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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by kuro_neko@lemmy.ca to c/technology@beehaw.org

Hi lemmings, I switched over from Reddit 10 days ago now but I couldn't find a mobile client that I was happy with with an experience similar to the Reddit experience I was used to. So I decided to build my own and I hope you will like it as well!

Play store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuroneko.lemmy_connect

Features:

  • Material U
  • Dark and Light themes
  • List view / Card view / Fullwidth view
  • Filter lists for hiding posts
  • Multiple accounts + switcher across multiple instances
  • Guest accounts for viewing an instance without signup
  • Search and community autofill
  • Markdown support + attempt to navigate links correctly (/u/foo will open that user instead of browser kickout. Same for /c/, !, and @)
  • Saving posts
  • full sort types
  • NSFW view options (hide, blur, show)
  • copy text and url on all posts and comments
  • add comments, replies, and new posts
  • comment replies with line indicators

Here's other screenshots:

Future plans:

  • Improving the inbox
  • Swipe actions
  • Multi-~~reddit ~~communities

Thank you for taking a look. I hope others who are migrating from Reddit like me will find the app useful and I'd love to know your thoughts!

Edit: Community for the app is here: https://lemmy.ca/c/lemmyconnect

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[-] Jcb2016@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Looks like Infinity! looks promising

[-] DrPhred@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Looks good. Now we just need a good iOS app

[-] AnonLordo@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Wow, impressive work, in such a short time. I really like it.
Thank you!

[-] tom42@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

Tried it quickly and was not well surprised. I appreciate thr approach a lot! The app is nice looking but feels too chewy. Prefer the mobile browser.

[-] sylverstream@lemmy.nz 1 points 1 year ago

Wow, you are really fast! I've been using Jerboa and the PWA, but not super happy with either. Yours look great! Will use it more and feed back to you if that's okay.

One thing I found is that it doesn't show the number of new comments. I usually sort by NewComments, and I would expect to e.g. see "49 comments (14 new)" like Jerboa/PWA.

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[-] Hovercat90@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Hey, i like your app a lot! Jerboa doesnt work on my Motorola, so i installed your app. Looks very nice and works well as a first impression!

I just want to tell you good luck, we are all counting on you! :D

[-] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you @Hovercat90@feddit.de! I'm glad you like it.

[-] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

so far I'm really liking it. I would like alternating backgrounds on comments just to help separate them out a little.

I don't see the ability to edit my comments. I had to pull up the pwa to edit this one.

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[-] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Looks amazing! I'll try it out!

[-] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

My keyboard constantly tries to switch to caps as I type in Connect. I am using Grammarly. It will flicker the upper case layout between each key press. It's unusable as it is.

[-] crius@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

just a quick feedback, when being in the dark mode, the user switching remain in light mode. Also the node selection suggesting the possible nodes would be appreciated.

also, adding new accounts after the first one, doesn't seems to work.

I added my lemmy.world and it seemed to work.

anything else besides it, didn't work (tried, lemmy.ml, beehaw.org, etc.)

overall it's a good mvp, well done, need a little more work and i would appreciate if it was a FOSS to absolutely avoid situations in which an app become the unofficial-official app but then a sudden surge of egocentrism from an individual take it away.

[-] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying it!

[-] Bradamir@kbin.social 0 points 1 year ago

I can't even be accepted to join Lemmy. I'm on Kbin right now.

Tbh, these platforms confuse me. The Kbin app is great though, so I guess I don't need to change.

Would like to know how to follow a group though.

[-] PaintedSnail@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

On Kbin, Lemmy groups are called "magazines," so all you have to do is go to the magazines list, search for what you want, and subscribe. You can even subscribe to magazines hosted on other servers from there.

[-] QHC@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Lemmy is not one thing, it's a way for different sites (called instances) to share content with each other.

What instances (i.e. domains) are you trying to create an account on? There have been some big bot waves in the last few days, but even without that every instance handles signup differently. Some are totally open, while others require manual review of some kind.

[-] palitu@lemmy.perthchat.org 0 points 1 year ago

Sad noises...

Australia.

Thanks for putting effort into this. By far the best reddit experience I have had is with relay for reddit.

You could also check it the feature requests for jerboa for ideas.

[-] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

That's a good idea. Added Australia to the list!

[-] green_dot@le.fduck.net 0 points 1 year ago

Looks great. Hopefully gets availabe is Irish play store soon

[-] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Should be available now in the Irish store!

[-] spread@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago

The app is cool and I'll probably continue using it. The card view also seems to crop the images. If that's the intended behaviour, please add a view showing the full images. Thanks (Android 12, Samsung s10e)

[-] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago

I'll make the Fullwidth view show the full uncropped image (scaled to fit) in the next release. Thank you for your feedback!

[-] spread@programming.dev 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks you! One more suggestion: collapsible comments.

[-] vintageballs@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Maybe bug: in list view, the width of post title and content seems to be limited to around 80% of my screen width.

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[-] theory@feddit.uk 0 points 1 year ago

I may be wrong but, are you not showing all communities subscribed in the list, just the first page? I see 10 but im subbed to somewere closer to 50...

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The screen shots look good. I'll download it and try it out. Let me know if you make a community for it so we can give back feedback on there. The more apps the merrier now that Reddit is getting rid of all them!

[-] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

Thank you, let me know what you think! I made a community here: https://lemmy.ca/c/lemmyconnect

[-] rettetdemdativ@feddit.de 0 points 1 year ago

Have you considered creating a community for your app? Would make it a lot easier to follow development

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[-] robotrash@lemmy.one 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Downloaded and used for an hour or so. I'd like to see an option to change the font size. I like my stuff to be small so I can get more content on the screen. 1.6 posts is pretty bad for me. I also couldn't find a way to change my default homepage to "subscribed - new" but maybe I just didn't search hard enough. Either way, it's good to have some competition for Jerboa!

Edit: Found Frontpage. Might be worth changing this to Subscribed since that seems to be the Lemmy equivalent.

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