30 mins in and I’ve set up a Lemmy account, logged into Wefwef, added a bunch of subscriptions and now it’s about 85% like I’m still using Reddit. Amazing, and considerably better than I could have hoped for
this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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I agree, all I heard before switching was how difficult Lemmy is, but once you create an account I haven’t found it all that different or confusing. Just need to build up the communities to get the engagement going.
My biggest question is, will it eventually be an actual app?
I honestly think that it doesn't matter - this PWA is so polished I'm forgetting that I'm not using a native app.
This. People want and need a real app on the official stores to migrate from Reddit. I'm using Connect right now for this reason, but I hope it gets better
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I just installed Mlem and Memmy. Both have a very nice UI and are smooth. I am leaning towards Mlem though. I like swiping right to view my communities.
Edit: I was an Apollo user and reddit does not feel the same without Apollo.
I tried those 2 as well but Wefwef is really better despite being a web app.
The only thing missing for me after testing for 2 days is the swipe to go back a screen. You need to reach ALLLLLL the way across to the left edge of the screen and drag it ALLLLLL the way to the right to go back to your feed from a post. In Apollo I had it configured to only need a swipe from about the middle of the screen to the right edge. It’s very hard for me to reach that far comfortably and my muscle memory is all messed up right now. I keep doing the short swipe and I upvote someone’s post instead. If they can add this I will be extremely happy.
Edit: Also, I just realized after posting this comment that Apollo also had a feature where you go forward and backward a screen by swiping left or right on the bottom section. Extremely useful as well.
Wefwef is great! I love the Apollo-export upload feature lets you find similar communities on Lemmy.
Pretty impressive! Not Apollo but close. Dismissing images is not as fluid.
The one complaint I have is the lack of a native app; it doesn't run as smoothly as the other Lemmy clients do on my phone.
It's already amazing on my tablet though!
Yes it is really nice but still browser based at the end of the day, therefore will not be a go-to for me.
Memmy has been good to me so far
@fades @African_Grey do you know if any more beta slots have been upened up for Memmy? I'm trialing Mlem right now but there's no iPad version
+1 wefwef.app my favorite so far
I just tied wefwef, and it’s brilliant! It really gives the Apollo feel and even allows for multiple accounts for different instances. Feels like coming home 🙂
It’s good, but it needs a compact view (unless I simply haven’t found the option).
This is uncanny. Thanks!
wefwef is the best, I really stopped caring about all the other apps being under development. Just mind that using it with Firefox really is absolutely lagging (which is kind of a shame) and that (currently) Chrome gets you the best performance. Feels like a native Android app.
New favorite way to use lemmy.
Great design, feels responsive, works everywhere…
PWAs are great, and for 99% of use cases are more than enough. We need a fake App Store that “installs” PWAs in people devices in a transparent way.
Also let’s hope Apple is forced to open iOS to alternative rendering engines and complete full features browsers.
And for a final irony boost, the PWA thing is the “”””original”””” vision for smartphones, at least according to Steve Jobs during the original iPhone keynote. Full circle and stuff.
It is. It doesn’t hide read posts, but that’s the only major thing it’s missing.
There is work done one this to hide post, it just needs reviewed and approved. Might need more for read part.
I'm happily using wefwef both on my phone and on my computer. It has a really a great UI to browse/keep up with lemmy.
It’s good, but it needs a compact view (unless I simply haven’t found the option).
Edit: It looks like compact view arrived in the appearance settings. Nice.
Edit 2: It might need since better post error handling/feedback…
Check out their github to see how new this actually is. I'm blown away that it actually works most of the time and new major features arrive daily.
Check out their github to see how new this actually is. I'm blown away that it actually works most of the time and new major features arrive daily.
I love it. It’s good beehaw doesn’t allow downvoting though because I accidentally would be downvoting a lot as I try and swipe back
I'm really digging Wefwef, but I'm an android user so I feel like I'm crossing some weird rubicon of using an Apple UI from a non Apple device.
I guess what I'm saying... Ladies... Is that I'm dangerous.
It’s as if Apollo has been reborn. How wild! I recommend giving wefwef or Memmy a try.
For multilingual people. Please be aware that wefwef will fail upon posting comments, if you have selected more than 1 language in your Lemmy profile. Wefwef comes back with the error message that you need to select a language in your Lemmy profile.
It seems to work well enough. I could use a little more information density, I wish I could turn off thumbnails, and a bunch of other nit-pick-y things, but it's a good start.
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It looks really nice, kind of funny seeing the iOS-UI on Android. But I loved Apollo before switching to Android.
I'm an Android user and I never used Apollo, but wefwef is just amazing. It works surprisingly well, especially for a PWA. It will be my app of choice at least until Sync for Lemmy is out.
I'm feeling the same way. Can't wait for Sync.
I'm holding out for Slide for Lemmy as another Android user. But, wefwef is pretty good so far.
WefWef rocks. It has a nice name, too.
Woah, wefwef is awesome! Using it now!
Omg I just checked out wefwef. I hope they release a downloadable app soon. The UI is fantastic.
Yup, that's Apollo in a web browser.
It can look as nice as it gets. A PWA remains a PWA. Yes, I understand that there are people that like it. I don't. I still hope for an Apollo port to Lemmy. But the development progress of Mlem and Memmy is remarkable as well.
It immediately felt so right that I committed half an hour to really figuring out what this was and how it all worked. Okay to be fair I only kind of know how it all works
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