Memes @lemmy.ml

1y ago

Firefox + uBlock Origin > Apps

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the problem is mobile, using browser there sucks
- Try using wefwef.app It’s a great mobile browser friendly way to access Lemmy.
  
  @atomWood @MaxElFantasma Recently renamed to Vger I think. https://vger.app
  
  Easier to remember the m.lemmy.world link, should work for any instance afaik
- The solution is Linux Mobile, where browser becomes the only option as apps don't tend to be available, but it's a full fledged browser so it can use all the appropriate addons. Typing this from my PinePhone Pro with keyboard case, postmarketOS, LibreWolf with the same addon set that I have on my desktop and laptop because Firefox Sync keeps everything synced together.
  
  I mean, Waydroid exists, and so do native Linux Lemmy apps.
- You can install Firefox Nightly and setup an addon collection on the FF website and use pretty much all desktop addons on your mobile Firefox browser. Then you can install TamperMonkey and search GreasyFork for custom usercripts that add enhancements to the website.
  So, no, it's not a problem.
  
  Good advice but too smug for my taste. I give this post a C- and a downvote.
  
  Or, I could just hit download in the play store and sign in. It's great you can do that. Not everyone wants to go through that effort though.
  
  Or I could install Voyager and have a better user experience in 5 seconds. I love Firefox but the mobile experience is highly dependent on the care a site puts into their mobile site.
- Heck, I'm even using Voyager on my "desktop setup" iPad!
- PWA's are the happy place in-between browser and app on mobile. Voyager is great, especially when installed as a PWA.
- DuckDuckGo is magical.

I’m using memmy on iOS, it’s still on TestFlight: https://github.com/Memmy-App/memmy (click on “join the group”)
- Memmy’s on the App Store now. It does still have a TestFlight if there are any spots available but the app store’s version is currently up to date.
  
  Thanks, I didn’t know that 😃
- Been real happy with Memmy. It’s getting closer to Apollo every day
  
  Yeah just a few things different but overall the aesthetic is very pleasing. Took forever for me to figure out how to mark a comment as “read” to get rid of the badges (slide left).
  
  Working pretty decent already. I would absolutely love an optimized layout option for the iPad however.
- Theres also an official release in the app store if you don’t want test flight version.
- Another +1 for Memmy. It has been my Apollo replacement.
- !memmy@lemmy.ml kicks ass 💯
- I have both Memmy and Mlem and I switch between them every time one releases an update to see who's better.
  
  I've tried Mlem on and off, but Memmy and Voyager run circles around it in functionality. I'm sure the developer drama didn't help anything either. I do hope Mlem catches up, because more options are never a bad thing.

browser on pc, app on phone
- I use Native Alpha to avoid apps on mobile
  Edit: misspelling

Nah, apps are better. There aren't any ads in the Lemmy apps I have installed on iOS, so uBlock Origin is irrelevant.
The UI is much better on apps in general.
Memmy on iOS is amazing and much better than using any browser.

Jerboa on Android is pretty solid imo
- Happy with Jerboa so far. Excited for Sync to come back as a Lemmy app.
- Try connect as well, made the switch yesterday and already loving the new features
- But my instance hasn't updated so I'm stuck with thunder

Liftoff is a better app experience than I ever had using any options for Reddit. It's fanatastic. It's far, far better than a browser experience as well.
- Liftoff is my daily driver, Voyager is also great. It's awesome how many open source Lemmy apps are in active development right now.
  
  it's really great. I'm using connect on android, because it's similar to RIF. But the beautiful thing is we have choice. I really hope you enjoy your lemmy experience on whatever app makes you happy.
- Sync is still my favorite app for Reddit. And now I'm waiting Sync for lemmy.
  In the meantime I'll be using liftoff. Seem like it's pretty close to sync, but no as good as sync.
- I grabbed liftoff after reading about the early access when using web interface. I'm sure it is missing some features, but it does "just work", so I'm pretty happy with it.

