I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask, but i'm new to Lemmy and looking for a good client to use it with. I've been using Sync which is what i used to use with Reddit but i've noticed that it isn't getting updates now. Any other good mobile apps I can usr Lemmy with?

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[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

There's a problem that it seems to use a lot of memory, because it's a web browser in disguise. As a consequence, any time another app needs memory, Voyager is killed by Android and starts again from the main page, forgetting what I was doing. Oftentimes it's enough to switch to the actual browser and back again for Voyager to restart, which is ironic for a link-aggregator app.

Its animations are janky for the same reason, and get in the way of some functionality like collapsing comments.

Voyager's UI is great, mainly because it's not flashy, but a native app with that UI would be a lot better. RedReader for Reddit is much smoother to use.

[–] Az_1@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I think they do that so it can be accessed on as many platforms as possible. If the dev had to maintain the website and an ios and android app, they'd probably just shut down the android app since it has less users

[–] SlurpingPus@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

That's understandable, but the result is what it is. Plus, native apps seem to have built-in remedy for being kicked out of the memory, in that the stack of activities is remembered and the input is kept, so after a brief loading screen I'm back to where I was and can back out through the previous screens too. Voyager should probably explicitly implement something like this.

[–] kudra@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm quite happy with Voyager, never used anything else.

[–] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Maybe you should use something else in order to see the larger picture. It‘s hard to know what you really want when you don‘t compare.

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I tried blorp, and voyager is much better

[–] moseschrute@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What was the dealbreaker with Blorp and how can I make it better?

[–] sem@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 week ago

The biggest two things is that the profile button is all the way up in the top right corner, away from the thumbs, which is inconvenient if you want to find your past posts / comments.

Voyager has it down at the bottom.

The other things is I've gotten used to the "pull from the side to like a post" feature from Voyager, and I keep trying to do it in blorp but nothing happens lol. But that isn't the dealbreaker, just a nice to have.

I do really like the color scheme of blorp, especially the color of the heart for a liked post! And I still use it daily because Voyager doesn't support piefed. Thank you for writing your software, giving it away for free, AND listening to users!

[–] otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

That says more than you might know, respectfully.