I'm using Infinity at the moment, since it is what I have used with Reddit until the API changes. I've always loved Infinity's swipe actions, and I haven't encountered any serious bugs so far. I'm gonna try and help contribute back to the app when I can.
this post was submitted on 03 Aug 2023
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Sync is pretty good but its font options are awful on my phone. If I set the comments font size to "huge", it's still smaller than e.g. the clock in the notification bar. And then it's an unreasonably large jump from "huge" to "header".
It needs a simple font size slider instead of preset mystery values. As it is, it's just uncomfortable to use.
Not sure if Sync for Reddit had the same problem since I used other clients more.
Try going into setting and modifying "Base font size" then based off that modify comment and post font sizes accordingly? I had the same issue and the base font size allowed for more precise modification
Oh wow, thank you! Somehow I missed that setting, only seeing the post and comment settings.
The base font size even changes the settings text. My eyes feel young again! LOL
Sync and Voyager.
I used to mostly use connect and then infinity and voyager are out in the same day. Honestly, voyager feels really nice.
Connect :D
I'm sticking with Connect. It works great.
Sync > Thunder > Jeroba
Edit: I'm keeping the spelling lol
Jeroba
Sounds like a planet housing some skywalker kid
So does Jerboa tbh.
I am happy with Jerboa. I used to use Boost and Infinity for Reddit. I tried out Infinity, Voyager, Sync and connect. So far, Jerboa has been the best experience for me.
I keep flip-flopping between thunder and liftoff. I like the visual design of liftoff but thunder feels easier to use .... I could probably fiddle about with their settings and make one that last bit better than the other in either direction but I'm not sure wich way to go. (Posted from Liftoff)
I'll give the other apps a shot soon, but I'm really glad to have Sync back. It was the Reddit app of my choice.
If you don't like it, that's perfectly fine. You still have the option to use any other third-party Lemmy app of your choice.
I use summit. And its alright so far. I havnt tried the others.
I prefer Infinity but I did so for Reddit too so it's just my prefered app in general, Sync definitely seems to have less rough edges! I think the main advantage over fresh Lemmy apps are their UX and Animations, those are increadably hard to get right without years of user feedback!
I just downloaded infinity to give it a shot and I find the UI to be a little rougher around the edges. The most noticeable is the layout of posts on the feed - the icons dont look like they are consistent sizes and the lack of grouping compared to Sync (like having a box around both vote and vote count) makes it look more cluttered. I also think the default theme color (the intense blue color) kinda hurts my eyes because it's too high contrast maybe, so changing that was the first thing I did- I think having a milder default would provide a better out of the box experience.
I have no major gripes about the base functionality, they're both functional enough for me but the aesthetics of sync win for now. Also it seems like both sync and infinity don't collapse the comment you pressed and only the replies, making it seemingly impossible to collapse top level comments which inconveniences how I read threads, by collapsing top level comments as I go down the thread - long top comments stay expanded so I have to scroll past a lot more.
Those are my first impressions based on never using either sync or infinity (be it lemmy or reddit) before like this week.
Having Infinity I feel back at home. The pre-release is said to be buggy but I have not seen anything yet these last few days.
Not sure if infinity has the same "issues" as sync with the data collection.i will let someone smarter chim in.
Honestly i am still waiting for that slide port :(
I prefer my own app, but that's a given :P
I did like many aspects of the official Reddit app until they enshittified it, so I'm reusing some concepts it had. It's still in alpha phase, and even then, there's some things I liked that I'm not sure I'll implement. I particularly liked the second tab in the bottom navigation bar when it had your list of subscribed subreddits and an alphabetical scrollbar. That was super awesome. I'll definitely try to add something like that in the future, probably after I get feature parity with the official UI.
I'm avoiding pop-ups by editing the current relevant components. So, when you press "submit", the error message will be inside the form instead of as a pop-up. Or when you report a post, the form appears inside the post instead of as a pop-up. It's much more intuitive to use and I think I can make it faster to use.
No slideshow mode so I'll stick to connect
Infinity hands down. It's the only app out so far that has horizontal swipe through posts which is like my only factor for a good ~~reddit~~ Lemmy app
Infinity! It was my go-to client for Reddit, and now it's my go-to client for Lemmy. Most basic things work. There are still some bugs lurking in the app, but it's still in Alpha so that's kinda expected.
The UI is really smooth and customizable, but I guess anyone who's ever used Infinity already knows this.
Jerboa is still the best one for me.