on Android? I can't find it on the play store

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Yep, as above - it's a web app rather than a play store app. See and install it here: https://wefwef.app

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A PWA is a "portable web app". You install it by opening it in an Android browser (e.g. Firefox, Chrome) and selecting Install somewhere in the browser UI. This creates a single-site browser instance which runs the PWA directly, as if it was a natively-installed app.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Whoops, thanks.