cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/1249875

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https://testflight.apple.com/join/6jaRU6rD

Please leave feedback either here or on GitHub.

Note this is very much a work in progress still and this is very barebones. I plan to continue work and submit nightly builds on TestFlight, so be on the lookout for the new releases.

Happy scrolling!

  • Lloir@lemmy.0x3d.uk
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    This looks amazing!!

    Are you able to convert into Android too??

    nvm ignore my comment, i saw the option to compile for Android!

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      I’m not the dev but I think that’s the intention based on the readme on GitHub.

      It’s written in Expo/React Native which means it’ll be easier to support both iOS and Android.

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        Yup. I took it for a spin on a simulator and things are about 90% functional out of the box. There’s some weird scaling issues with the text, but I believe that to be the patchwork way I’m rendering the markdown right now. Once I finish the markdown parser it should be the same across both platforms.

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    2 years ago

    Always great to have more options! But this seems very similar to Mlem in terms of goals (Apollo like). Why not combine efforts?

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      Underlying technology is completely different. One is Swift, one is React. It talks about this on the GitHub.

      This is one of those cases where two is better than one, because not everyone can contribute to a Swift app, and multiple projects isn’t splitting effort, it’s bringing on people who wouldn’t otherwise be involved at all.

      Plus, probably worth having a few going just because there is so much activity now. Mlem is moving a little slower than I had hoped so while I’d prefer a native Swift iOS app, this one is already a little more functional and it’s the first release.

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        Those are some of the main reasons. Also, the fact that it can be easily released as an Android build as well is nice, especially for users who would want a more Apollo-like feel on android devices. I have not personally tested Jeroba, but from screenshots I have seen (while it does look great!) it doesn’t have the same look as some of the old Reddit apps.

        Bottom line is this is a huge preference thing. I don’t want to take anything at all away from Mlem. If you know Swift and think you can contribute to that project then by all means you should! Looks like a great project. Glad that there’s so many people working on things for Lemmy already!

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        Great! Thanks for clarifying. Definitely; more is better. Just based on the limited information available it wasn’t clear to me how this one was different.

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      Because some of us saps don’t have a phone capable of iOS 16+ which is what Mlem is targeting. Memmy runs great.

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    2 years ago

    Thanks for the cross post! Please feel free to let me know if you guys run into any issues!

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      2 years ago

      I was having such a good experience with Memmy I thought others should know about it too. The daily improvements have been amazing, keep up the great work!

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        Not him, but I like how stable it is compared to Mlem. But UX wise I still like Mlem better for now. But good to see two apps already like this, both really good so far.

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        Faster, smoother, clearly caches more aggressively so much less halting when scrolling, smaller fonts so more compact interface.

        Both are so early in development though it’s basically irrelevant. Tomorrow Mlem could push a new build that includes their new interface that I’ve seen in the GitHub PRs and I’ll be back to that one. For now it’s just like Mastodon was, using all of the apps and seeing which one ends up fleshing out into a fully functional experience.

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    Gonna give this app a try! Cannot see a clear search feature. Other than that looks very clean!

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      I have something in the works and should have it released today or tomorrow.

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    This looks great! Does it work with kbin.social accounts as well?

    Edit: never mind, I should have read all the comments first. Looking forward to seeing how this app progresses!

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    Love it so far! Like some others here, I’d also love to see kbin integration if that’s possible. Thanks for putting this together!

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    It looks great! I’m definitely taking it for a spin and will create an issue on GH if I find any.

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    Using it now to post this comment. I’m really liking it, it’s very smooth. Wish there was compact view but I’m sure its coming soon. I might switch over from mlem

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    @gkd@lemmy.world This looks like a fantastic start! As an Apollo user it’s a very familiar experience.

    At the very least I’ll try to test and submit bug reports. If I can find the time I’ll try to do some development too. (I could do with a React side-project…)

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    I like this a lot and can tell there was a lot of work put into it. Only suggestion so far is to make it obvious in the top bar whether you’re looking at a local, subscribed, or federated sort right next to Hot, Top, etc.

    I will keep using this, thanks for posting!

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    It’s great to see more clients popping up. While the basic design of the feed and comment section are well thought out, I still prefer a native Swift UI application to a React Native application. I get why it’s using React Native, but still.

    Great job though!