The only reason why we all used third party apps for Reddit, is because their app and website is abhorrent trash. It’s great to have a choice, but Lemmy’s website is smooth to use. I know it’s mind blowing not to use a app for everything in 2023 but Lemmy just works.
Dude, most us left reddit because we loved our app. Apps are generally more refined than websites and offer better notification interaction.
It’s better than reddits mobile site but native apps always win if the dev puts in an effort to make it good.
Please do not assume to know every user’s needs.
Sorry but that’s not true at all. Lemmy’s UI feels very unfinished/amateur project like. Even the jerboa app, which is from one of the dev, improves the mobile UI experience greatly compared to just the web version.
For Mobile users buttons should usually be bigger. But e.g. the comment collapse button is very tiny and I need to concentrate to press it correctly on mobile.
Try wefwef.app. It’s a web app for mobile, the UI is based on the infamous Apollo app.
personally it’s more convenient if there’s a mobile app, so I’m using Liftoff right now, until Sync, Artemis or Boost release 😀
But why though? What does an app get you that you can’t get by pinning the site to your home screen?
Apps are more customizable. The UI also tends to be better. The web app is fine but i find trying to upvote anything closes a post i just opened. Personally, i like seeing full images of things as I scroll by. So something like a webclient isnt very convenient and rather tedious. I’m using a whole bunch pf userscripts on my desktop to improve the pc experience, apps generally do that for me on android.
In the end, it’s user preference. I prefer Jerboa, Liftoff, and Thunder atm.
Collapsing comments, better looks, multiple users
Whoever is downvoting the above comment: stop downvoting legitimate questions! Even if you don’t agree with their sentiment , the commenter isn’t a troll or rage baiting.
Seems like some habits are going to follow us from reddit. Downvoting at the drop of a hat is such a miserable shitty thing to do, but many seem wedded to it.
I remember (Pepperidge farm remembers!) when the majority of folks on Reddit were benign, even though we had edge lords occasionally.
Funny thing, Lemmy/Kbin/Mastodon was benign until right about now (with some nazis, edge lords or tankies however) before the surge.
Way better ui that’s faster and more responsive are the main ones that immediately come to mind. In theory those could be fixed on a web ui but it’s unlikely, given how far ahead jerboa is already
I prefer apps either now just because Android is pretty bad about reloading pages when you switch back and forth between your browser.
Also once Boost for Lemmy comes out, it’ll be all I need.
No, Slide for Reddit filled a different spot than old.reddit with RES. Apps can put less load on server instances, too.
I personally like using Memmy rather than the website. Although for kbin it’s ok, but only became there’s no app currently available.
Sorry, but no website can match the user experience of a polished native app.
In Firefox, visit https://wefwef.app , then hit settings and choose install. Poof, it’s amazing.
Was actually disappointed with the lemmy experience till I tried wefwef.
Because on my phone, using Firefox, the mobile experience isn’t too great. It’s slow, sometimes the screen just blanks out and I need to reload, and sometimes it rapid-fires new posts on the top of the page which makes it impossible to click anything
That isn’t the only reason tbh. Sometimes different apps can completely alter how we use the service. There already exist some apps that do Lemmy better than Lemmy itself and this will continue to grow. Hence everyone asking for apps
Lemmy is a PWA so you can install it as a separate container from your browser
Agreed, I’m very happy with the mobile version of the website. I keep trying the apps which are admittedly in early development and then switching back to my regular browser.
I dont get why everyone falls for the app trap, websites are just trying to get around your adblocker and data privacy.
