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Lemmy Finally feels usable! Thank you LJDawson

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[-] itadakimasu@lemmy.world 145 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

And 50% of the posts on lemmy in the last 12 hours are about Sync.

Hope we get some more diverse content soon lol

[-] ReadyUser31@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago

The hilarious thing is you can't post from Sync yet, only comment, so for every post about Sync someone had to use their browser or another app to post it.

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[-] gmtom@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

Yeah im honestly starting to question if its all organic, as its trivially easy to artificially inflate posts, and we even had a post the other week warning exactly of app developers could manipulate votes to get more people to use their platform and make purchases.

[-] greendakota99@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

I would say its mostly organic since a good amount of discussion is negative feedback about ads and the paid tiers.

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[-] penguin@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

We will. Lemmy seems to easily get flooded with singular stories. Eg whenever Elon comes up with yet another dumbass decision.

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[-] kvothelu@lemmy.world 86 points 1 year ago

today was the first time I forgot if I was browsing reddit or lemmy. its so good to be back on sync

[-] tgxn@lemmy.tgxn.net 23 points 1 year ago

It feels good to be back to normal. Balance is restored.

[-] Aeoneir@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

I've still got revanced sync installed and I'm forgetting which one I have open occasionally, lmao

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[-] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 66 points 1 year ago

Same, regardless of the "BuT iTs nOt FoSs" cries. You are free to use whatever app you want.

[-] mojo@lemm.ee 42 points 1 year ago

I definitely prefer FOSS, but hey if it gets you on the fedi, go for it.

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[-] lolreconlol@lemm.ee 56 points 1 year ago

Sync is great. Lemmy is still lacking content. Shows I watch, bands, etc.. those communities have no activity (if they even exist).

[-] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 48 points 1 year ago

Be the change you want to see.

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[-] gunnm@monero.town 17 points 1 year ago

Same as Reddit in the beginning, Digg was so strong back in the day.

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[-] wmrch@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Sync is doing fine but I honestly don't understand the hype.

There is a dozen apps out there since the reddit migration with some having nearly the same features but without ads, without subscriptions and regular updates ever since.

Off the top of my head: Voyager, Summit, Connect, Thunder, Liftoff.

[-] waldyrious@lemm.ee 71 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I keep hearing people mention all of these apps, and I've tried most of them (I'm on Android, and besides Sync, I currently have Liftoff, Connect and Thunder installed; I had Jerboa and the Voyager PWA, but removed the former due to bugs and the latter due to slow startup).

Honestly, none of them feel as polished as Sync. They do offer pretty much the same functionality, sometimes even better, but the UI and UX of Sync is just smoother.

Maybe it's just that I'm used to Sync after using it for reddit for many years, but in any case I thought I'd put this out there in case others were feeling puzzled as I was from all the mentions of other apps suggesting they can replace Sync without any quality loss. Sure, maybe not functionality-wise, but to me the user experience is just as important.

Edit: for reference, here's an album of screenshots comparing the same views in Sync, Liftoff, Connect and Thunder (yeah, I'm a fan of the compact list view): https://imgur.com/a/MvawTYm — there are pros and cons to all of these, but IMO the sync experience is the one with the best design and UX polish. Happy to hear your thoughts, though!

[-] o_oli@lemmy.world 41 points 1 year ago

This x1000

I tried basically every app going on Android and they are all either buggy as fuck, unintuitive or janky in some other way. The user experience was just horrible.

I really do not understand all the people claiming Sync has an equivalent. It just does not right now in terms of a polished user experience.

Honestly it's just Linux vs Windows kinda situation to me. No matter how many nerds tell me Linux can do everything the same and is more customisable and better, it's just a worse user experience. Windows is far more intuitive and polished and there is a reason it has the market share it does.

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[-] rishado@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Some of us have been using Sync for 10+ years, we're not exactly looking for something new

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[-] 9point6@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Honestly because IMO no other app compares to it in terms of polish, UX and smoothness; that's not just out of lemmy apps either that's phone apps in general.

