This will definitely change the game for me. Jerboa has been a nice stop-gap, but as a paid Boost user previously, I'll be jumping back in with Lemmy too.
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I didn't have any problem paying before and I won't have any problem paying for it again.
Yep, same. I have some expectations how the UI should behave (like boost did) and I'm certain Ruben managed to copy the UX to the new boost.
Well, the code was remade from scratch in order to be fully compatible with Lemmy. I guess that Infinity for Everything (formerly it was a Reddit client) will be compatible fully with kbin and Lemmy.
Thunder for Lemmy
Afaik Infinity for Everything is a fork. Unfortunately, the official app is still a Reddit-only client.
I've tried jerboa, liftoff, andd connect. While they all work none of them do everything I want and they all have weird quirks.
The more lemmy apps that comeabout the better.
Thunder for Lemmy has been pretty decent so far.
That's the best compromise for me but it still have some quirks too : the search function is still limited, gesture-only interactions is weird and a few features are missing like deleting posts, jumping to a comment from your notifications, ...
Scrolling for me is terribly choppy. Can't use it, gives me a headache
The latest nightly on GitHub made some big performance leaps, would highly recommend checking it out!
Awesome thanks for the heads up! Will check it out
Does connect have search comment feature (Ctrl+F on browser basically)? RIF had that feature.
Liftoff has been great so far, but if this can have anywhere near the polish of its reddit counterpart, I'll have no issues switching. I really want that compressed mode. Looks like RiF almost
Absolutely. That compressed old-reddit view is what I used to use in boost all the time.
Not sure what version you're on, but the "compact" view in Liftoff now (I'm on version 0.10.9) is actually compact:
I gotta agree with this. I was a RiF user for some years. So far I have Connect, Thunder and Liftoff. Of the three apps; Liftoff has provided the closest I have to the RiF experience. Boost doesn't look that much different, but I'm gonna give it a shot seeing as how many peoples on here sing Boost's praises
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Never for the life of me understood why Boost wasn't mentioned alongside the other popular apps. It's perfect. The only one I've used. All of my internal monologue feedback about Jerboa and Wefwef can be categorized under "Be Boost."
Man. I just looked at the preview pictures of boost for Lemmy in the play store and it looks so freaking good.
I absolutely cannot wait.
I was looking forward to it but after i saw the data collection section i gave up.
Excellent, can't wait!
We are more than ready to take off, pre-registered on the play store from the start!!
If you need beta testers, let us know! Used Boost for Reddit for years, can't wait for Boost for Lemmy!
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I honestly don't know which app I'm gonna end use it, I never feel this way with Reddit clients but between Thunder, Voyager, Sync and Boost for Lemmy I can't really chose, am I a psycho because I'm actually thinking in cycle them?
I'm cycling through 5 right now: Jerboa, Liftoff, Thunder, Connect, and Voyager.
They all seem to be improving so quickly, that I end up being unable to decide. I was on mostly Jerboa, but now I'm mostly on voyager. I like being able to selfhost it.
You should settle on Liftoff because some of my code is running in it!
Or not. But it'd be pretty cool if you did.
I'm mostly between Connect and Voyager, but as a close option Summit and then Thunder.
I feel Thunder has the best UI of all, but it is missing the mark as read post while scroll and hide read posts, those are key features for me and both the other three implements them in a good way.
I really really like Voyager and its breakneck release schedule but it's definitely missing stuff that a native app would have, like notifications.
Yeah, definitely, I still have hopes dev releases a proper app for Android (and iOS) it would be a killer app for sure.
Not at all. I cycle through three right now.
I guess this would be as good a place as any to ask this...
The only app I used for Reddit was BaconReader, and I loved it so I paid for premium. Does anyone know if the developers are making a Lemmy alt? Or which app will give me the closest BR feel?
I don't recall seeing anything about a Lemmy version in their subreddit leading up to the exodus unfortunately. As a former user myself, I did move to Boost eventually but for now I use Liftoff or Connect to get close to that feel. Definitely give Boost a shot once it's out too. You can pre-signup on the app store.
I moved from bacon reader to boost when it first came out. Ruben even implemented a feature I asked for on the same day!
Boost is a better bacon than bacon IMO.
Nice
The rocket has landed
Looking forward to trying it! I'm going in with an open mind and definitely not expecting the experience to be as flawless as the original since even Lemmy itself is still in development.
Can't wait to see boost for Lemmy in action. Infinity was my favorite but boost was second.
hope baconreader makes a lemmy client as well
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Is the app going to be open sourced? Please be
Probably not. It's harder to make money on an app when the code is publically available.
Ayyyyyy
Can't wait
This is great! Can't wait! Thank you for all your hard work!
boost for kbin ? boost was my goto for reddit and would support it again if available for kbin
The fuck does it need location data for?
Clicking on details specifies that it's the Coarse Location, with the reason given being statistics and marketing. Which makes sense, you might want to know the coarse location for user statistics. Now of course the user selects whether to share these or not, but if your app can support that, it has to declare the permissions on the store.
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