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[–] sunbunman@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Definitely my favourite one so far! Though I will still be experimenting with newer ones when they come out.

A couple features I'd like to see implemented:

  • Setting a base instance/account and having links open through that instance. I understand this will put increased pressure on the base instance but from a user perspective this is a massive qol update.
  • Finding a way to upload videos or converting small videos to gifs before uploading without having to go into a third party source or implementing third party connectivity for this purpose. This is probably out of scope for what the app is trying to achieve, but would be a great addition for content creation on Lemmy in general.
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[–] Dracocide@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

It's one of the better ones so far.

[–] blirdo@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

I'm using Liftoff until Boost (formerly Boost for Reddit) releases their app. Boost was an amazing experience on Reddit so I have to imagine it'll be equally good with Lemmy. So far Liftoff has been very good though. No real complaints but would love to see more customization options in the future.

[–] drdiddlybadger@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm okay with it. Performs well, no bloat, does what I need.

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't hate it by any means. But design wise I always end up back in Jerboa which (to me) seems more old-school and familiar.

I find it hard to put into words, and obviously it's completely subjective, but aps like Connect and Liftoff seem too "fluffy" to me, with UI elements being larger and in-your-face. Whereas Jerboa just kind of gets the heck out of my way.

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[–] Nitrate55@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Would be nice if there was an option in the settings to turn on the ability to see upvote and downvote counts for every post and comment. It's pretty much the only reason I keep going back to Jerboa. I really like being able to see the amount of downvotes something might've gotten.

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[–] ScorpionFrog@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its decent but I would like an option to hide the bottom navigation bar

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[–] Kempeth@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a reader it's vastly better than Jeroba but the notifications are hidden in a very awkward way and I haven't seen access to the mod tools yet or figured out how to search for new communities.

[–] FarLine99@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

For searching new communities just go to search section, type something and switch in the right side of screen to communities. Better way is to use this site πŸ™‚

[–] HowShouldIKnow@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tend to switch back and forth from Thunder to Liftoff and back. I like the layout and gestures of Thunder but Liftoff allows me to share memes directly from the app. That's a surprisingly rare feature.

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[–] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm getting to like it a lot.

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[–] obinice@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oooh, just tried it and it looks pretty nice so far!!

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[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm liking it. Only thing missing for me I think is aligning images on the left instead of the right.

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[–] Lazerbeams2@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I tried Liftoff, ran into some login issues, and some other minor annoyances and switched to Connect. So far I'm liking connect

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[–] Lun0tic@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This is awesome work. I wish posts had a thumbnail on the left or right to give you a snippet of the topic similar to the RIF app. I'd not then it mainly feels like a lot of words and read which is not horrible but the experience is slightly lessened and cluttered.

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's become my default app for Lemmy.

I am still waiting to try Boost, though.

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[–] Cheems@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I think it's missing a few key features. But for the most part I really like it

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[–] JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It'll be a little confusing to have both lift off and boost as rocket themed Lemmy apps, but I guess it can't be helped

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 year ago

as a former boost user, i came here for the rocket

I don't think it will be an issue since they both have very different designs in their logos

[–] porkins@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
  • The top menus are buttons and look weird and cheapen the experience.
  • Voting can’t be done via swipe.
  • You should be able to search all communities across all federated instances.
  • You should be able to browse the full list of communities for a selected instance.
  • The sorter for message replies doesn’t make sense. Why would I need to sort Active message replies?
  • If I check a message reply as read, their doesn’t appear to be a way to see it again.

To be very honest, Memmy is currently my favorite and I have been testing them all pretty extensively.

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[–] Calania@feddit.nu 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I like the ability of the "everything" feed

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[–] sounddrill@lemmy.antemeridiem.xyz 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I love it. Some things are a bit awkward ui wise but it's smooth, fast and doesn't heat up my oneplus one

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[–] wilberfan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I seem to be using WefWef (just renamed "Voyager") and Liftoff the most.

A big fan of Sync, tho, so we'll see where we end up when that arrives.

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[–] Karlos_Cantana@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm using it right now. I'm torn between it and Thunder. They've both made lots of improvements in the last couple weeks.

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