I did a poll and nearly 30% of the people who voted said they used Sync! It’s stayed around that percent the whole time too!
EDIT: Here is the poll I forgot to put this here like five times lol https://strawpoll.com/wby5A21R1yA
I used Sync with Reddit, so it was a very natural transition for lemmy.
But I also noticed that between it, Connect, and Jerboa, it’s the only one that has smooth scrolling in the comments. Connect and Jerboa are really janky even scrolling comments.
Smooth scrolling makes me feel sick so that is more of a benefit when using Jerboa.
Sync is the reason I left Reddit and joined Lemmy!
That said, the new pricing options scared me away (you can’t tag users unless you get the super expensive one? Why? I used to be able to on the Reddit app) so I’ve been using Jerboa. It’s not as good as Sync (maybe 80% as good, for my purposes at least), but it’s free and getting better all the time.
I hate this too. Ultra is already worth it without having to lock a basic tagging feature behind it.
I’vr never used sync on reddit. What’s the workflow of user tagging? Do you get to create a sort of local database of types of accounts?
You could add a little tag beside their username saying whatever you wanted it to. It was great if you found someone to be particularly helpful or knowledgeable about something and then would see them pop up in other places. I remember tagging that guy who really knew vacuums for e.g… Or maybe there’s some other little quirk. I’ve forgotten the username of the dude who didn’t want to shit for three days here on Lemmy and definitely would’ve tagged them as such.
Now that I think about it, I remember seeing how many times I’d upvoted people beside their name too (was that in the app or an RES thing?) which is another nice little feature.
Connect has user tagging and is free
Interesting, I might have to give that app a try!
If only the developer of Relay had jumped to Lemmy as well.
Thunder is the closest I’ve found to Relay!
Sync seems great, but it has three Google trackers included, so I’m not using it. Jerboa, Connect and Voyager are great, but they all have some downsides. My keyboard is weird in Jerboa, Connect does not allow me to sort by subscribed and Voyager’s comment-upvote system is a bit clunky, being hidding behind another tap. Also, Voyager’s UI generally looks like it’s made for iPhone, which is not what I’m looking for. But for the moment I’ll stick with it.
Ad free version removes the trackers
I have the Duck Duck Go app for Android and it has a tracker blocker feature. It has to utilize a local VPN though , so if you use a VPN you can’t use that at the same time. But, the app blocks known trackers for all apps. I love it
Oh man I didn’t realize the problem of Google trackers, I guess it’s time to uninstall it then, even though it’s really slick.
Just downloaded Voyager to give it a try, and there’s an “Androud UI” toggle in the settings
You’re right!
I think this would be more useful if it separated the results by platform (android, ios, web). Sync is the top result, but it’s android exclusive.
That would be interesting to see the breakdown
Hello, i am curious to know where you have published the poll to collect responces, as it could wildly influence the result. Which instances, communities, external sites?
It was near the top of everything, or whatever we call /r/all over here, that’s where I saw it. I think it was in a technology community, but not 100% sure.
It was a “straw poll” (some external poll website) that was posted earlier somewhere around here. I remember voting on it
It’s crazy to me how small the Jereboa usage is. It didn’t collect or share data and has a great interface. What are these other apps giving that makes you want to use them? Genuinely curious on what I’m missing out on.
Give sync a try
You seem biased, ha
App seems nice and I have no complaints with it but it’s not FOSS and it has ads. It would be cool if there were easy ways to make revenue off of FOSS that dosen’t rely on donations so I understand why it would be proprietary.
^ It’s honestly amazing! (not to say others aren’t, just my personal favorite of the ones I’ve tried)
I used Jerboa until Sync came out.
I liked it fine, no specific complaints I guess except that there was a lot of “jank” for lack of a better word. It just behaved weirdly sometimes, would be unstable, and had odd interfaces for certain tasks.
I would not actively recommend against it, but Sync came along and felt like someone refined Jerboa. It was an easy and natural switch.
Yes this is my main complaint too with Jerboa, scrolling just feels sluggy, I tried to look into the issue/source-code, but couldn’t find the source of it. When Sync came out, everything was buttery smooth and I was sold (though I’m not the biggest fan of the interface, maybe I’ll switch to an open-source client again, when there’s a more robust less sluggish client again).
I mostly use Sync but keep Jerboa installed and every so often play with it as well. They are very similar, but Sync feels more fluent and polished, Jerboa has this “Android 2.1” feel to it
Well, “great interface” is debatable. It is decent, but far from being comparable to Sync. It feels like an Android app that hasn’t received a UI update in quite a bunch of years.
I was using Jerboa can’t remember why I switched to liftoff but it is better I think.
