Afternoon all,
Sync for Lemmy (Android) is now available for pre-registration on Google Play.
I’m currently working with 100 internal testers to add the final parts / resolve any issues and should be ready to go live within the next week.
I’ll be emailing everyone that signed up with the previous form today too.
Cheers,
Lj
I was a RIF user. Will I like Sync?
I think so, I like sync because of its massive customisation potential, and it also offered some quick template like way to change them, so it was never overwhelming. You can make sync the way you like it, and I’ve been following the dev for a while as well. Truly passionate fellow.
Pre-registered! Can’t wait!
Bug, this is not animated
Fixed
It is in Liftoff.
Considering the API/experience is quite different (with its own nuances) in the fediverse, the idea to create an app from scratch was a good idea. Copying and pasting UI code and framework from Sync aside. Especially when the platform is being improved to handle some meaningful load/traffic right now and is clearly needing further development - he’s got time. We are already week 4 of a 3-6 week estimate, and he’s teasing us with some very nice screenshots already. Reddit gave very short notice of the API changes, and they then carried them out. Ultimate subscribers leaving in droves, sadly. Even with the choice he was just making about usernames, it’s clear to me that he’s been putting a lot of attention to detail in the first appearance of Sync for Lemmy. Everything is important when it comes to being a class leader, there is nothing more important than setting the example that others follow or copy. When other developers come into your Lemmy community and try to snipe users so blatently as what has happened - is it any wonder he’s wanting perfection!
It’s about sending a message. He’s clearly wanting to show these other android developer noobs how it’s done.
Isn’t on memmy
It is on Connect.
Appear as a link in voyager
Welcome back!
Sent from my Sync for Lemmy
It’s good to be home.
Using Voyager and the devs have been more than awesome. I don’t encounter any bugs on Android. Still gonna throw my money at Sync when it arrives though. Sync was the only reason I even used reddit. A bit wierd but before I stumbled on the Sync I couldn’t even stand reddit. I was a Sync user, not a reddit user.
Before you forget:
Wow! Congratulations! It’s really weird - I feel like going back to reddit, because it looks and feels exactly like when I used Reddit back when it was awesome to do - through sync… But it’s not reddit. Kinda tells me how much of my “Reddit experience” was actually not Reddit, but sync.
Lol I was thinking just that, myself
Can’t wait to say goodbye to Liftoff and welcome back Sync as my daily toilet scroll addiction
I’m testing it now. Honestly you couldnt tell this isn’t just like before. The main thing sync has over the other clients is speed. Scrolling the feed doesn’t result in it jumping everwhere as images load in. They are already loaded and sized properly. And a million other little things and polish that make it amazing. (Posted from sync!)
It’s cool to see it so close to being ready, I’m looking forward to trying it out myself!
Ouch for the liftoff devs
I’m sure it’s nothing personal. For instance, I’ve been using Sync for reddit for over 10 years as my primary method of accessing reddit, so I know this is going to make me a lot more comfortable using Lemmy.
Yes! Meant nothing towards the Liftoff devs, it’s the best app I’ve used for Lemmy. I had been using Sync for about the same amount of time and loved everything about it
I posted this in another thread-
People should expect these reddit apps to be buggy when they come out. I loved and paid for both apps but I think people have pretty unrealistic expectations for sync and boost. The established lemmy apps have a big head start in getting those bugs worked out.
but the devs of these popular reddit apps likely have recycled a tonnn of their reddit app’s code into the Lemmy app and and are therefore working with a much more mature codebase that they’re also much more comfortable with. for example, I’m loving liftoff but it has so many random bugs that, while not awful, are a bit jarring. and the vast majority of them aren’t Lemmy bugs, they’re just normal app bugs that haven’t been worked out yet. and while I’m sure the liftoff devs are great, it’s a new app and will experience growing pains that sync likely won’t deal with as much.
Nah I’ll stay with liftoff. Never used sync… came from baconreader and liftoff has the same vibe.
Liftoff has been pretty great, Lemming looks polished already but it does not seem to be active anymore
I’m loving Liftoff, but I’m still excited about sync.
Connect keeps fucking eating my comments. Godspeed.
Can’t wait. I missed the reddit sync badly. Excited to use it again.
Been a full time sync user for the last 5 years or so. Very excited to get it for lemmy. Thanks for all your hard work!
Hype!
Can’t wait to give you my money again!
Will it also be released on F-Droid in the future?
Sync for Reddit was not open source, so I doubt this will be.
Ah, thanks for the info. Too bad.
I just want it to be usable without Google Play Services
Pre registered! Will this also have the option for the old style of comments? I’ve been using sync for so long that I prefer the old sync comments style to the new one lol.
Yup
