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.
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!
Oh it’s built with expo, nice!
Because some of us saps don't have a phone capable of iOS 16+ which is what Mlem is targeting. Memmy runs great.
Thanks for the cross post! Please feel free to let me know if you guys run into any issues!
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This looks amazing!!
Are you able to convert into Android too??
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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I love it so far, better than mlem for me
Any particular reasons you like it better then Mlem?
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.
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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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!
Trying out now, it’s looking great for the first alpha release!
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!
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
@z2k_ Holy crap that's amazing. I might need to pull my iPhone out of the drawer
I'm not the dev. @gkd@lemmy.world deserves all the credit. He's amazing.
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Very cool. Posting from it now. Don’t like how the reply form takes up the whole screen. But given it’s v0.01 I’ll take these things in stride
While it does take up the whole view, I intend to have a few other buttons and things on screen. The comment that you're replying to will be visible under the comment section, and there will be some buttons to easily add markdown to the comment.
I just installed and loaded it up. This looks like a fantastic start. I hope I can provide feedback as I use it more!
It looks great! I’m definitely taking it for a spin and will create an issue on GH if I find any.
Showing a lot of potential, already like what I see! Can’t login with kbin currently so just hoping that will change, otherwise I’d be commenting from there now :D
Swipe options nailed the bare-bones already and the right options in the right spots! I’d love to have share as the last option on swipe left. Also needs vibration when ‘unselecting’ (?) a swipe option.
Performance is already great, smooth and no crash yet other than when trying to login with kbin. Looking forward to seeing this grow!
FYI, I don’t think kbin has enabled API access yet which is why apps won’t work with it
Fixed the KBin crash.
Sharing I was thinking about having a little "..." at the top of the comment to offer an action sheet with sharing. But I like the swipe idea too. And of course the post share sheet will be there too.
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Gonna give this app a try! Cannot see a clear search feature. Other than that looks very clean!
I have something in the works and should have it released today or tomorrow.
First comment from it, and I’m totally digging it over Mlem. Something about it feels more familiar to me already as a longtime RIF and Narwhal user!
Really nice! Super impressive for a 0.1 release. I'll follow the development on this one.
This looks great! I used Sync on Android and this looks similar. Hope to see an Android build soon.
Memmy is looking good. Definitely more stable at this point. It’s going to be exciting to see two different apps grow. Options are always better.
@gkd@lemmy.world
Commenting through memmy. I love swiping right to upvote comments!
Glad to hear it's working well! Let me know if you run into any issues or have ideas!
Here's an idea: in apollo you swipe left on a comment to collapse the current commet's thread, this would be nice too.
I'd also quite like this.
Testing it now, seems to work pretty well. Aside from search, which you said you’re working on, links don’t seem to work? It would also be nice to have somewhere to see replies to your comments/post. It would also be nice to see what instance each community comes from. Thanks for your hard work!
Wow, terrific! Love the tap to collapse, swipe to upvote, etc. Main thing in terms of common reading interactions that I’m missing from Apollo is a swipe action to collapse a thread back to its root. The app is already quite nice to use, though, thank you for sharing!
@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...)
Awesome, thanks for sharing!
Excellent! Good to see a second iOS app.
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!
Giving this a try!
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