And tbh that shouldn't be too surprising, It's got 10 years of development behind it and the dev works on it full time—no other lemmy app has that currently

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[-] MinusPi@pawb.social 30 points 1 year ago

Sync is already the most visually and ergonomically polished by far. That's not all that matters, but it's very important for me and many others.

[-] Amir@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Every single one of those apps except Summit and Voyager has janky scrolling, which is easy to notice on a 90Hz screen.

Sync has not dropped a single frame since my install on all my devices.

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[-] realharo@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For me it's the force of habit. I'm already used to the UI, I know where everything is, what to expect, I can navigate it very quickly and set it exactly how I want.

All the features I'm used to like comment drafts or the comment navigation bar (jump between top-level comments easily) are right where I'm used to. Doing the Android "back" gesture from the left works like it should, I don't have to confirm exit with a button, all these small things.

It's also very polished, for example I encountered two issues with Connect:

  • it didn't handle internet dropping out (e.g. temporary loss of mobile signal) well - it just kept failing on the retry button even after connectivity was restored, had to restart it

  • the search in the sidebar didn't show all the matching communities, this seems to have improved recently

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[-] 1984@lemmy.today 33 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

You guys have high requirements :)

But I agree, fantastic app. I think second best app is Liftoff though, it's a bit cleaner since it doesn't have a billion options.

Sync is like the professional choice in clients

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[-] ilickfrogs@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

Personally I was a Boost fan and I'm excited for its release for lemmy. But I'm using sync in the meantime and absolutely loving it. There's a smoothness to this app, a refinement if you will that I couldn't find on any of the other apps. The level of customization to make my feed my own.

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[-] saf@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

This is my first post too! :)

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[-] forkball@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

The app is beautiful. Former rif user and decided to give Sync for Lemmy a try and I'm not disappointed.

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[-] SargTeaPot@lemmy.world 21 points 1 year ago

Same, it's now understandable and makes sense to my pea brain

[-] Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I was using wefwef.app and liked the colored bars on the left when several users replied to each other. Now in sync these bars are the same color. Can I change this?

[-] nudnyekscentryk@szmer.info 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)
[-] Matthew@programming.dev 30 points 1 year ago

You can link to settings?!

[-] ramble81@lemmy.world 26 points 1 year ago

I'm loving people's reactions Everytime this pops up.

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[-] Reborn2966@feddit.it 16 points 1 year ago

this is the coolest thing i ever saw

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[-] Hazdaz@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

So you are the cause of the recent server problems!1!!

[-] islandguardian@lemmy.world 18 points 1 year ago

Used Sync for Reddit for 7 or 8 years, this feels like home!

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[-] joel_feila@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

So what does sync do that lemmy on broswer doesn't?

[-] Clipboards@lemmy.world 39 points 1 year ago

Aside from the polish, it's also the familiar UX that many of us have used for a decade. It just feels familiar & right now!

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[-] Matthew@programming.dev 24 points 1 year ago

Most of us are here because we used Sync for Reddit for years and want that familiar UX.

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[-] njinx@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

A far more polished experience

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This is honestly a great experience, the app has integrated with my instance perfectly. Impressive work!

[-] Kodemystic@lemmy.kodemystic.dev 16 points 1 year ago

how did you forward a link to a setting? what magic is this?

[-] MrGerrit@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

In settings, long press what you want to share till it stays link copied and just paste it in your comment box.

[-] littlebluespark@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

That. Is so fucking hot. 😱🥹🤌🏼

Yeah it's pretty great. I've actually got to watch myself because I could see myself getting hooked in an unhealthy way like I did to reddit in the bad old days.

[-] puck2@lemmy.world 15 points 1 year ago

It's nice. I'm from Boost, but this works well

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[-] Pistcow@lemm.ee 14 points 1 year ago

I've been using lemm.ee but this is a million times more enjoyable. I purchased Reddit Sync for Android years ago but I'm going to give the free version a spin and see about subscribing.

Sooooooo good.

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