30 mins in and I’ve set up a Lemmy account, logged into Wefwef, added a bunch of subscriptions and now it’s about 85% like I’m still using Reddit. Amazing, and considerably better than I could have hoped for
The only thing missing for me after testing for 2 days is the swipe to go back a screen. You need to reach ALLLLLL the way across to the left edge of the screen and drag it ALLLLLL the way to the right to go back to your feed from a post. In Apollo I had it configured to only need a swipe from about the middle of the screen to the right edge. It’s very hard for me to reach that far comfortably and my muscle memory is all messed up right now. I keep doing the short swipe and I upvote someone’s post instead. If they can add this I will be extremely happy.
Edit: Also, I just realized after posting this comment that Apollo also had a feature where you go forward and backward a screen by swiping left or right on the bottom section. Extremely useful as well.
Wefwef is great! I love the Apollo-export upload feature lets you find similar communities on Lemmy.
Yeah, I wish there was a way to do this without Apollo export. I used boost before.
The one complaint I have is the lack of a native app; it doesn't run as smoothly as the other Lemmy clients do on my phone.
It's already amazing on my tablet though!
Pretty impressive! Not Apollo but close. Dismissing images is not as fluid.
My biggest question is, will it eventually be an actual app?
I honestly think that it doesn't matter - this PWA is so polished I'm forgetting that I'm not using a native app.
This. People want and need a real app on the official stores to migrate from Reddit. I'm using Connect right now for this reason, but I hope it gets better
It's an actual webapp, so no, it probably won't unless they convert the codebase to react native.
I've only found a few things that I'm missing from a native experience and I'm sure it can be fixed.
Most annoyingly is the "scroll-to-top" by double tapping the top of the screen doesn't work.
Otherwise I think in terms of smoothness it's better than Mlem.
It is. It doesn’t hide read posts, but that’s the only major thing it’s missing.
There is work done one this to hide post, it just needs reviewed and approved. Might need more for read part.
New favorite way to use lemmy.
Great design, feels responsive, works everywhere…
PWAs are great, and for 99% of use cases are more than enough. We need a fake App Store that “installs” PWAs in people devices in a transparent way.
Also let’s hope Apple is forced to open iOS to alternative rendering engines and complete full features browsers.
And for a final irony boost, the PWA thing is the “”””original”””” vision for smartphones, at least according to Steve Jobs during the original iPhone keynote. Full circle and stuff.
wefwef is the best, I really stopped caring about all the other apps being under development. Just mind that using it with Firefox really is absolutely lagging (which is kind of a shame) and that (currently) Chrome gets you the best performance. Feels like a native Android app.
+1 wefwef.app my favorite so far
I'm really digging Wefwef, but I'm an android user so I feel like I'm crossing some weird rubicon of using an Apple UI from a non Apple device.
I guess what I'm saying... Ladies... Is that I'm dangerous.
It’s good, but it needs a compact view (unless I simply haven’t found the option).
It has! Check appearance in settings.
Yeah, I saw it right after posting. The app updates so frequently I must have missed that one.
One thing I just noticed is the privacy policy. It proxies the data to their server and can collect analytics. I do understand it's to circumvent CORS, but still we've to keep that in mind.
You can host it yourself. It's open source.
I just tied wefwef, and it’s brilliant! It really gives the Apollo feel and even allows for multiple accounts for different instances. Feels like coming home 🙂
I'm happily using wefwef both on my phone and on my computer. It has a really a great UI to browse/keep up with lemmy.
I just installed Mlem and Memmy. Both have a very nice UI and are smooth. I am leaning towards Mlem though. I like swiping right to view my communities.
Edit: I was an Apollo user and reddit does not feel the same without Apollo.
Yes it is really nice but still browser based at the end of the day, therefore will not be a go-to for me.
Memmy has been good to me so far
Whatever you do, don’t look at what technologies Memmy uses.
I'm on android, but this got me curious.
What technology does memmy use, and why is it a concern?
It seems to work well enough. I could use a little more information density, I wish I could turn off thumbnails, and a bunch of other nit-pick-y things, but it's a good start.
I love it. It’s good beehaw doesn’t allow downvoting though because I accidentally would be downvoting a lot as I try and swipe back
For real, im shocked with how fluid this feels compared to everything else I have tried today. I get the occasional bad fetch for comments but thats about it so far
It’s as if Apollo has been reborn. How wild! I recommend giving wefwef or Memmy a try.
It’s good, but it needs a compact view (unless I simply haven’t found the option).
Edit: It looks like compact view arrived in the appearance settings. Nice.
Edit 2: It might need since better post error handling/feedback…
Check out their github to see how new this actually is. I'm blown away that it actually works most of the time and new major features arrive daily.
This is uncanny. Thanks!
It really is great but that name is so weird. Anyone know what it's based on?
Considering that this is a webapp, it gives far better experience than Jerboa, Thunder. Wefwed It is fast and smooth. Jerboa is fast but laggy. Thunder is laggy and smooth.
As an Apollo user I was very (happily) surprised at how familiar this feels, thank you! Interesting note about this app is they have a Dockerfile available which means you could host the PWA/app in your own domain. Looking at the Dockerfile this would be super easy to deploy and update.
I am trying it now for the first time on Android. But everytime I want to go back with the back button of the navbar, the app quits. Is that intended behavior?
I'm an Android user and I never used Apollo, but wefwef is just amazing. It works surprisingly well, especially for a PWA. It will be my app of choice at least until Sync for Lemmy is out.
I'm holding out for Slide for Lemmy as another Android user. But, wefwef is pretty good so far.
I'm feeling the same way. Can't wait for Sync.
Wow, can you link it?
Edit: I found it and wow it really is exactly like Apollo!
I think my favorite app is Thunder. Serious RedReader vibes
I'd recommend trying wefwef. Stupid name imo but it's thunder with a lot faster releases and it is more featured. It's also focused to be like Apollo in functionality. It's also had like 4 updates released in the last 24 hours lol
While the developer(s) has/have done a great job getting a PWA to feel this close to native, it's still a bit far-fetched to say it "feels exactly like Apollo".
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