What's your opinion of Flare (Bluesky/Mastodon/etc. client)? (pawb.social)

submitted 1 month ago by cadekat@pawb.social to c/foss@beehaw.org

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https://f-droid.org/packages/dev.dimension.flare

Is it legit? Does it work? How does it compare to other clients?

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[-] clb92@feddit.dk 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Didn't know about it. Using OpenVibe now, which is generally happy with, but I might try flare.

EDIT: Okay, I've set it up and browsed around a bit now.

Everything takes up too much space, in my opinion. I have to scroll much more per post in the feed, compared to OpenVibe. Also, posts in the feed have a margin in the sides, but there's an extra margin outside that as well for some reason, which means only ~85% of my screen width is really being used for post content, which is a waste of space.
Parent posts (that a person I'm following has replied to) come before the reply, in the feed, which trips me up when I'm used to them being nested like they were on Twitter. Just a personal preference, though.
I can't find the "For You" Bluesky feed anywhere either.

[-] BruisedMoose@piefed.social 1 points 4 weeks ago

For what it's worth, I just updated today and there's a "Plain" post style now that goes toward making the padding issue better.

[-] clb92@feddit.dk 1 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Thank you for letting me know!

EDIT: Tried it now, and it's a nice improvement in my opinion.

[-] BruisedMoose@piefed.social 1 points 1 month ago

I don't use For You, so I don't miss it. I guess. But I do agree on the other points. There is way too much padding on the sides. And while I think it makes some logical sense, the parent post thing confuses the shit out of me because it seems opposite the way every other app handles it.

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