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First screenshot of Sync for Lemmy (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago) by Devgard@lemmy.world [M] to c/android@lemdro.id

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I miss Sync for Reddit and i CANNOT wait for this :)

Edit: Official community here !syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/1161347

@ljdawson shared on Discord

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[–] Knightfall@lemmy.ca 40 points 3 years ago (7 children)

I'm loving Connect for Lemmy right now, but certainly curious to see how this turns out! Sync was my go-to app for Reddit.

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[–] ConditionOverload@lemmy.world 29 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Connect is absolutely incredible. I can't believe how quickly the developer is massively improving the app.

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[–] ScOULaris@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago*

It is already pretty great. The one thing that annoyed me enough to stop using it (for now) is that it displays two refreshing spinner animations whenever you pull down to refresh the feed. It's a small thing, but it irked me enough to just stick to using the mobile app for a bit longer.

UPDATE: Nevermind, it looks like this was fixed in a recent update. I'm back on Connect now, and it's pretty great. Probably the best Android app for Lemmy right now.

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[–] Lazylilo@kbin.social 19 points 3 years ago

They seem to be updating quite a bit lately. The latest update really made the experience 10x better with easier to read cards. Android btw

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[–] StarLuigi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 years ago

I've been swapping between jerboa and connect a lot. I like jerboas interface a bit more but connect is way more stable

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[–] LogicalDrivel@sopuli.xyz 4 points 3 years ago

Ive been really liking Connect. The latest updates really polished the whole thing up. I might try a couple more apps just to see but I think I'll stick with Connect.

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[–] Clipboards@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

Thanks for the suggestion - Liftoff/else we're great, Connect is outstanding until we get Sync.

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[–] nick_99@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 years ago

Is connect open source?

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[–] nosut@lemmy.world 16 points 3 years ago*

ljdawson the dev has created the official community for sync for Lemmy: !syncforlemmy@lemmy.world

[–] mintiefresh@lemmy.ca 14 points 3 years ago

Omg let's gooooooooo. My body is ready.

I can't wait to start this whole journey again with Sync for Lemmy.

[–] batterysoup@kbin.social 11 points 3 years ago

Can't wait for this. Will have to wait a while longer for kbin support.

[–] dodslaser@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago

(heavy breathing)

[–] Boggy@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (7 children)

This is android only, right?

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[–] Kizaing@lemmy.kizaing.ca 7 points 3 years ago (4 children)

Yeah it will be, dunno if there are iOS plans down the line, but most likely not

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[–] g0nz0li0@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

There was a Sync iOS TestFlight for many years but it never really matured.

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[–] nosut@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

It was not created the same dev. He endorsed it but it was someone totally different.

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[–] g0nz0li0@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago

This explains much.

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[–] GreyDalcenti@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago*

In the meantime I’ve been using Memmy for Lemmy. It’s pretty good especially given how new it is. I came over from Apollo as a reference point. Definitely vastly improved my experience and made me miss Reddit way less

Edit** also using Mlem which is still in text flight. Figured I’d see where they both land.

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[–] Devgard@lemmy.world [S] 3 points 3 years ago

i believe so, as it is based on android UI principles (material you)

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[–] ftothe3@lemm.ee 1 point 3 years ago

Check out memmy. It's now in the app store

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[–] ijeff@lemdro.id 6 points 3 years ago

I can't wait! My go-to app on Reddit for years.

[–] mikestevens@lemdro.id 5 points 3 years ago

Same! Super pumped.

[–] justalittleguy@lemdro.id 5 points 3 years ago

While I'm not itching for an app, as I'm just using the built-in home page shortcut functionality in my browser, which launches the web page basically as its own app (no URL bar), I look forward to this and Boost for Lemmy. Way back when, I was a Sync user. If this drops first, I could see myself using that again.

[–] atake@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago

[–] Aftermath6187@vlemmy.net 3 points 3 years ago

https://imgflip.com/i/7rw3ik

[–] maxerature@social.tath.link 3 points 3 years ago

I hope that this also works for kBin

[–] RanchOnPancakes@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (5 children)

Asked this in another thread but I'll ask here as well.

I was a Relay users. One of the things I liked is that it would open a lot of things in overlay windows. Like youtube videos and such. Basically it had handlers for lots of file types and websites. Did sync do anything like that?

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[–] lime_red@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years ago (3 children)

Yes, it did. It had native handlers for YouTube, imgur/etc. If the native handler had an issue (e.g. YouTube blocked it unless it was in YouTube's player) then you could break out to an internal or external browser.

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[–] RanchOnPancakes@lemmy.world 2 points 3 years ago (2 children)

Thank you. Then for lack of Relay this is my great hope.

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[–] Vulpecula@lemmy.world 3 points 3 years ago

I was a relay user for a good while but I switched to sync after I saw just how feature rich it was. I think you will be happy with sync if you liked relay. Hopefully it will be nearly the same experience for lemmy!

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[–] Vulpecula@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago

I've used relay for a good while but I switched to sync after I saw just how feature rich it was. If you liked relay I believe you will be happy with sync. Hopefully it will be the same experience here!

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[–] mikestevens@lemdro.id 0 points 3 years ago

Hmm, I don't think so. I admit I'm struggling to recall though, already!

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[–] FlagonOfMe@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

Version 23

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[–] armrods@lemmy.world 4 points 3 years ago (1 child)

The date of every build is the version number

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[–] FlagonOfMe@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago

I was too tired to figure that out. 😅

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[–] GBember@kbin.social -3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Hope it is open source, because I don't think sync for reddit was

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[–] ijeff@lemdro.id 11 points 3 years ago

It's closed source, but that's okay. We also have plenty of open source options!

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