31 points

When it’s ready i guess.

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Not ready yet, but almost there!

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No pressure but I can’t wait to be back on Boost!

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8 points

I can’t wait!

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We’re all anxious to get back on Boost and launch the rocket 🚀 so I hope you take it as support and not pressure. Having a blast with Voyager for now, but Boost was always where it was at for me. Can’t wait to give it a shot when you’re ready to release it!

Do you know what kind of pricing model you’ll use? Will Boost for Lemmy be a separate purchase for removing ads, or do you intend to have a restore purchases button?

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7 points

Thanks for the update!

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51 points

Sync is good but Boost is better

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26 points

You troll Lemmy app posts? That’s your life?

Neato.

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8 points

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2 points

Be objective then…

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8 points

Objectively subjective

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6 points

Boost is essentially the Apollo equivalent of Android. A simple but functional UI. Customisable UI but not ambitious. Well thought out.

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8 points

I’m eager to try but more than happy to wait.

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10 points

Super appreciative to have Sync for Lemmy to use in the meantime, but it’s only increased my appetite for the real deal - Boost for life!

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6 points

Yay! Thank you for all of your hard work on boost! I’m super excited to use boost with lemmy!

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Thank you for the years on Reddit! Can’t wait to have boost for lemmy!

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2 points

Thanks for the update! Take your time, as great work always needs sufficient time to be prepared! Thank you for undertaking this transition, and I’m eagerly awaiting the release!

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3 points

Quick! Get them!

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4 points

Nice to hear.

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5 points

Hurry up and take my money 💵

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4 points

Take your time and thanks for the effort :D

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2 points

Thanks. I donated a few bux earlier in the year, before Reddit started the API thing. When Boost for Lemmy becomes a reality I’m gonna donate a few more bux to show appreciation.

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4 points

almost there!

Wow! Good to hear. Can’t wait to be back on Boost.

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Sync is better, just adapt

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15 points

Matter of opinion. You’re literally in a community for the app you say is inferior. Why?

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It’s on /all

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29 points

Sync is good too, then just stay on it lol. Why are you even on the Boost community then?

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K

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-3 points

Sync has incredibly vocal fanclub that brigades regularly. Did it on reddit, doing it here.

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Yes, but that’s your opinion. If I say Boost is better, will you adapt?

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Huh, I mean you can say whatever lol. I’m waiting to swap to Boost though, that was my go to with Reddit.

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15 points

tl;dr: That’s a nice argument, why don’t you back it up with a source?

I’m trying Sync as a holdover while I’m waiting for Boost, and I’ve found some things that annoy me a bit. I’ve purposefully left out any minor bugs that seem like regressions from changing the codebase to work with Lemmy, so the only things I’ll critique are purposeful design choices.

  • There is seemingly no easy way to synchronise settings over accounts. This makes initial setup with multiple accounts frustrating, and future changes a little annoying.

  • By default, the floating action button and the 3-dot menu at the top right open the same menu. Why are there 2 different buttons on the same screen that do the same thing?

  • Changing the default text size (which is too small imo) is not easy, as you have to go and change at least 4 or 5 different font size settings for post titles, selftext, comments, comment details, etc. And even then, when I’m typing this right now, it’s too small and I can’t find any configuration option to change it Why is there is no global font size?

  • There are a few small things that just don’t make sense. For example: if you completely collapse a parent comment you’re still able to tap it to have the upvote/share controls despite being unable to read it. In contrast, Boost smartly opens the comment when this happens.

There are a few other small things that mildly irk me, but other than these things my Sync experience so far (1 day as of writing) has been somewhat positive.

Claiming that it’s superior without any reasoning isn’t very productive. If you want to show your support for something, surely you can think of at least one reason that it’s better, right?

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There is seemingly no easy way to synchronise settings over accounts. This makes initial setup with multiple accounts frustrating, and future changes a little annoying.

Set up account -> Backup -> Switch to new account -> Restore

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That doesn’t scream “easy” to me. It feels like a workaround.

It would be better to have something like a “global settings” page to specify personal preferences and then maybe “account settings” that override the global settings.

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Changing the default text size

Idk how to link the setting (which is possible), but back on sync for reddit I got annoyed with this too.

After changing the font sizes for posts and comments like you did, I realized there is a setting under “General” that allows you to change the base font size. Doing so affects all of the font sizes without having to configure each individual section.

That said, it is very easy to scroll past or overlook that setting.

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3 points

This was me too:

“This is such a PITA, there must be a better way.” … Oh, of course, there is."

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For me it’s the bizarre inability to set a subreddit’s default view mode to be swipe. That extra button tap every time I’m on a picture heavy sub is a real chore. Boost can do it so why not Sync? 🤷

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