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Limbo for Lemmy

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Limbo. It's another app for Lemmy.

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Join the Limbo for Lemmy beta on iOS (testflight.apple.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by limboapp to c/limbo

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Yes, it's yet another app for Lemmy.

Based heavily on the abandoned Lemmur project, with a few updates to make it run with the current API and some minor changes to the UI.

Written in Flutter, so although it's only available for iPhone and iPad right now, it does run on macOS and Android so releases for those platforms may be on their way.

I will be releasing the source once the app has gone through this beta testing phase.

Go and get it!

Let me know here of any issues or in the TestFlight build (long press on the icon). Once I've opened the source we can start using GitHub to track issues.

KNOWN ISSUES:

The app occasionally forgets who you are and mistakenly nags you to log in when trying to comment or vote.

Developers: interested in helping out? Experienced with Mobx, Provider and Freezed? Let me know!

Features:

Full featured for end users
Light Mode, Dark Mode, System Mode
Multiple accounts on multiple servers
Localisation (work in progress)
Full search support (posts, comments, users, communities)

A few screenshots to whet your appetite:

Viewing posts

Writing a post

Viewing a thread

Searching (in light mode)

iPad support!

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 years ago (1 children)

On behalf of The Mlem Team, welcome to the club ;)

[–] limboapp 6 points 2 years ago

Haha, I’m also ~~stealing ideas from~~ beta testing Mlem!

[–] MarsAgainstVenus 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I’m having issues upvoting posts. It tells me that I have to sign in even though I am already signed in. It occurs on local and foreign instances.

Edit 1: It’s also a little confusing that you have to tap the “edit” button to save a comment edit.

Edit 2: it also seems to be allowing me to see Beehaw posts even though I assume lemmy.world is still currently defederated from them.

[–] limboapp 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Hey, thanks for jumping in so quickly!

I saw that sign-in issue earlier but thought I had dealt with it, so thanks for letting me know.

Good point about the edit button too.

re visibility: if you click on the dropdown at the top of the home tab you'll see that there's an "Everything" category that means that it collates posts from across the various servers listed below, even if you don't have an account there. I think that this is a nice feature especially if defederations continue, but see that it's confusing as presented right now.

[–] MarsAgainstVenus 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Oh! I like that “Everything” option! I don’t have to visit the site now just to see what’s going on over there! Very nice feature! What happens if I try to comment?

Maybe if you had the All as default option and have a pop-up explaining what “Everything” is when people switch to it? It’s not really all that confusing, as long as it’s explained as you just did!

Edit again to add: this is the best iOS app currently! Great job getting it going!

[–] assembly 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Loving the app! For this issue, would it be best to change the error message to indicate that subbing is required to upvote and comment rather than the login error? Not sure if that’s how it works as I am a Reddit migrant but I like the everything view, just want to better understand how to use it.

[–] MarsAgainstVenus 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

It's another issue beyond just needing to subscribe. It appears that the Everything view is just a logged-out view of the fediverse. If you change to your @[email protected] user view, you can vote and comment just fine.

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[–] limboapp 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

What happens if I try to comment?

Hmm, I wonder if that's what causes the logon popup. I'll have a look at that tomorrow.

I agree that some of the UI is confusing. I'm quite wrapped up in it now so I'd forgotten which bits only make sense once they make sense, so it's good to get this feedback.

I'm so amazed that the developers of Lemmur stopped developing it just last year. I tried contacting them but nothing, so I hope that this fork highlights their great work.

[–] MarsAgainstVenus 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I switched to [email protected] and I’m able to upvote now so that might be it!

I’ve got to run so I don’t have time to do some testing but I just tried to comment on a kbin.social post and it showed that it double posted on the app so I deleted one. I went to it from the website and I only see my deleted comment now. So something weird is going on there, too.

[–] limboapp 3 points 2 years ago

Hmm not seen a double post before. Thanks.

[–] _finger_ 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah you can’t upvote to a community unless you’re subbed, makes sense.

[–] corky 5 points 2 years ago

Whoa this is the best Lemmy app I’ve tried so far! It feels extremely polished for a beta! Amazing!

[–] cod 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Very excited to test this out! Always good to have more options. Just started but already I’m liking the search function and the general look to the app. I’ll continue testing and let you know what I think!

Edit: Okay I’m really impressed. The account tab is awesome. Is there a discord for this app yet? You should make one if not and link it so we can join. I’ll be watching development of this app very closely, this looks extremely promising

Edit 2: Yeah I know how annoying multiple edits is, sorry. Anyway, just wanted to chime in with a couple suggestions. First of all, in the AMOLED dark mode, I feel the posts could be separated like they are in standard dark mode, with the same grey shade as with the footer (whatever it’s called). Right now, with the AMOLED mode it’s hard to tell two separate bodies apart from each other just by quickly looking at them. Second, default sorting modes could be improved. I’d suggest separate sorting for posts and comments (so for example, default sorting posts by hot/day with default sorting of comments in a post by top rated and default sorting of comments on a profile page to new).