Connect is at a stage where it could rival those now defunct mature 3PA Reddit apps
- Using connect here too. Really enjoy using it.
- The amount of features is insane! Mark as read on scroll, blocking instances, etc are super useful!
- Amen! Very happy with the app too :)
  
  It has been fixed in v0.97
- My only gripe is pinch zooming in on images/moving the image around backs me out of the image

What? No. Lemmy web is clunky. Try an app bruh.

I’ve tried Browser and also Apps, Lemmy feels better via apps imo

Connect, feels closes to boost. Until we have boost
- It will come out. It's currently available to pre-register.

When your Phones 1.5GB of RAM are always 1.3GB full and your CPU almost always at 100%, because you are running Android 11 (LineageOS) on a Phone from almost 10 years ago, then Jerboa starts to be quite a bit faster than Fennec (especially with uBlock₀)

I use wefwef.app/Voyager on FF. I don't believe ublock does anything though since its not an Ad based service
- Ublock will let you block just about anything, for instance if you're seeing too many posts from a specific instance ex: @leddit.danmark.party, this filter will block the entire instance lemmy.world##.post-listing:has-text(@leddit.danmark.party)
  Credit to this post and @linuxFan@vlemmy.net via @sp6
  
  Can’t save comments so replying to save this
- uBlock Origin doesn't do anything in this case, but it's more of a general statement of my browsing setup
- I'm using ublock to block large media elements when I'm running low on data :)
- I’ve been switching between those two as well. Theres a couple features I prefer on wefwef but in general the memmy app seems smoother
- The m.lemmy.world and vger.app links also work

On mobile, I tried FFox and Chrome... Worked like garbage. I switched to Connect and I am happy now.
- What exactly is the problem with browser. Do people just have a high expectation of a platform, or am I just too used to the browser experience?
  
  I think it may be down to the UI, for example I preferred Relay for Reddit over the other offerings because the UI just felt more natural to me and that of course always going to be down to the individual user
- I was using Connect until I have found that there are trackers(via DuckDuckGo app) in it from Facebook. Trackers are common in apps, but if there are options available which give same experience without trackers, I will choose those options.
  
  This is probably not true. The app collects zero info according to the dev, the privacy policy, and the app store. The dev has stated that the trackers are from the sites you visit, not Connect itself
- Give wefwef.app a try in your mobile browser.

My personal preference is to use (preferably FLOSS) apps whenever possible. I just don't like the experience of a browser trying to act like a native application. This goes for desktop and mobile.
It'll never happen, but if there were a desktop lemmy app I would use it.
I know I'm (probably?) weird.
- I just installed the lemmy instance that I use as a "web app" via my browser on PC so it just acts like an app.

I will be the only person to agree and not suggest an app!
Unless there's some fantastic game-changing functionality provided by the app, I'm fine with the webpage. I have a pi-hole at home that further enhances the "no ads" experience.
I didn't use an app on reddit, either - old.reddit only! I left reddit and joined lemmy because fuck spez!
- The gamechanging functionality for me was being able to log in. Mobile, desktop, whatever. I click login, use my credentials, it says "logged in" and then asks me to log in again and warns down the right side of the website that I'm not logged in.
  Using an app, I can actually log the fuck in.
  
  That's fair. I'm definitely having to log in every couple days.
  But I'm also not on Lemmy as often / continuously as I was on reddit. That's been a nice change for me.
- Using Jerboa I get infinite scroll and a more usable layout. The website works ok, but there's lots of room for improvement.
  All the stuff at the top on lemmy web page gets turned into buttons on the top and bottom of my phone that I don't have to scroll up for. Vote buttons are big enough to hit easily. Titles flow on top of Images so I see more than a thumbnail without tapping.
  
  In my experience (large asterisk there), infinite scroll is great until you click a link, then hit back, and it doesn't resume where you were before so then you have to keep scrolling to get back to where you were before. Maybe the infinite scroll experience is better now than it was in the dark ages of new.reddit.
  Pagination just never really bugged me? It gives me a stopping point.
  
