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None of them are very complete. The ones that are good are missing features and the ones that are complete aren't good. I'm using wefwef.app for the most part. Just navigate there in your browser and bammo! Instant app.
I was using wefwef, it looks nice but it's slow and has awkward UX. Every time I want to reply or vote, I have to take a second to think about which way to swipe
I think you're into something about not complete or not good - I was hoping to be one of the firsts, but building a solid foundation takes time - I could've gotten something out there a week ago, but I've got big plans - I want to build discovery and sorting into the app, I want to be able to pull from multiple servers at once, and I want users new to Lemmy to have their hands held as they pick a server. And obviously, it has to feel responsive
To do that I had to build a data store and coax high performance libraries to play nice. I was pulling posts and had the account switching working on day 1, but I didn't even start on posting until a couple days ago - and only after I made drafts that would reload when you go back
It's easy to build something rough, fast, or inefficient Building something polished means working on the foundations, building it up, and doing and redoing things as you consider what feels "right"
Give Flemmy a shot in a few days if you're on Android (more like a couple weeks on iphone). It's still early days and there will be bugs and missing features, but, now that the groundwork is solid, it's moving fast
I will check out Flemmy! Right now I'm replying to this using Liftoff, and that's only because when I tried to reply on Connect the reply text box wouldn't come up, and I was there only because Jerboa stopped working for me today entirely. So I'm still super open to trying new apps lol.
Though I don't blame devs at all for rushing to get apps out while users are still shopping around. Once people get set on an app, they'll need a lot more reason to change. I know I used BaconReader for a decade even though I'm sure it wasn't the objectively best one, because I'd gotten so used to it.
I've decided to go with Luna after everyone cringed when they heard the name.
I pushed it back to add features and increase the speed, but I'm now getting ready to start the beta. There's still a lot to do, but I've been using it exclusively for weeks, and my friend convinced me I was being ridiculous, and (a few rough edges aside) it does the basics solidly, plus stuff like filtering, saving your place, exploring any instance or community without logging out, and a configurable link replacer so you can go to nitter instead of Twitter
If you want an invite I'm going to be posting instructions on [email protected] in the near future, I'd also love feedback and feature requests