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Limbo app @lemmy.world

Join the Limbo for Lemmy beta on iOS

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:

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  • 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.

    • 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.

      • 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!

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

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

  • 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).

    • 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!

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

  • 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.

    • This is the best place to get my attention!

      Filter request understood and sounds doable.

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

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

    • Thank you. It's already my preferred way of using Lemmy even though I'm in the beta test programmes for apps with much better developers!

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

    • 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...

      • @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.

  • Hey so I'm really liking it so far, looks great, love the styling and all, but scrolling through the feed is a little stuttery. I did a screen recording, not sure if you can even see what I'm referring to in the recording as it seems so subtle there, but when using it on my iPhone it feels really jarring. Wonder if it's because I have a 120hz iPhone, not sure if Limbo supports or accounts for the 120hz devices?

    Either way it doesn't feel great to scroll at the moment:

    https://imgur.com/a/uNwCL1s

    • Yes, I don't think the original devs could ever have seen a post with more than a handful of comments. As soon as they mount up we do start to have issues. It will be a priority are for Liftoff! (see announcement here!)

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