Hi there! So there’s been a ton of work by a bunch of developers that are really frustrated with Apollo going away end of month.
That’s why I created (yet another) Apollo-like Lemmy client called wefwef - https://wefwef.app.
Right now it’s targetting iOS - you can still use it on Android phones, but it’s untested. An Android theme is in the works!
So, why wefwef?
- Progressive web app — It’s easy to try, and works cross platform. Get the same experience on your phone, tablet and computer. If you like it, add to home screen for a like-native experience.
- Open source! Self hosting and hacking is totally doable
There’s a TON of work to be done, but the basics are there (browsing, commenting and voting). More to come soon! Let me know what you think.
Why the shitty name? Any chance ya’ll can change it when it comes out of alpha?
I would love a version of “compact” that hides all thumbnails. It makes for an even more compact list of text rather than dedicating space for a square thumbnail, many of which are just empty because they are text posts and/or just outward going links, and I do enjoy the visual cleanliness that comes from not having a variety of different squares of colors against a black background lining the right side of the text.
Thanks for all the hard work on this!
If this becomes a native iOS app, it would be a game-changer!
If that’s the case, apps may as well not exist. But apps still get made, because the world doesn’t work that way.
What would make it game changer compared to what it is as PWA?. Both iOS and Android users can enjoy being PWA without app stores.
Absolute chad! I have used it for a while today, and it is great for us Apollo users. Currently back on default lemmy because it is a bit unstable on iPad, it doesn’t react well to scrolling yet. But I’ll be using it again soon :) thanks for the effort!
This is just one more truly amazing experience in the fediverse. I didn’t know an experience this great could happen so fast, and in a web app. Thank you!
Wow, thank you! 😊
Lots of credit goes to Ionic (https://ionicframework.com)!
Two quick feature requests.
- Cannot see how to make a top level post on a community. I am commenting from wefwef here, so that is clear.
- Can you enable a “pull down to refresh” in the web app? Maybe this doesn’t make sense, but for me in iOS, it is just second nature and feels weird when it doesn’t stretch and bounce.
Oops, I think you found a bug where pull to refresh isn’t working on feeds. I’ll fix that.
EDIT: Pull to refresh on feeds should be working now. Might have to open and force close the app a couple times to force it to update.
And new creating a new post in a community is also coming soon! 😊