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I've used Lemmy more in the past 12 hours than I have in the past month since signing up. All because of Sync. (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/syncforlemmy@lemmy.world
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Lemmy Finally feels usable! Thank you LJDawson

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[โ€“] 42 points 3 years ago (11 children)

This x1000

I tried basically every app going on Android and they are all either buggy as fuck, unintuitive or janky in some other way. The user experience was just horrible.

I really do not understand all the people claiming Sync has an equivalent. It just does not right now in terms of a polished user experience.

Honestly it's just Linux vs Windows kinda situation to me. No matter how many nerds tell me Linux can do everything the same and is more customisable and better, it's just a worse user experience. Windows is far more intuitive and polished and there is a reason it has the market share it does.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Yeah, but I'm using Sync exactly because I'm using Linux lol. Much more convenient and polished, and there's no such thing as intuitive UI, there's only UI you got used to.

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  • [โ€“] 6 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    That's not true. Intuitive UI design is absolutely a thing, and something people spend a lot of time, effort and money researching and implementing...

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) (3 children)

    Never seen an intuitive UI. Been on Linux since 2004, was working on company-provided Macbook and struggled with UI, was very happy to abandon it. I have Windows as a gaming OS, dual boot configuration with my Arch Linux, and let me tell you I game on Windows like twice a month, absurdity of this OS makes me not want to game.

    For me the most intuitive UI is the one I built on Linux, with I3wm and a lot of custom scripts. This surely will not be intuitive for you.

    Universally intuitive UI is a myth.

    edit: UI designers, using right tools, definitely can and do make better UI, UI better suited for target audience, better working right out of the box. Keyword is "target audience". One can't say Windows UI is more intuitive, it's UI a lot of people got used to. "Intuitive" has very different meaning AFAIK.

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  • [โ€“] 0 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Intuitive means it makes sense instinctively. Touchscreens with pinch to zoom are a good example of intuitive UI design. Children can pick up an iPad and learn to use it quickly with no instruction. That's intuitive design and of course it exists.

    Is your custom script heavy system more efficient for your workflow? I'm sure, but picking it up out of the box it's going to be horrible for a new user, they will be slow on it, it'll be unenjoyable and annoying. That's my point really, every Lemmy app I tried was unenjoyable and annoying. Sync on the other hand I have never used before, but out of the box? It works, I'm happy browsing with zero issues or errors or struggles within minutes. That's intuitive design.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    So Sync's UI is good for you, you have used applications that make you kinda got used to Sync. It's called anecdotal evidence I think, when you make conclusions based in single test case. I'm happy for you. I like Sync UI best of all too, I tried multiple Reddit clients and Sync was most convenient for me.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago

    I mean I can't afford to fund a study to prove my point sure so it's anecdotal and speculation, but I really do think if you give a new user who is unfamiliar with any kind of app a choice of all apps available, they would get on immediately better with sync. It's a smoother experience, less likely to run into bugs or errors, and it has WAY better error handling if you do etc.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Funny comparison to make considering that these are Android apps, running on the Linux kernel.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago

    The comparison serves only to highlight the importance of presentation and consistency. Those other apps might get there some day, but they're not focused on a polished experience from the outset. Thats sync and it's legacy. Experience and ease first. Honestly feels closer to an iOS app. And thats a very good thing.

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 3 years ago

    I really wanted to stick with voyager, but just switching between inbox and posts was just a crap shoot. Sometimes it would switch, sometimes it was acting as a back button... Then you'd lose your scroll position in posts... Just very alpha feeling

    That said I hope they keep going! Competition is always good!

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