I tried Jerboa and Connect after the Red exodus. They were both alright, but it was still too different from the RIF app that I used on Red. Sync really closed the gap, and feels almost indistinguishable from RIF now.
Sync here! Although I confess it’s only until Boost gets dropped. I like Sync but after using Boost for years it just feels really odd to me to use this app. Not a single complaint, it’s just personal preference.
Like Lemmy is to Reddit, FOSS clients are to paid alternatives.
The only way I can see to stay clear of business practices I don’t like is to support the FOSS model.
I’m not saying Sync isn’t a good client, or that the dev has anything other than the best intersts of his users in mind, it’s that at any point a decision can be made which you have no control over. Service models for software, for example, very rarely seems to be in the users interests.
Give the FOSS clients a shot, they are also constantly improving!
There’s a big difference which is that clients have minimal lock in. Reddit has a monopoly over the community while you can easily switch clients with little lost.
But switching clients means wasting your time learning a different app and getting used to different UI. I wouldn’t like to switch from Connect at this point even though it’s a bit buggy so I think client does matter a lot. Reddit APIcalypse was all about clients and if I didn’t care about the client I would still use Reddit with RedReader. Or if I cared even less I would use Reddit app.
FOSS doesn’t solve the need to occasionally switch clients. FOSS is sometimes abandoned or something better comes along.
I installed both Jerboa and Liftoff and ended up on Sync.
I run Linux and 99% foss software on PC and same on phone.
Sync was the only android client I tried that was usable. The keyboard bug in jerboa was maddening
I was similar with Jerboa first then Sync despite being mostly a Bacon user at Reddit. I tried Sync just before the Hoopla started.
I found the sensitive swipe gestures of Jerboa difficult as there was no way to turn them off so when Sync came along it became the default for me as the swipe features don’t cause as issue for me.
What keyboard bug? I haven’t run into it, and I’ve been using it for months.
idk if the other commenter experienced the same bug as I did, but for me, deleting characters in the comment text box would also delete the last space. So, for example, if I typed “idk if the other commenzr”, and I started deleting the ‘r’ and then ‘z’, the text would turn into "“idk if the othercommen”. It would just keep going like that. Otherwise Jerboa is fantastic though, but it get’s annoying fast.
Yeah that’s the one
If you type a word then backspace to correct spelling it removes the space from the word before it. Basically smooshing everything together
I may have xome later to both, I find either very usable + no ads
it’s that at any point a decision can be made which you have no control over
This is true for any software you didn’t write. Plenty of FOSS software has gone in directions I didn’t like.
The only real difference is whether decision makers have a profit motive. That’s important, but that said, it’s not everything.
And at any time you or someone else who is likewise pissed off can fork the software and put it straight
That’s really not a valid argument for 99% of users. I’m not going to fork FOSS software because I’m an adult and have a full time job. I don’t have the time to learn about the inner workings of the software to fix it. Most users are less tech savvy than myself, anyways. Saying “just fork it and fix it to your liking” to the average person is not realistic.
If you’re not happy with the software there’s a good chance others are also dissatisfied and van make the chage, this happens all the time. Perhaps some of them are children without a full time job and don’t mind spending time understanding something ;-) The point I’m making is that the users of the software have an additional option not available to closed source software.
Using Sync and Connect, prefer the latter.
Anything in particular?
Not sure, just like the feel of Connect better (and it works on some older devices!)
When I left reddit, I tried Jerboa for lemmy. Honestly, if Sync didn’t become available some time later, I would definitely not be here.
I use Sync now but it’s just not quite RIF. I’m sorry.
Three Cheers for Tildes is closer (same dev) but Lemmy is a bit busier.
Where did you link the poll? Cause some communities might trend more towards certain apps (ones that migrated from reddit for example).
[email protected], which according to lemmyverse.net is the biggest community on Lemmy so it shouldn’t have too much bias
Edit: for some reason lemmyverse.net doesn’t show every instance, browse.feddit.de shows it as the third biggest which doesn’t change much but still
You are talking about instance and OP said he’s used the biggest(actually 3rd) community which does not require its users to be from lemmy.ml So I don’t see your point
You do know the difference between communities and instances, right? And you do know how federation works, right? Also, based on where you look, [email protected] is either the largest or one of the three largest communities on lemmy, so I don’t think there’s much bias in there
Boost for lemmy is now out, might wanna redo that poll.
Maybe, I don’t wanna spam though
Doesn’t even have mark as read on scroll. I think I’ll pass
How is Photon UI not included in the poll? Photon is a a web UI and is so much better than current web UI.
It is, there are way more options on the actual poll
Oops. Missed it.
There are so many options it’s easy to miss one haha
You can all welcome Boost for Lemmy now too!
Congrats! I’ll have to check it out!
