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Showerthoughts

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 1 year ago (6 children)

For those of you who, like me, are coming from Apollo you guys can try wefwef.app. It’s great

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's a nice app, but I'm really wondering who came up with that name and why. That's not how you name something if you want it to be successful.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Perhaps they're not trying to "be successful"?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I would hope so lol

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I know this night sound like a dumb comment, but it's kind of worth thinking about.

Since it isn't an iOS app, they could probably make a version of it which isn't so iOS inspired, because frankly that layout is confusing to anyone who isn't used to it.

I know Apple have a way of doing things, and they're like apps to look a certain way, but if you're not used to it it's not intuitive at all.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

But the point of wefwef is to feel familiar to those who used and are missing Apollo, the most popular iOS app.

There has been a groundswell of Android apps starting up and not a great deal of activity in the iOS-specific space. So, wefwef is welcome for those looking for something that ticks that box.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I just put a webpage link to my Lemmy homepage on my Home Screen. I haven't found the ability to comment or anything though, and I'm signed in.

Edit- apparently I was signed out. 🤣

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Oh yeah, it's a bit all over the place, eh? Looks quite slick though, might give it a go!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

That looks great, thanks!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Waiting for sync

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

undefined> wefwef.app

where do you get it?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You pop wefwef.app in the browser which can then be installed as a PWA.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You can also install any Lemmy instance as a PWA as well if you want.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I keep getting “cant load sever data” with this app. Is this just a lemmy thing or an app thing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

In one of the posts a couple days ago the developer of wefef stated that the app is getting rate limited by lemmy.world servers because so many people are using it. I think they were trying to resolve it but I am still getting the same issue occasionally. It’s just growing pains of the whole ecosystem & totally expected and normal. I’m happy to be an early adopter of all this stuff and watching it grow and mature will be an exciting adventure!