PSA for my fellow redditfugees - there is a lovely person creating a script to restyle Lemmy to look like old.reddit.
Still definitely a work in progress but it's great so far.
The guys over at Sync are working on a Lemmy app too. It's only for Android, though, I believe.
*The guy. It's just one dude! Just wanted to highlight that because it's the best designed app I've ever used, and it has one single dev.
He doesn't really advertise it so I'm just going to mention I found out recently he has a patreon for anyone else who's been a long time fan and didn't know.
Definitely, sync was Reddit for me. Looking forward to getting it back for lemmy
That's going to be an instant buy for me when it's released. I had sync for like 8 years and it would be awesome to get it back.
For the apollo lovers that aren't committed enough to install an app yet I'd really recommend trying wefwef.app (potentially to be renamed voyager)
I'm excited about Sync for Lemmy. The dev says about 6 weeks.
This is amazing actually.
Semi tech illiterate and don't fully understand what each instance means and how it works. Sync will be nice to try
Each instance is basically it's own version of reddit.
Each community is a subreddit.
Each instance can have duplicate subreddits with its own rules and moderators, so you can sub to one or the other, or both. I.e. lemmy.ca can have an aww community and Lemmy.world can have an aww community, but even if your home instance is Lemmy.ml you can comment, subscribe, and post to both version of the aww instance.
Think of it like email.
An account on gmail can still talk to a Yahoo account. Now just apply that to users and communities on lemmy.
I'm on iusearchlinux.fyi but can still engage with communities and users on lemmy.world and sh.itjust.works
If you're familiar with IRC it works almost exactly like that but via a website. Your browser is your client and you can connect to and sign up accounts on any server. Channels can be seen and interacted with across instances though but they are still seperate entities, which is the only difference.
Although it seems like there would be multiple communities and fragmentation what usually ends up happening is that your server fedeates other popular subs though others interacting them and they still gain traction and get popular.
Connect is working perfectly well for me, but I feel such loyalty towards Sync after using it for so many years. I can't wait to use it again.
Can't wait! I'm currently using Jerboa and it's pretty good so far, but I'm definitely trying Sync once it's out
hello! author here. I'm late to this party but, just for good order:
This script is good for desktop, but not great for mobile. If your primary interaction is on a mobile device, probably check the comments for (much) better alternatives.
That's awesome. Wefwef is a remarkably great mobile app, but I've been wanting a RES equivalent for desktop!
if you are on an instance that has upgraded to v0.18.1 (lemmy.world; lemm.ee; feddit.nl; etc.) and browse on widescreen/desktop you will want this version (for the updated UI):
https://github.com/soundjester/lemmy_monkey/raw/dev-v2.6-Lemmy-v0.18.1/old.reddit.compact.user.js
Just to be clear, you're saying Sync won't work well on mobile?
I think this is the author of the userscript to make lemmy look like old.reddit, not the author of sync that you're replying to.
yes, @Enkers@sh.itjust.works has it correct, I'm referring to the linked userscript (not Sync).
Sync will probably work just fine for mobile, but i'm not 100% sure it is available. I think it's just in development at the moment.
Thanks for posting this. I never realized there was this level of personal customization capable with Lemmy.
It's a lot easier when the site doesn't obfuscate the code.
Depends on the theme. Some of the Lemmy themes do silly stuff like making the comment nesting colored borders with inline CSS marked "!important" so it's impossible to change without invasive methods. It should be enough to use a CSS extension to adjust the theme and not resort to one that runs custom JavaScript.
Hi I’m new here. Wefwef. Glad I figured this out, I think?
Welcome, fellow refugee! 🙋♀️
Thanks you too
A person on my instance made a pretty slick reddit-like theme, as well, called rediggit.
Dark theme doesn't work.
This is amazing, thanks for posting, I feel at home now.
Cool!
Anyone figured out endless scroll yet?
Is there anyone who hasn’t figured out endless scroll yet? It’s worked fine on every ios or progressive web app I’ve tried iirc
On the website silly.
God Bless whoever made that. I'm too entrenched in that old.reddit style to let go just yet.
OMG Yes this is awesome!
This is fantastic stuff. Thanks for sharing! Will definitely be checking this out as I've found the desktop experience to be just so so at this point.
It is absolutely lovely!
I feel like Reddfugees says it all
wefwef.app is an Apollo style client for Lemmy. It’s amazing. It has made moving to Lemmy so much easier. It’s almost a perfect match to the ui of apollo.
It even has a tool to export your subreddits from Apollo into it.
How do I do that now that Apollo doesn’t have settings?
Yeah WefWef is awesome! Made me feel at home after losing Apollo. Highly recommend. Github is at https://github.com/aeharding/wefwef.