Any news? (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/boostforlemmy@lemmy.world
 

Was wondering if anybody had any news about Boost's arrival to the Lemmy scene, or if anybody knew of any way to get news about Boost.

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[โ€“] 25 points 3 years ago

Well... it's not going to be especially fast, they do need to restructure the entire back end of their application and make changes to a lot of the front end too, I imagine. Going to be a good while, I predict.

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  • [โ€“] 22 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    Liftoff is very good, I would recommend trying it out.

    The only resource for Boost for Lemmy I've seen is the relatively empty Play Store entry.

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

    Using multiple accounts on various instances was frustrating with Liftoff. I may have needed to try for a bit longer to get it, but ended up just going back to Jerboa

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

    Liftoff is quite good but there's one thing that I find frustrating. When I get comment replies, I can't click on the comment to go the thread where the comment resides. I don't know if I'm totally missing something or what! (probably am)

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    [โ€“] 17 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    https://github.com/aeharding/voyager

    Check out this app, it seems to me the best of all those currently available.

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  • [โ€“] 12 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Version 0.24 has beta Android style.

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  • [โ€“] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Not very good yet though. Definitely beta

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  • [โ€“] 11 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Voyager is okay and has a nice UI, but PWA's are always less than optimal because the browser abstraction layer is just slow.

    Check Thunder for Lemmy. It's the best native app I've tried yet.

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    The experience is very smooth for me. Seems indistinguishable from a native app. Which browser are you using it with? I am using it with Chrome on Android

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  • [โ€“] [S] 1 point 3 years ago

    I agree. Right now the idea of a web app is cool, but it doesn't really work all that well for me (scrolling up too quickly causes problems when the page thinks you want to refresh, and I like most of my apps to be in the drawer, not my home page, for instance).

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    The best android app currently is connect for lemmy

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  • [โ€“] 10 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    I think it's still early for that. In the meantime, I suggest two apps that kind of resemble to our beloved Boost: Jerboa, and Connect. Check them out.

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  • [โ€“] 1 point 3 years ago (2 children)

    I'm still cycling between apps almost daily, and none so far ticks all the boxes for me. I have Liftoff, Connect, Jerboa and Voyager on my phone right now. I tried Thunder a while back but didn't like it.

    Sync is on it's way and it will come down to either that or Boost in the end for me, I think.

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    [โ€“] 8 points 3 years ago

    Nope :(. Prolly be a month or two. I liked boost for reddit. Right now I'm using Jerboa. It's not bad :)

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  • [โ€“] 7 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    Nothing was said before the API was going dark, and nothing has been said since then. The lack of communication is driving me towards sync for lemmy instead.

    I get that it's a side project, but updates to your community take very little effort.

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  • [โ€“] 8 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

    Guess you're finally in luck.

    Rubรฉn created and maintained Boost for Reddit as a single dev as far as I know, and I would assume he's doing the same for Lemmy. I don't think he was ever frequently communicating on Reddit either, only now and then. Plus, he wasn't going to create a Lemmy version of Boost initially, so it really hasn't been in development long.

    You just have to be a little patient.

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    [โ€“] 3 points 3 years ago

    I picked up Jerboa. Its FOSS and Boost-like. The fact its FOSS will probably keep me on it if Boost comes back but is still closed source

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago

    "Our destination is just over the next hill. Now let's listen to the radio or I'll turn this car around."

    My dad, probably.

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