[–] limboapp 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Thanks for the feedback! I'm not a Discord user so I'll stick with this community for the moment. If that changes, I'll be looking for advice on how to proceed 😉

I just had a look at the AMOLED mode and see what you mean. I'll have a play about with that theme and see what I can do.

I understand the point about sorting. I'm still trying to get my head around it so keep watching!

[–] cod 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I wish you the best of luck! Of the three apps I’ve tried, this one has had the most promising initial build

[–] limboapp 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, it's a shame that Lemmur got abandoned just as Lemmy's time was coming.

[–] cod 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Memmy looks extremely promising now too, they’ve got some cool stuff coming as well. Mlem seems to have been lagging behind now compared to the competition, though it’s also got some cool features on the horizon. Things are looking good for Lemmy!

[–] limboapp 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes, I think they will be adding features at quote a pace for a while now, while I just want to ensure that Limbo is robust enough for everyday use as my first priority. Looking reasonably good from the feedback so far, though there is some work to do.

[–] cod 2 points 2 years ago

It’s a very pretty app to be sure. Lots of functionality as well. I have high hopes for you!

[–] Kovu 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

oh very nice! excited to help testing!

[–] limboapp 4 points 2 years ago

Glad to have you on board!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hi! This is great, could this be worked as a team with zach who's making an android version based on the same code?

link to github

[–] limboapp 2 points 2 years ago

That's great, thanks for pointing me to him, I'll get in touch!

[–] ItsYourBoyHalo 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Wow! I can't wait for the Android version.

[–] limboapp 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Let me get to the point where I'm reasonably comfortable there's no terrible issues and I'll start looking at that side of things!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

I look forward to it. Lemmur is still in the play store, taunting me...

[–] ColdAcanthaceae 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

So far so good! Functionally, I think it's one of the best ones on IOS now (testing Mlem and Memmy as well).

The only think I'm not crazy about is the UI styling... The rounded boxes with shadows for posts are looking pretty weird (maybe just a little bit spacing between the edge for some room to breathe?). Otherwise I'm a fan of simple boxed approach.

Anyway, keep up the good work and keep them updates coming! 😀

[–] limboapp 3 points 2 years ago

Yeah I think there's some UI thinking to be done. I just want to ensure that the functionality all works as intended first!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Really like it so far. I was able to log in with no problems and am commenting from it now.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Will you be working the kbin api into the app? that's where I've been building my subscriptions, but I guess I can rebuild over on lemmy

[–] limboapp 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

To be honest, that's low on my priorities at the moment, but once core functionality has been shown to be in good order, we can start thinking about the best approach to such features.

[–] rosa666parks 2 points 2 years ago

That’s a really good way of doing things and not shoveling shit that breaks the app.

[–] kevtav 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Great work. Loving the search feature.

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[–] sputtersalt 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Thank you so much for putting your time + effort into this! I'm enjoying Limbo so far :)

Is there a specific place to put suggestions/requests? I'd love to be able to filter out or block words (rather than just people + communities), and it would be great to be able to collapse replies + not have to scroll through lengthy reply chains if you don't want to.

[–] limboapp 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is the best place to get my attention!

Filter request understood and sounds doable.

Collapse replies -- long press on the comment :-)

[–] sputtersalt 2 points 2 years ago

Awesome, thank you!

[–] Techie 2 points 2 years ago

Great work, thanks a lot for making this!

[–] jennluvzboo 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh wow, this is great, thank you so much! I was having a really hard time reading things on the mobile site.

[–] limboapp 2 points 2 years ago

That's interesting to know. I'm glad the app is a better experience for you!

[–] mamalapandu 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Looks promising. Feels much better than Mlem.

[–] limboapp 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Oh I'm sure Mlem will catch up very quickly 😀

[–] mamalapandu 2 points 2 years ago

All these apps keep getting significantly better almost every other day.

[–] small44 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Any plan for an android version

[–] limboapp 2 points 2 years ago

Once I'm ready to get to grips with how the Android development eco-system works...

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@limboapp I'm struggling to add my vanity Mastodon instance. Is it supported?

[–] limboapp 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hi, I'm not sure I understand the question. It's specifically a Lemmy client so unless you're also running a Lemmy instance this won't do anything for you...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

@limboapp Ah, sorry. I don't want to spin up my own Lemmy instance, and I use my Mastodon account to interact with Lemmy (yay Fediverse!)

What I'd like to do is easily comment/post on Lemmy instances with my Mastodon account. Right now it's a bit of a convoluted process that involves copying a URL from a Lemmy post, searching for it in Mastodon, and replying to the post I find in Mastodon.

[–] limboapp 1 points 2 years ago

I think you're waaay ahead of the curve here. It will be interesting to see what mind-blowing integrations people come up with hooking all these fediverse elements together, but for now I'm keeping the focus on getting up and running as a Lemmy client!

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