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Introducing Connect for Lemmy (i.imgur.com)

submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by kuro_neko@lemmy.ca to c/technology@beehaw.org

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Hi lemmings, I switched over from Reddit 10 days ago now but I couldn't find a mobile client that I was happy with with an experience similar to the Reddit experience I was used to. So I decided to build my own and I hope you will like it as well!

Play store link: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuroneko.lemmy_connect

Features:

Material U
Dark and Light themes
List view / Card view / Fullwidth view
Filter lists for hiding posts
Multiple accounts + switcher across multiple instances
Guest accounts for viewing an instance without signup
Search and community autofill
Markdown support + attempt to navigate links correctly (/u/foo will open that user instead of browser kickout. Same for /c/, !, and @)
Saving posts
full sort types
NSFW view options (hide, blur, show)
copy text and url on all posts and comments
add comments, replies, and new posts
comment replies with line indicators

Here's other screenshots:

Future plans:

Improving the inbox
Swipe actions
Multi-~~reddit ~~communities

Thank you for taking a look. I hope others who are migrating from Reddit like me will find the app useful and I'd love to know your thoughts!

Edit: Community for the app is here: https://lemmy.ca/c/lemmyconnect

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[–] Alkaseltzer028@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

Looks nice, but not available in my country.

[–] hglman@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

My keyboard constantly tries to switch to caps as I type in Connect. I am using Grammarly. It will flicker the upper case layout between each key press. It's unusable as it is.

[–] Bradamir@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I can't even be accepted to join Lemmy. I'm on Kbin right now.

Tbh, these platforms confuse me. The Kbin app is great though, so I guess I don't need to change.

Would like to know how to follow a group though.

[–] PaintedSnail@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

On Kbin, Lemmy groups are called "magazines," so all you have to do is go to the magazines list, search for what you want, and subscribe. You can even subscribe to magazines hosted on other servers from there.

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[–] robotrash@lemmy.one 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Downloaded and used for an hour or so. I'd like to see an option to change the font size. I like my stuff to be small so I can get more content on the screen. 1.6 posts is pretty bad for me. I also couldn't find a way to change my default homepage to "subscribed - new" but maybe I just didn't search hard enough. Either way, it's good to have some competition for Jerboa!

[–] Zoop@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'd also love to see an option to change the font size, but for the opposite reason - my eyes suck and I need bigger text! Lol. I love it so far either way!

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Options for text sizes coming up in the next release :)

[–] Zoop@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fantastic! Thank you so very much! Also, damn you're quick, lol! I hope you're looking after yourself and taking care of yourself above all. It's important - you're important! <3

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you for the kind words, it's much appreciated!

[–] Macallan@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Nothing is showing up in my feed when signed in to lemmy.ml

Also, the Google password manager is trying to input the password into the instance text box when trying to sign in. Pixel 7 Pro.

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[–] Tywele@dataterm.digital 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I signed into my dataterm.digital account but when I go on profile I see my feddit.de profile even though I didn't login with it.

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[–] Elegast@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

looks good, been using jerboa for the past week. will check this one out too. cheers!

[–] ledditor@leddit.minnal.icu 1 points 2 years ago

runs very smooth on my 5 year old phone. Some suggestions for improvement

With All selected not all feeds were showing up on the sidebar
Adding a compact layout for sidebar and comments

[–] Kaizo107@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Any chance of adding Kbin logins?

[–] crius@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

just a quick feedback, when being in the dark mode, the user switching remain in light mode. Also the node selection suggesting the possible nodes would be appreciated.

also, adding new accounts after the first one, doesn't seems to work.

I added my lemmy.world and it seemed to work.

anything else besides it, didn't work (tried, lemmy.ml, beehaw.org, etc.)

overall it's a good mvp, well done, need a little more work and i would appreciate if it was a FOSS to absolutely avoid situations in which an app become the unofficial-official app but then a sudden surge of egocentrism from an individual take it away.

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Thank you! I'm glad you're enjoying it!

[–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

so far I'm really liking it. I would like alternating backgrounds on comments just to help separate them out a little.

I don't see the ability to edit my comments. I had to pull up the pwa to edit this one.

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hi, thanks for the feedback and I'm glad you're liking it! I've added some more spacing between comments on the latest release which should help to separate them. Please let me know what you think! Also added the ability to edit comments.

[–] Scary_le_Poo@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah that's a lot better. I do think that you should make the names, points, and time a different color to make the poster information more prominent. Also would help it stand out a little better

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Looks amazing! I'll try it out!

[–] rettetdemdativ@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Have you considered creating a community for your app? Would make it a lot easier to follow development

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah I made one, it's empty right now but I'll post new releases + changelogs there. https://lemmy.ca/c/lemmyconnect

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[–] green_dot@le.fduck.net 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Looks great. Hopefully gets availabe is Irish play store soon

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[–] vpsxhtus@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

i'm currently using this and it's great!

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

I'm glad you like it!

[–] vintageballs@feddit.de 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Maybe bug: in list view, the width of post title and content seems to be limited to around 80% of my screen width.

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[–] Coeus@coeus.sbs 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I cannot find out how to change to list view.

EDIT: For some reason the play store didn't download the most recent version. Fixed now.

The list view only showslike 2 posts on the screen. Is there anyway to get multiple posts on the screen at once?

[–] serendipitytea@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Should be in Settings > Card type > switch to list > Press save at the bottom

[–] CreepyRainbow@beehaw.org 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I'm very thankful to you! I wanted a nice app to browse lemmy and I found your app a couple of days ago! I've had a very nice experience so far

[–] kuro_neko@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks @CreepyRainbow@beehaw.org! I'm glad you're enjoying it.

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