  Using Jerboa I get infinite scroll
  For me, this is a bug and not a feature.

When I used the web version of Lemmy, I wasn't able to find the subscribe button for communities.
- You tap the "side bar" text to expand it and you have a subscribe button.
  
  The best UX doesn't need to be explained

The stock interface is garbage though. Need them apps to streamline the experience.
- It's pretty damn excellent for a stock UI, and blows reddit out of the water. With that said I use Jerboa
  
  I use Voyager and old.lemmy
  
  Reddit webui is a really low bar though
  
  I'm also impressed with Jerboa.
- That's why I used RES
  
  Does Lemmy have RES? Is it called RES (lol)?

Yup, mobile Firefox runs beautifully and has all the features of the desktop version. I don't see a reason to get an app tbh.

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FTFY

I mostly browse on desktop, but wasn't a big fan of the main site, so I made my own one called Alexandrite that I think is more convenient to use. I use Voyager on my phone and I'm excited for Sync to release.
If anyone's curious here's one of my announcement posts, and another that includes mod tools.
- I use mlmym.org which is an Old Reddit style interface for Lemmy. Better than Old Reddit on mobile because it automatically reflows the sidebar to the bottom in vertical layout, though I use a PinePhone Pro with keyboard case so it's pretty much always horizontal.

I haven't dove into the Android app options and honestly, as an Android developer, I might just make my own.
- Check out liftoff before you do
  
  I'll check it out, thank you.

I'm still waiting for a community-based project of passion like Reddit Enhancement Suite.
Lemmy Enhancement Suite when?! lol
- Lemmy Enhancement Suite of Services.
  LESS is more.
  I'm not trademarking that, but please @me in the credits.
- The community-based project of passion to enhance lemmy is already here... it's lemmy.
  This isn't reddit. There isn't a big black box and company around the service that is preventing the community from making it what they want it to be.
  Sure there can be flavors, but I'd guess if there's the type of consensus around the usefulness as there is with RES, then why wait for a separate project to shoehorn features on top of lemmy when the folks behind lemmy seem quite receptive to contributions?
  
  That's not entirely true. One of the lead developers of Lemmy almost blocked infinite scrolling being implemented before the other lead developer stepped in and approved it. This can absolutely happen with other features, other features can get blocked.
  There's nothing wrong with having additional optional features through an addon, especially when those features are optional and also don't have to go through an approval process. That's the power of addons.

Posting from Thunder from Android, loving it!

I prefer Firefox and AdNauseum. I like seeing how the false ad clicks add up over time.
- Does Adnauseum actually work?
  
  Yup

Summit for Lemmy

kbin on iOS is my ‘app’ of choice, at least thus far.
- kbin on android+firefox is smooth af as well
- How many alternatives do you have for kbin on mobile?
  
  There’s one beta app called Artemis and the testing slots for ios are all full. Not sure about android.

The Lemmy mobile app is excellent. I never feel a need to download an app to browse on mobile.

I mean, you don't really need any addons if you're using the lemmy web, so I'd recommend going with addon-less bromite or "Webapps" from F-droid so u get better performance

I use voyager on android lol

I want features the web UI doesn't have, like an inage viewer with zoom gestures and a direct file share button.
Thunder has that, and as a foss app I will be able to add more stuff that I want, like easy toggling or dismissing of read posts, and more.

The trick for me has been diversification. Firefox replaced RIF.

That's the beauty of lemmy and other open protocols, you can experience it however you like. If you prefer the stock web experience, it's there, if you prefer an alternative web experience, it's there, if you prefer an app, there are several to choose from. If you don't like any of that, you can even spend some time and make your own crazy thing.

On iOS Memmy is a really good app given how new it is. Just found out about Bean which is really impressive for just entering TestFlight.

Brave Browser + uBlock Origin (for PC) Jerboa (for Mobile)

@dumbfox@lemmy.ml test

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