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I’m not sure if you’ve tried this PWA called Wefwef but it feels like a fully featured Apollo client for Lemmy already. You just go to the site and add it to your home screen. No beta to sign up for. No TestFlight link. Just add the PWA.

It’s good. It’s really really good.

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

Wow, can you link it?

Edit: I found it and wow it really is exactly like Apollo!

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

As an Apollo user I was very (happily) surprised at how familiar this feels, thank you! Interesting note about this app is they have a Dockerfile available which means you could host the PWA/app in your own domain. Looking at the Dockerfile this would be super easy to deploy and update.

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

This is incredible, thanks for sharing!

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

Considering that this is a webapp, it gives far better experience than Jerboa, Thunder. Wefwef It is fast and smooth. Jerboa is fast but laggy. Thunder is laggy but smooth.

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

This is going to be my go to app for mobile devices, thanks for making me aware of it!

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

Posting from it now, it’s fantastic!

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

I am trying it now for the first time on Android. But everytime I want to go back with the back button of the navbar, the app quits. Is that intended behavior?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No it isn't. Works as intended for me on both Firefox and Brave.

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

Since an update this morning it is working fine.

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

It’s really good and well made as well, put in a pull request today to add a feature and getting it setup locally as a dev was so easy!

I’m very tempted to self host it on my instance as well

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

Oh, this is really nice. It'll be really cool once PWAs are usable on macOS and it'll become my go to way to access Lemmy.

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

For real, im shocked with how fluid this feels compared to everything else I have tried today. I get the occasional bad fetch for comments but thats about it so far

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

We should charge for API use now. :)

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

totally! lets also block the mobile sites so we can only access it through an ad and crypto infested app 🤭

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

Can I connect to other instances apart from 4 preset ones?

Edit. Yes, just go to middle icon att the bottom and log in.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It really is great but that name is so weird. Anyone know what it's based on?

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I think my favorite app is Thunder. Serious RedReader vibes

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

Trying it now. Thunder is really good but it feels like it’s designed for Android not iOS. Very “material you” feeling.

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