New Lemmy app "Connect for Lemmy"

Anyone else just using whatever is FOSS feom f-droid?

Of course the more apps the merrier, but personally open code = a more trustworthy use for me

I think Connect looks nicer so I've been using it - very excited for Sync for Lemmy though

Looks cool but if it's not on F-Droid I ain't using it.

Just tried and it's much more impressive than Jerboa. No laggy scrolling, UI and UX are nicer. Feels more like RiF.

Only (minor) nitpicks I have are:

• dark theme could be darker
• I'd prefer the comment form shows as a popup/overlay (like RiF does) so you can kind of glance at the context while commenting
• list view items need more padding and less margin

Connect seems cool, but I was using Infinity because it was open source. This one doesn't seem open source (correct me if I'm wrong) so I'll stick with Liftoff or Jerboa for now

I am missing the comment collapse option on all apps except gerboa. Hope they fix it.

I tried it and didn't think it was much different from any other Lemmy app right now. Seems like they are only trying to differentiate with visuals at the moment.

Some things I would like to see in future apps and versions of existing apps.

• Integration of the Lemmy community browser or something similar. Basic search takes too long and you need to know what your looking for
• Ability to view top communities posts from the community browser in a separate view alongside "local" and "All" and "subscribed" and could even stand in as a user's subscribed view before they have customized it to their own liking
• Ability to "force pull" comments and posts from a particular remote community. Or at least compare the number of comments a post has locally to the number it has on its remote instance and present some kind of indicator if they differ.

Using Connect because Jerboa just kept crashing on me at startup. Never got to test it out. Problems do exist in Connect, as e.g. I could not comment on this post in the app. Will check out Thunder and Lift off as well, so thanks for the suggestions!

Edit: I literally just found out that you have to hit the huge plus-button at the bottom right to add a comment.. I always thought it was for creating a new post 🤦‍♂️

Using it to make this answer, and loving it Jerboa just keeps crashing instantly for me (android 12, Fairphone 4). Not sure why. But connect has just worked out of the box.

Feels and looks good for my instance 'lemmy.fmhy.ml' on the web mode. Gestures and actions come second nature almost like, I like it.

Interesting, I'm waiting for Sync for Lemmy, is this one open source?

This app looks really good. It looks almost exactly how I have my kbin account set up with scripts in a browser, and the gestures are very nice. - I hope it adds kbin support or one of the kbin apps ends up looking like this or better.

Jerboa has been crashing on me lately so I've been using Connect while it gets fixed. No complaints so far.

Upvoting this post from Connect for Lemmy. Actually I think I still prefer Jerboa. Unfortunately it has stopped working since I updated my instance to 0.18 so this will have to do for now.

Worth noting that the Jerboa app pushed a major update today and it's massively improved. Definitely suggest giving it another try after today, it feels like an entirely new app.

Using it right now, and I'm enjoying it so far. I was using jerboa before, but it crashed everytime I clicked on a link for a post or community on another instance, and when I tried to add this account (on programming.dev instance) it would crash instantly.

The community for the app:

• lemmyconnect@lemmy.ca
• relative link
• https://lemmy.ca/c/lemmyconnect

I'm also happily using it, it's the only app which works on my old phone, haha :D

Aurora Store is working for you? I always get the Oops, This Account is rate limited no matter how much new sessions I request. The main screen seems to be loading though so idk.

Connect is pretty good. Stil missing some important features, like block, and the instance name is missing from usernames and communities, which is a pretty major oversight, but other than that it's solid and being developped surprisingly fast.

Only just found Connect and its very good IMO

I tried to sign up on lemm.ee with Jerboa and it would give me constant server error messages...but Conned is great so far. Like the layout better as well 👍

Good... Good... Let the app wars begin.

Liftoff is basically a fork of the "old" Lemmur. It's kinda sad they don't even mention it anywhere on the repo :/ (they mention in the app's about page)

@zachatrocity@lemmy.world

I use it and it's a lot less buggy than Jerboa. I also like the UI a bit better.

I'm missing the ability to collapse threads, but otherwise it's very sleek Edit: nevermind you just need to hold the top comment for one second

Just downloaded it, exactly what I needed. Thanks!

I use it, but some things are lacking. I find the mobile site better at the moment

I'm using it, Jerboa, and standard mobile site. They each leave something to be desired, but each have their good points. I don't know why, but Connect seems slower, with images loading slower than the other two. Don't know why.

We are trying to keep an updated list of apps over on the Android community.

They all look cool, hopefully they add support for kbin in the future.

The rate these are coming out are astounding.

Won't even open up on my galaxy fold 4 :(

Is it on F-droid?

It's awesome. I can tell I'll be anxious for each release to watch it mature.

I've been using Connect for the last few days and so far really enjoy it. it's still missing a few features but I really like the UI.

Been using it since yesterday after I saw this post. I like it! Not sure if I'll stick with this or Jerboa yet (or go to Sync when it's ready for Lemmy).

Connect works way better for me than Jerboa. My only irk is that it only runs at 60 Hz instead of 90 or 120, so scrolling feels sluggish compared to other apps.

Which of these apps allows me to hide posts? At this point that is the only feature I care about.

Love the icon, super cute :)

Just trying it right now, great app

I like the general look of Connect, but the dark mode needs some work. When I click through a web link to a WebView, the web page's background and text are both dark, making the article basically impossible to read.

Wow. This app is really nice at first glance. I like the gesture to swipe left on a comment to upvote. Reminds me of Sync for Reddit!

I accidentally posted this twice. https://beehaw.org/post/777706

Much better! Feels more similar to the old app I was using for reddit.

Crashes on startup on my galaxy fold 4

This has to be the best looking Lemmy app I've used to far. Great job!

I used Infinity up until yesterday, it's going to be offered as a subscription app starting July 1. Connect is very similar, I like the way it works. I have Jerboa, haven't used it yet.

Just installed it. It's great!

Well done to whoever is behind this app. Been using it a couple of days now, and it's hard to fault it. You must have worked your butt off.

I've been using in for a few days alongside with jerboa and I'm not sure which one I prefer yet, I really like both. I prefer jerboa look wise, but I like some of the little shortcuts connect has.

Connect comes up on duckduckgo tracking attempt block list, the only tracker is google so far, Jerboa has yet to show up.