I’ve used Lemmur in the past but lately I’ve realized that the web client is perfectly usable on mobile, much more so than most other social media. This is probably a testament to non-profit-driven development because the web client is really light, scales perfectly to an app-like form factor, there’s no weird behavior with the touchscreen instead of a mouse, and it also gives you all the features of the site instead of arbitrary not letting you do more advanced stuff because they want you to download the app. It also has the extra benefit that it syncs my browsing history to desktop so you pick up where you left off. Since making this latest account I have not felt the need to download an app at all and have been right at home using it from the browser.
Then again, I refuse to get the Reddit app and still use old.reddit.com on mobile (it’s just as annoying as you assume and you have to zoom in and out to click on stuff but I’m used to it by now, also I’m barely using Reddit anymore so that helps too) so maybe I’m somewhat unique? Just curious as to if anyone else exclusively uses the Lemmy web client on mobile and what your thoughts on it. Those on the other side, are there any killer features that apps give that I’m missing?
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I have like 1500+ subscribed communities and performance on desktop with default web UI is pretty bad… I think the reason for it is that “Subscribed to communities” box in the sidebar trying to load images for all of those communities at the same time.
Might wanna just zap that rlement in ublock origin or something. Might be useful even just as a test.
I already have it hidden with uBO, but performance is often still bad. Idk if it’s actually the reason, but it’s not auto expanded on mobile and I have no problems there so I assumed it could be due to that.
Wow that’s… A lot
A lot of them are just for helping peoples communities to be federated, but at least you don’t have to do that so much these days, because it looks like bots are doing it now, so I might try to do some clean up at some point.
Yes, or other subscribers, which allows to unsubscribe
The official Lemmy client is still missing a critical (to me) feature: changing the default sort for comments
That’s the only thing holding me back from using it. Until that gets implemented, I’m using the Voyager app on mobile and desktop
I use Voyager too. It’s not perfect, but it’s pretty good.
There are some interesting philosophical ideas going on with some of the apps too. For example, Jerboa won’t implement client side storage of this preference because they think it should be stored on the server side.
I use Jerboa
I had to switch from Jerboa to Boost for Lemmy due to the bug in comment threads: when you click on a reply in your inbox, it goes to the post and gives you two options to either view post or view context so you can see up until the parent thread of the conversation you are replying to, and the buttons don’t seem to work consistently. Also sometimes they are not even there and you have to scroll through the post for the comment you want to reply to. Boost has ads though but IDC about those.
I hate to say this but I’ve never gotten to; works on my machine.
Yup, just web UI. Always web UI if possible, no matter what it is. Although for shopping I prefer to use a laptop if I am going to pay online as well.
I use boost and only use Lemmy on my phone. At my PC I will use old reddit.
Yea. I use web only via Tor Browser on Android. If I use an app, I’m gonna forget to use Tor one day.
The only issue is just no ability to block users of an instance.
Do you log in to Lemmy each time you open Tor or is there a way to save your logins somewhere?
I log in every time. I mean, I wouldn’t want my account to be accessible if someone, such as a law enforcement officer, grabs my phone. I do not save passwords anywhere, not even my password manager. So no one would ever know about this account, the only knowledge of this account’s existence exist in my brain. (unless they have a backdoor in my phone, that is).
I mean, I post a lot anti-establishment stuff, not a good look if someone finds it. So I’m hoping to hide it as best as I can.
I use Boost. I can’t do the web client on mobile. Or on desktop for that matter. It doesn’t feel right. This type of content demands an app experience for me.
The web UI is nice enough.
Mostly it hasn’t been weaponized into a ‘use our app or GTFO’ prompt which has become the norm elsewhere.
I always used third party clients on reddit, but not here.
The thing I like most is standard browser stuff… bookmarks, adblock extensions, etc.The thing I like most is standard browser stuff… bookmarks, adblock extensions, etc.
Absolutely this. Especially opening a post or link in a new tab.
I have a login from another instance on webui but using eternity client with this one. webui works fine but I cant seem to dial in the same view as on eternity, which reminds me of the baconreader reddit client from years back.
I’ve used Lemmur in the past
I know you didn’t say anything about disliking mobile apps or that it had soured your experience, but definitely do not compare the mobile site to something as outdated as Lemmur lol
It also has the extra benefit that it syncs my browsing history to desktop so you pick up where you left off.
Not sure about other clients, but Thunder sure syncs your history with desktop just fine
Then again, I refuse to get the Reddit app and still use old.reddit.com on mobile (it’s just as annoying as you assume and you have to zoom in and out to click on stuff but I’m used to it by now, also I’m barely using Reddit anymore so that helps too)
There is an extension that makes old Reddit mobile friendly
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/oldlander/
Those on the other side, are there any killer features that apps give that I’m missing?
The main thing that keeps me sticking to Thunder on mobile is gestures. I want to be able to swipe right from anywhere onscreen in order to go back a page. Trying to mimic that behaviour in a mobile browser is clunky.
Another benefit of some mobile apps that the default Lemmy UI does not have is keyword filters. More info on that: https://feddit.org/post/3857608
I’ve tried Thunder, used Jerboa for a bit and now I am on Boost for Lemmy.
I’d use Lemmy on my mobile browser if it kept me logged in. Probably an issue with my phone/OS.
I use a “Lite App” that I setup in Hermit. Basically a sandboxed browser just specifically for this site. Seems to be working fine?
