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The app has an amazing experience so far, because it feels like I'm just using Apollo, heaps of baked in features that no other app has so far. It's a web app so installation is pretty forward. Much love to the Devs!

(Side note: please change the name to something better. I recommend the name Voyager to keep up with the theme)

Installation:

https://wefwef.app/settings/install

WefWef's community page: c/wefwef

https://lemmy.world/c/wefwef

Courtesy of [email protected] for telling us about it.

Update:

Having issues? It's to do with rate limitations, this should be resolved soon but right now you can Use:

https://w.opnxng.com/settings/install

Here's the Dev's notes on that:

w.opnxng.com - wefwef hosted by Opnxng in Singapore.

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Note: Community deployments are NOT maintained by the wefwef team. They may not be synced with wefwef's source code. Please do your own research about the host servers before using them.

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[–] aeharding 97 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (12 children)

EDIT: This is now resolved, because @[email protected] is awesome.


hi! wefwef dev here.

https://wefwef.app is getting rate limited by lemmy.world. The growth in traffic over the last 24 hours has been incredible.

That's why you're probably getting error messages. Hang in there, we're working it out. :-)

In the meantime, self host (it's just a simple docker container!) or use a community deployment (if you trust the administrator).

[–] ruud 61 points 2 years ago (6 children)

hi! lemmyworld admin here.

If I did it right, wefwef.app should no longer be rate-limited. Please let me know if it worked.

[–] aeharding 19 points 2 years ago

You rock! 🤘

[–] Demigod787 13 points 2 years ago

Like a charm!

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Your app is really good. Well done!

Its not only miles better than the default mobile experience on Lemmy, it is also has features like swiping that I have never seen used on a web app before.

Do you have some kind of roadmap of features that will be added?

Some things I think would add to the experience are:

  • Previews of comments/posts
  • Sorting by Top day, week, month, ect
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[–] [email protected] 47 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I like Memmy, but Wefwef is great too!

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[–] Itshaysus 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Apollo just died, deleted app and now I’m here. Goodbye Reddit

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[–] g0zer 34 points 2 years ago (6 children)

6+ year Apollo user here and I tried a bunch of apps prior to this one that just didn’t quite have the UI and features I was looking for. If you used Apollo, you’ll feel 100% at home on WefWef; it’s almost identical.

Weird name but it’s really an amazing app, it was the final thing to click and made lemmy a full Reddit replacement for me.

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[–] sudo_shinespark 32 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Whoa. I’ve been using Memmy lately but this one is like a carbon copy of Apollo. Will there be the feature to see saved posts soon?

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[–] claymore 30 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (3 children)

feels weird having an iOS centric UI on android but I'm loving it so far

it even respects my phone's dark mode!

[–] spaceduck 22 points 2 years ago (5 children)

On Android as well, this feels better than a lot of native apps. I really missed Apollo after switching to Android and this project makes me happy.

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[–] Demigod787 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Edit title: Best Lemmy app*

[–] adambowles 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You can edit titles on Lemmy 👍

[–] Demigod787 13 points 2 years ago

Done. Still Reddit mentality.

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[–] Aethon 25 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Just saved this to my home screen, am I right in saying that it's just a webapp and not a full blown app? Seems to work fine so far!

[–] tdawg 16 points 2 years ago (6 children)

It’s what’s known as a “progressive web app.” A weird in-between of a native app and a web app

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[–] CosmicCleric 25 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

Swipe a little to the right to vote up.

Swipe a lot to the right to vote down.

Swipe to the left to delete.

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[–] JesusTheCarpenter 23 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I agree with all the things you said. Including changing this weird name.

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[–] Oursunisdying 23 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It’s absolutely amazing. The thing I’m missing the most though is to be able to customize gestures/swiping like on Apollo. I’m so used to upvoting/downvoting by swiping left, and going back one page by swiping right, from wherever I swipe (on Apollo I only reply by long pressing a comment).

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[–] Yetidpm 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It’s so weird how eerily similar it is to Apollo haha, but I’m more than happy to use it. I’m using Memmy at the moment, first day using Lemmy!

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[–] heliumlake 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

How did they nail the Apollo look and feel in a web app? Incredible. Been on the Mlem testflight but this is just soooo familiar. I hope this gets an official app on the app store!

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[–] ImDonaldDunn 17 points 2 years ago

You weren’t kidding. This is amazing!

[–] notatoad 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This is astoundingly good. Like, I didn't know webapps could be this nice. It's kind of amazing.

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[–] gornar 16 points 2 years ago (2 children)

This is so fantastic, it really does have that Apollo feel. I had my doubts with it being a webapp, but it's so comfortable and familiar, I've switched to it....despite the name, heh

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[–] ThatGirlKylie 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Just installed it to my Home Screen. Acts just like an app. I’m new to these web app type things and spaced instances, but baby steps.

This already seems a lot better than Reddit.

[–] itsJoelleScott 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

For me it's spooky to be using "Apollo" on my Pixel.

I hope his PixelPals app does well :(

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[–] moosh 16 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Thunder and Memmy both have swipe interactions as well and they’re not web apps.

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[–] btmoo 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

omg it's Apollo! (without keyboard shortcuts)

[–] Demigod787 17 points 2 years ago

TIL Apollo had keyboard shortcuts

[–] tdawg 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Man, this is instantly better. Just wish the text editor had better support for markdown

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[–] Anticorp 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I agree, I just wish it ran smoother and was more reliable. I'm experiencing a lot of "failed to load", "failed to upvote", and "failed to comment". A community you can't engage with is no community at all.

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[–] adsmatic 15 points 2 years ago

Best web app I’ve ever seen. Thank you!

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

I love it! The Lemmy web interface was acting a bit wonky at times, this is a great improvement.

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

Just downloaded it because of this post and I gotta say, it's fucking brilliant.

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[–] spaceduck 14 points 2 years ago

(Side note: please change the name to something better. I recommend the name Voyager to keep up with the theme)

+1 for Voyager!

[–] WFH 13 points 2 years ago

Wow nice! I just replaced the Apollo icon on my Home Screen with this.

Looks great and feels like Apollo!

[–] tartan 13 points 2 years ago

Just stumbled upon this app a couple of hours ago and….. holy shit it’s just like Apollo! Excellent stuff.

[–] good_hunter 12 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I’m so confused. How can it be so rich without being a full blown app? I have been enjoying Memmy, but can’t really find what separates the two.

[–] wutBEE 15 points 2 years ago

Lots of improvements to web app support in the past few years have largely gone unnoticed since, overall, not much effort really goes into deploying proper web apps. Installing an app from the App Store is also simpler then “installing” a web app. I personally prefer native.

I share the same shock over Wefwef though, blows me away is an incredibly strong example of what web apps can now do. It’s still missing a number of things from Apollo, but that it seemingly came together as polished as it is now in just a week or three is stunning.

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[–] AllYourSmurf 11 points 2 years ago (4 children)

So when I login to an instance, am I sending my credentials through the wefwef.app server? Because that makes me nervous.

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[–] Spazztastik 10 points 2 years ago

It really does feel like I'm using Apollo!

[–] d0m 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Incredible app! Never realized a web app could be so sexy.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Very Apollo like. Lightweight. As mentioned in above comment, I am also wondering about the username and password but I am not a code reader so I will trust the community to confirm.

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[–] generalpotato 9 points 2 years ago

Oh my god, this looks incredible. Thanks for this!

[–] sethal 9 points 2 years ago

Absolutely the closest thing to Apollo. Hoping all the customizations Apollo had come next!

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