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[–] [email protected] 74 points 2 years ago (6 children)

the problem is mobile, using browser there sucks

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Try using wefwef.app It’s a great mobile browser friendly way to access Lemmy.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

No it's renamed to Voyager, vger is just the url

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ha, a Star Trek reference, I like it.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's a reference to the Voyager space program,which followed the Apollo space program. Apollo was the name of the reddit app for iOS that was very popular, and had many of the same features

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And the URL vger is a reference to this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That’s weird. I’m currently on Memmy, when I tap your link it stops at V , skipping ‘ger entirely. Though I ended up inside of Memory Alpha, all I got was:

V

There is currently no text in this page. You can search for this page title in other pages, or search the related logs, but you do not have permission to create this page.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Memmy didn't copy the link correctly - the apostrophe is tripping it up. Search "V'ger" on Memory Alpha.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

@rbits you are absolutely correct. I edited my post but edits may not propagate to all servers

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is really great, thank you very much!

I like Jerboa, but I have two lemmy accounts, and this will be a great improvement for browsing my second account.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Jerboa switches back and forth between accounts pretty well, I've found.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I didn't realize for some reason that I could do this ayyy

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Fantastic experience, I endorse this webapp

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Oh, you’re totally right. I hadn’t noticed the change.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Easier to remember the m.lemmy.world link, should work for any instance afaik

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Perhaps, but m.lemmy.world is just using wefwef anyway.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Its Voyager now, but there are many links that all connect to it. Just saying its easier to remember than wefwef since thats not even the name of the app anymore

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The solution is Linux Mobile, where browser becomes the only option as apps don't tend to be available, but it's a full fledged browser so it can use all the appropriate addons. Typing this from my PinePhone Pro with keyboard case, postmarketOS, LibreWolf with the same addon set that I have on my desktop and laptop because Firefox Sync keeps everything synced together.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I mean, Waydroid exists, and so do native Linux Lemmy apps.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

True, but I was always an old.reddit user even when I used Reddit and Android (Firefox on Android). Now I use mlmym.org on my PinePhone. The experience is pretty much the same, except now I have a keyboard to type faster.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

You can install Firefox Nightly and setup an addon collection on the FF website and use pretty much all desktop addons on your mobile Firefox browser. Then you can install TamperMonkey and search GreasyFork for custom usercripts that add enhancements to the website.

So, no, it's not a problem.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Good advice but too smug for my taste. I give this post a C- and a downvote.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the feedback.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Or, I could just hit download in the play store and sign in. It's great you can do that. Not everyone wants to go through that effort though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Or I could install Voyager and have a better user experience in 5 seconds. I love Firefox but the mobile experience is highly dependent on the care a site puts into their mobile site.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

PWA's are the happy place in-between browser and app on mobile. Voyager is great, especially when installed as a PWA.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Heck, I'm even using Voyager on my "desktop setup" iPad!

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 years ago

DuckDuckGo is magical.