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Introducing Connect for Lemmy (i.imgur.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by kuro_neko@lemmy.ca to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Hi lemmings, I switched over from Reddit 10 days ago now but I couldn't find a mobile client that I was happy with with an experience similar to the Reddit experience I was used to. So I decided to build my own and I hope you will like it as well!

Play store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuroneko.lemmy_connect

Features:

Material U
Dark and Light themes
List view / Card view / Fullwidth view
Filter lists for hiding posts
Multiple accounts + switcher across multiple instances
Guest accounts for viewing an instance without signup
Search and community autofill
Markdown support + attempt to navigate links correctly (/u/foo will open that user instead of browser kickout. Same for /c/, !, and @)
Saving posts
full sort types
NSFW view options (hide, blur, show)
copy text and url on all posts and comments
add comments, replies, and new posts
comment replies with line indicators

Here's other screenshots:

Future plans:

Improving the inbox
Swipe actions
Multi-~~reddit ~~communities

Thank you for taking a look. I hope others who are migrating from Reddit like me will find the app useful and I'd love to know your thoughts!

Edit: Community for the app is here: https://lemmy.ca/c/lemmyconnect

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[–] Xero 1 points 2 years ago

It looks and feels great. I'm guessing that Frontpage is meant to be Federation. Also the comment boxes need more definition and text options.

Otherwise, it's decking beautiful. Leaps and bounds above Jerboa.

[–] vintageballs@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Maybe bug: in list view, the width of post title and content seems to be limited to around 80% of my screen width.

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

That's a bug! Thank you. I'd guess it's leaving the 20% space for an image thumbnail which doesn't exist. I'll fix this in the next release.

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[–] Pbody@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Will this app be compatible with kbin.social accounts? I've tried to sign in and it's throwing a whole page of an error message.

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

I will look to see how possible it is, I think the APIs are different which is why it's throwing those errors.

[–] JackBruh@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Lemmy and Kbin are entirely different Software. Fediverse just allows posts to be visible between other fediverse applications.

[–] vpsxhtus@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

i'm currently using this and it's great!

[–] Jcb2016@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Looks like Infinity! looks promising

[–] VentraSqwal@links.dartboard.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The screen shots look good. I'll download it and try it out. Let me know if you make a community for it so we can give back feedback on there. The more apps the merrier now that Reddit is getting rid of all them!

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you, let me know what you think! I made a community here: https://lemmy.ca/c/lemmyconnect

[–] DrPhred@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Looks good. Now we just need a good iOS app

[–] ledditor@leddit.minnal.icu 1 points 2 years ago

runs very smooth on my 5 year old phone. Some suggestions for improvement

With All selected not all feeds were showing up on the sidebar
Adding a compact layout for sidebar and comments

[–] sylverstream@lemmy.nz 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wow, you are really fast! I've been using Jerboa and the PWA, but not super happy with either. Yours look great! Will use it more and feed back to you if that's okay.

One thing I found is that it doesn't show the number of new comments. I usually sort by NewComments, and I would expect to e.g. see "49 comments (14 new)" like Jerboa/PWA.

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[–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

so far I'm really liking it. I would like alternating backgrounds on comments just to help separate them out a little.

I don't see the ability to edit my comments. I had to pull up the pwa to edit this one.

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Looks amazing! I'll try it out!

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

My keyboard constantly tries to switch to caps as I type in Connect. I am using Grammarly. It will flicker the upper case layout between each key press. It's unusable as it is.

[–] crius@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

just a quick feedback, when being in the dark mode, the user switching remain in light mode. Also the node selection suggesting the possible nodes would be appreciated.

also, adding new accounts after the first one, doesn't seems to work.

I added my lemmy.world and it seemed to work.

anything else besides it, didn't work (tried, lemmy.ml, beehaw.org, etc.)

overall it's a good mvp, well done, need a little more work and i would appreciate if it was a FOSS to absolutely avoid situations in which an app become the unofficial-official app but then a sudden surge of egocentrism from an individual take it away.

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying it!

[–] theory@feddit.uk 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I may be wrong but, are you not showing all communities subscribed in the list, just the first page? I see 10 but im subbed to somewere closer to 50...

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah 10 I believe is the default limit on that API call. I'll increase that in the next release!

[–] theory@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

There is a maximum for the limit, you'll need to do actual pagination

[–] Hovercat90@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hey, i like your app a lot! Jerboa doesnt work on my Motorola, so i installed your app. Looks very nice and works well as a first impression!

I just want to tell you good luck, we are all counting on you! :D

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[–] olpappy@mander.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm able to sign in but no posts populate the feed. Also only a small amount of my subscriptions show up in the sidebar.

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[–] CreepyRainbow@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm very thankful to you! I wanted a nice app to browse lemmy and I found your app a couple of days ago! I've had a very nice experience so far

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks @CreepyRainbow@beehaw.org! I'm glad you're enjoying it.

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