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submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

I’m not sure if you’ve tried this PWA called Wefwef but it feels like a fully featured Apollo client for Lemmy already. You just go to the site and add it to your home screen. No beta to sign up for. No TestFlight link. Just add the PWA.

It’s good. It’s really really good.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Using wefwef now and it’s good - but is there a way to put it in dark mode?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It can look as nice as it gets. A PWA remains a PWA. Yes, I understand that there are people that like it. I don't. I still hope for an Apollo port to Lemmy. But the development progress of Mlem and Memmy is remarkable as well.

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[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It’s really good and well made as well, put in a pull request today to add a feature and getting it setup locally as a dev was so easy!

I’m very tempted to self host it on my instance as well

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

It immediately felt so right that I committed half an hour to really figuring out what this was and how it all worked. Okay to be fair I only kind of know how it all works

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

New favorite way to use lemmy.

Great design, feels responsive, works everywhere…

PWAs are great, and for 99% of use cases are more than enough. We need a fake App Store that “installs” PWAs in people devices in a transparent way.

Also let’s hope Apple is forced to open iOS to alternative rendering engines and complete full features browsers.

And for a final irony boost, the PWA thing is the “”””original”””” vision for smartphones, at least according to Steve Jobs during the original iPhone keynote. Full circle and stuff.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

As an Apollo user I was very (happily) surprised at how familiar this feels, thank you! Interesting note about this app is they have a Dockerfile available which means you could host the PWA/app in your own domain. Looking at the Dockerfile this would be super easy to deploy and update.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

This is incredible, thanks for sharing!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Considering that this is a webapp, it gives far better experience than Jerboa, Thunder. Wefwef It is fast and smooth. Jerboa is fast but laggy. Thunder is laggy but smooth.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Posting from it now, it’s fantastic!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

This is going to be my go to app for mobile devices, thanks for making me aware of it!

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Omg I just checked out wefwef. I hope they release a downloadable app soon. The UI is fantastic.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yup, that's Apollo in a web browser.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I'm using it right now and it's really cool!

...Why isn't the bookmark button working though?

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

It really is great but that name is so weird. Anyone know what it's based on?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Dev said he just came up with it randomly lol

He made a post on [email protected] about a possible name change, and some people are suggesting Voyager> wefwef

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

Can I connect to other instances apart from 4 preset ones?

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Yes. The last option (other) will let you enter the URL of the instance you want.

You can then enter your credentials and proceed to use it as your new home

This post was sent using wefwef

[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

I think my favorite app is Thunder. Serious RedReader vibes

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[-] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

I read about it yesterday and decided to give it a whirl. Still using it today. I'll try it on my phone in a while.

Edit: Works a treat in Firefox on iOS. It's a keeper.

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