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2y ago

To anyone that misses Reddit Slide; I may have a present for you soon

(yes, i know there are a lot of things wrong with this screenshot)

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Slide was my favorite Reddit app! This is awesome.

oh really? yeah lets do this! I still have Slide installed on my phone, excited for Lemmy version

You son of a bitch I'm in.

Oh HELLS yes, this was the superior reddit app

Wow no way... Slide has always been my favorite 3rd party app, and I always felt like the only one using it when I'd mention it on reddit. What an awesome surprise!
- I've used Slide too. It was super intuitive and I've never had any issues with it at all!
  
  Hands down the most/best customization. If anyone complains about the UI, it just means they didn't tweak it enough!
- I stopped using it because apparently it had been abandoned by the dev, and switched to Infinity because it's extremely similar, but I loved Slide too. Will definitely use this.
  
  If you arent aware, there is a community at !slide@feddit.uk

Slide is the very first Android app that pulled me away from Reddit is Fun until Slide got abandoned. To see it resurrected for use on Lemmy would be a dream. I loved Slide interface. Was the app I preferred over Apollo too on Apple aside from the performance issues it didn't get sorted out before being abandoned, which led me back to Apollo.
- I moved back to RedReader when it was abandoned but Slide was definitely one of the best FOSS reddit apps, so great to see it back.

Awesome! I was a long time Slide user before development stopped and I switched to Infinity
- I went to boost instead was close enough for me
- Same path for me. I'm keen on this project. Where do I sign up to the newsletter?

OMFG! I love yoo!
I was still on slide until I decided to abandon reddit altogether. I can volunter myself to test.
- That's a great idea, thanks!
  @theory@feddit.uk, I'll be happy to help with testing too.
  
  If you arent aware, there is a community at !slide@feddit.uk

SLIDE WAS THE BEST! It ran under the radar and the dev was MIA for a long time so I had to switch to Infinity but it was the best app I used for Reddit, soooo pumped to see Slimmey

Lovely. Slide was (is?) my Reddit app of choice. As an open source app, Slide and Lemmy would go together like peanut butter and jelly.

Duuuuude that would be amazing! Loving all the lemmy apps coming out!

I would give you a hand job on top of whatever the app costs. Slide was the best reddit app until it got abandoned. Slide for lemmy? I just jizzed my pants at the idea
- Him too after the handy. It's jizz all over!

You had me at Slide.

I never used slide. What do people like about it?
- For me, I liked the ability to swipe left and right between subreddits (the order on which you could configure), you could also swipe between posts. It's also open source and pretty customisable. Unfortunately it's not been updated in over a year.
  
  The dev abandoned it cause the code is a bit of a nest, to say the least. Im trying to work on that, cause I really want slide to exist
- I can't speak for everyone, but I really enjoyed the "get out of your way" style the app has. I also really liked that you had to slide to upvote/downvote on posts instead of having static buttons you can accidentally press. It also had a decent system for switching between multiple accounts. Finally, it's all open source so one could fork it and customize it if they wanted to.
- The concept of swiping was used everywhere. Makes it quick and easy to use. You could just swipe right to close a thread, or the video/image. No need to use the back button, or reach for the tiny X in the corner.
  And the seamless galley mode was awesome. Very unique (only found it quite similar in Joey).
- I like it because I like the feel of the old Material v1 theme (it seems the most functional to me), and Slide takes it and uses it to its limits.
- Custom color-coding of subs was nice when you scrolled so far you forgot where you were.
- I really like it has buttons to jump to previous/next parent comment. It made skimming top comments a breeze.
- I was the only reddit app I found that really worked with new comments.
  what I mean with that is when you read a thread, then come back 5h later it would highlight all the new comments so you would not have to reread all the ones you already read the first time.
  such a great feature (maybe others have it too, but from the many I tried non had it in that way)
  also great ux with swiping allowed for super efficient navigation
- I liked that it was available from F-Droid.
  There were a couple of other Reddit clients also available from F-Droid (Dawn, Diode, Infinity, RedReader), but I don't remember why I picked Slide over those. All I know is that I didn't spend much time evaluating others and that Slide was "good enough" to not annoy me into wanting to switch.

Slide along with Infinity are my fav apps for reddit

Yes! This was my favorite app.

When Slide died slowly I eventually switched to Joey, which is very close to Slide regarding usability. One thing Joey did better was zoomable videos. How cool is that!?
I really hope for a comeback of Slide as an Lemmy app!
- Same. Slide was sooo good that I was sad to see it abandoned. Joey comes really close and I'd like to see that developer give Lemmy a shot.

