"Connect" for Lemmy app - anyone tried it yet?

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/500875

Title. I've got an Android phone, wondering if anyone has tried this Connect app. Just heard about it.

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I was using Jerboa but swapped it out to being highly unstable. now trying out Connect, the UI feels more familiar to me (used Boost for Reddit), I am sticking with Connect for now I reckon.

I am trying it out now! I like the layout / UI; reminds me of Boost and Joey which I liked a lot. One thing that bothers me is the colour scheme, though. In light mode it's blue (?) and dark mode is more like some weird grey mode, and I'd prefer it to be a darker grey like in most apps (perhaps it could be more customisable so that people can change it to fit their preferences).

Right now I'm trialing Jerboa, Connect, Lemmy, and Liftoff. Jerboa is frozen for me until lemmy.world updates to 18.1 but I really like it. I like Liftoff and Connect, too, so I'll keep trying them as they continue to develop and decide down the line which I like best.

Where do I find this Liftoff app?

Also interested in liftoff.

I've been enjoying Summit for Lemmy too, available on the play store

I didn't love it at first, but its starting to grow on me, think i might stick with it over Jerboa but we'll see. The one problem i have with it is the sign out button being too close to the refresh button on the three dot menu.

I'm using it right now; I was having some issues with Jerboa. the interface is nice, it is a bit choppy when scrolling sometimes, and it did crash when I initially opened it but I'm willing to give it a shot

Works really well for me as a basic reader (I only just now made an account). I switched to it after Jerboa started crashing for me, and I'll probably keep trying new things for a while as everything is still up in the air.

As soon as Sync for Lemmy is released, there's no need for other apps.

That's a bit dramatic. Sync for Reddit never had the one feature that I had to try basically every Reddit app to find. Which was the ability to swipe from one post to the next without having to ever to back out. Of course I could be misremembering and sync is one I missed and does have that feature. But I'll probably periodically try out every app for lemmy until I find one.

Apparently the dev for Slide for Reddit said he's going to make a Lemmy app. His reddit app let you swipe from post to post. I'd imagine his Lemmy app will be similar.

Dope. I'll have to keep an eye on that one then. I used Joey for Reddit before and I don't believe the dev has said anything about a fediverse app.

He may have been working but we never know

Im kinda burned on slide since he abandoned the original to work on a rewrite and the abandoned that as well. Although it was my favorite reddit app for a long time

Yeah, it was my go-to for a long time. When he abandoned it I went back to Slide Sync and fell in love with it.

Edit typo.

I hope it is that great, but to me success will look like several third party apps happily coexisting

I'm trying it out and like it so far. It still needs work though. There's a lag when registering upvotes and downvotes. Seems stable and I don't get as many error messages as Jeroba. Comments and content seems to load faster than Jeroba.

So far I'm into Connect, nice modern interface, uses my Material You theming and very close to what I was using before for Reddit. Very solid

It's the first and only lemmy app working on my old 2015 android phone.

Great to have backwards compatible options. I also like it :)

I'm using Connect for Lemmy. Prefer it over Jerboa overall but I'm unable to add more than one account the moment.

Is there an official community for Connect for Lemmy?

It has a nice interface, modern. But it lack optimization and it looks like it scrolls at 30hz on my 90hz phone, kinda hurts my eyes

I have it! I go between that and jerboa. I appreciate the ui a lot. Sometimes I have trouble reading the comments sections, but I'm getting used to it. I've emailed the dev actually and he responded quickly and reached out after an update to see if my bugs were fixed.

I say give it a shot

I've been using it for a few days and really liking it. Not sure if anyone else had a problem with list view looking pretty much the same as card view but that's working properly for me now.

I'd like something that recreates what Reddit is fun was like but Connect is near enough that I can see myself continuing to use it.

I'm using it right now. It's very nice looking and intuitive but currently lacking some features. If it keeps getting developed I think it's got potential.