I see a very small minority of people using Kbin, but I don’t understand why.

Is this just a coincidence and did some people choose Kbin over Lemmy or is there a good reason to use Kbin?

  • @[email protected]
    6•1 year ago

    I have both and prefer kbin from a UI side on desktop, but the lack of android app means I dont use it on mobile yet.

    • pgetsos
      1•1 year ago

      There is Artemis. You can apply to enter the beta on their community

    • Shift_
      1•1 year ago

      The Artemis app is in beta and it’s looking pretty promising. Definitely still some bugs, but the UI is dead simple and easy to customize. Switching to a subbed only view works well too. The official mag is m/artemisapp

    • Brkdncr
      1•1 year ago

      I’ve been using kbin as a mobile pwa on iOS without issue. It’s been getting better a little bit every week.

      • Naminreb
        1•1 year ago

        Agree 100%. I don’t feel I need an app with the pwa on iOS.

      • AnonymousLlama
        1•1 year ago

        I finally got my changes out to the Android PWA and I’m super happy with how it’s working now. Beforehand it had an ugly icon and no shortcut / action icons. Now it’s fairly good looking.

        There’s a change coming to the “themes” section which I’m happy for. Love getting through these updates

      • GreenAlex
        1•1 year ago

        This may just be my device but I have to kill the PWA if I stop using it for around 10+ minutes, else I just get a black screen. Not the biggest problem but a bit annoying because I lose whatever thread I may have been reading.

    • AnonymousLlama
      1•1 year ago

      That’s fair. There’s been a lot of PRs and issues focusing on mobile (like adding collapsible comments) but being a community project it all takes time to get it approved and pushed.

      I’m keen on getting through as many mobile / UX centric improvements to mobile since that’s primarily how I use kbin.

    • @coyootje
      1•1 year ago

      I was just about to ask if there were any good Android apps for Kbin… I remember creating an account on the website a while ago but because I mostly browse on my phone I ended up on Lemmy in the end. I’d like to give Kbin a fair shot once a working Android app is released though.