So glad to see former reddit third party developers and apps rising to the occasion! I sincerely hope that the Infinity devs and other FOSS initiatives are coming onboard too.

YES! thank youu. That was my app for redditing. So glad the transition will be minimal with this

Wow, that was fast. I love that there's a lot of interest in creating apps for the fediverse.

Slide is all I've used for so long I can't even remember different! I don't go on Reddit anymore, but I've been hesitant to actually uninstall Slide. Love to be able to use it here!

That would be awesome. Do you have any Git links to track progress? Thanks!
- https://github.com/bqv/slide
  was a bit apprehensive about sharing it, its really hard to describe how much of a challenge this codebase is. I'm constantly juggling refactoring for maintainability against just "getting something that works", but if you're interested, there you go
  
  I know my words may seem hollow. But I am thrilled to see this happen. Slide for reddit was a work of art on user focused ui, and I may of missed it more than I miss reddit.
  
  Thanks for sharing and putting in the work! And great logo choice :)
- Yes please! even though jebora is nice. i would still prefere to swipe through the fediverse and customize the experience again

Thank you so much! I tried several Reddit apps over the years and Slide was by far my favorite. I used it up until the blackout when I left Reddit for Lemmy.
When and where can we get this?
- If you arent aware, there is a community at !slide@feddit.uk

❤️

Yes please, I just uninstalled slide last week. While some things would bug out ocassionally, I couldn't imagine using any other app with reddit. I'm on Jerboa now and its just not the same.

I not sure if it's the right place for suggestions, and I know you didn't ask for any, but I hope you don't mind.
If possible, it would be great to have option to add custom instances, and to add the option to 'force' it to add the instance, even it the app thinks it's not a valid instance.
On Jebora and Lemmur, you can add only some of the instances (the app probably checks a list or smth). Both of them don't let you to add new instances.
Thanks in advace for your work man, really looking forward to it :)
E: some of the new instances

Fk yeaaaaahhhhhh! I can't believe it, we are getting slide and lemmur. Hope someone builds infinity for lemmy
- I miss Infinity. It was such an elegant app.
  
  True, I was using it for 5/6 months, but before that I used Apollo for years.
  To be honest I feel good about Lemmy, It just needs time to popolate.

Nice

can't wait to test it out.

Looks good.

Never used Slide myself, but I'm happy to see app ecosystem starting to grow aroung Lemmy! Way to go!

Awesome! Where do we sign up for updates?
- If you arent aware, there is a community at !slide@feddit.uk

Awesome! I tried various 3rd party reddit apps over the years and stuck with slide the longest. Always liked its simplicity, ux design and focus on pictures. I'm an iOS user though, anything planned for that? (I'm on Mlem beta meanwhile.)

I'm so excited to see my reddit app ported! Take my money!!

Looking forward to see what happens. Slide was my daily driver for many a year.

ohmygodohmygodohmygod

Slide had been my favourite Reddit app.
Will you consider making Slide for Kbin? There seems to be numerous Lemmy clients being developed, but lacking for Kbin.
- I will! So far, the reason for that is thst Kbin doesnt expose any kind of API, so any app has to scrape the site, but I would definitely aim for dual compatibility eventually, especially once an API exists
  
  @theory
  That's fantastic to hear. I've been a Slide user for years and would love to see Kbin supported as well, once it becomes more feasible.

Oh man I loved slide a lot. This is terrific.

All aboard the Lemmy train!

Nice. Now if only the Joey for Reddit dev decides to do the same :)

Yayyyyyyy! I am definitely paying for this when it comes out

When I became interested in open source software I started using Slide but then it slowly turned unusable. I tried many reddig apps and in the end settled for Infinity because it also is open source and it has nice UI (not as nice as slide). After all these years it brings me joy to see anything related Slide.

Ohh yes!! Here we go. Slide was the App that started my Reddit Addiction. Best interface imo. Used it till a few weeks ago.

I'm here for it!

iOS?
- Nope
  
  Damn.

I mean... What are the chances?! Unbelievable :D thank you, one tester eagerly awaiting :)
- Great minds think alike :)
- If you arent aware, there is a community at !slide@feddit.uk
  
  Thanks for pointing it out! Was not aware.

Oh yes. Oh baby. Slide is perfection and I have never witnessed such user focused ui.
It's usable without being pandering. I'm pretty much only off of reddit due to it no longer being an option.

We may be excited

Here's the Slide for Lemmy community.

I still use Slide daily and the thought of making a lemmy port did cross my mind, I'm eager to see the result

awesome

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