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[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Does this guy even sleep, so many updates and it gets better and better. Thanks very much for the good work. Just downloaded it and it works perfectly also as App.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago

I'm starting to suspect they're a rogue ai.

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 year ago (7 children)

iOS UI/UX on Android doesn't make any sense

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Settings / Appearance / Themes / Device mode / Android (beta)

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Looks pretty beta though...

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

Well... It's is beta...

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

Someone finally said it. Can't stand it, sorry.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I must be an idiot, as I cant tell the damn difference. There are posts. They have thumbnails. I scroll through posts, I click on and read comments. How the hell is different than any other Lemmy app?

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

It has Android mode also.

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[–] [email protected] 43 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It kinda bothers me to have an iOS UI on my Android phone lol.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There's an android Mode. But it isn't really material ui either. It threw me off at first, but having the same EXACT experience on my Desktop, iOS, and Android is πŸ”₯πŸ”₯πŸ”₯.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I don't have iOS devices, but I already installed Sync on my desktop (W11 Android subsystem) and laptop. So I'm getting the same experience everywhere, with the added benefits of tablet mode on desktop.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (7 children)

So many good apps coming out. Have you tried infinity for Lemmy yet? And that Android subsystem on Windows 11 is GOLD. I use my iptv app and some other Android apps on it.

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[–] [email protected] 42 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why bother. Version two is already available. Voyager 2 by NASA.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (11 children)

Is it weird that I like the iOS mode look rather then the Android one on my Android phone?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (10 children)

It looks like a very old version of Android. Sync is much better in terms of adopting the new Material You design philosophy.

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

I think the Android mode is not completely polished yet

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yeah says beta right

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

Oddly enough, I'm also quite liking the iOS mode...πŸ€¦πŸ»β€β™‚οΈπŸ€·πŸ»β€β™‚οΈ

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Not weird. I'm an android user, but I like the iOS look a lot better. iOS does look better ~~thank~~ than android.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you search for "voyager lemmy" reddit is like the 3rd hit, and "voyager for lemmy" is like #30 after a bunch of completely random apps.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago

We need to give Google time to properly index the app, since it's been released recently. I think they don't easily surface new apps in order to prevent phishing or spam.

By the way, leaving 5 stars and a review probably helps.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If there's one thing Google is really bad at, then it's search algorithms.

At least for any product that isn't the Google Search.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hold on! I thought it was a web apponly? That's awesome. I'll download it

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (3 children)

It’s basically the web app but with haptics and better back gesture support

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The back gesture is actually stopping me from using it. It registers both in-app back gesture and the operating system gesture at the same time. It skips the main feed with the two backs, goes all the way back to the communities screen and forgets where it was on the feed.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It basically is, this is just a wrapper that lets the web app hook into a few more native things like haptics

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Voyager is great but it should be noted that this is just a glorified web app.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

But the web app spams my browser history with everything I ever touched on Lemmy. I absolutely don't want that. It is nice to have the app separate from my chrome history.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It runs really well for a web app, you can barely even tell.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Why should I note that? Will it eat me in my sleep if I didn't know that?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It won't be as optimized as a native app, basically.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago

I agree, but trust me: Voyager is the best webapp I've ever tried. It truly feels like a native app.

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Thank you for all of the hard work you have put into this project. This app is amazing. I'm just shocked at how quickly you work.

Is there a way to point the Play Store version of the app to my Voyager container running on my server?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm really digging this so far. The built-in subreddit import is amazing! I also like how relatively simple the app is in general. Most apps have a ton of options I never use, and this one seems to mostly be including the stuff I do care about.

If you ever end up going the donate route or whatever, I'd pitch in.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is this any different to the web app?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 year ago (5 children)

It respects android back gesture

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

I'll try it out! I'm already using Voyager

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

It took over the top spot with Connect for me. Voyager gives me instant reddit vibes like the Apollo app. Great layout. It's super smooth.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Bold to have two posts with "Fuck Spez" as thumbnails in the second screenshot

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm not able to install the app, anyone know why this could be happening?

Google Play screenshot showing Voyager and an error: "This item isn't available."

Google Play screenshot showing compatibility, which shows it won't work with Pixel 6a

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I had users complain to me about the same issue. It's likely as it's rated 18 and you haven't age verified your account.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (3 children)

So far liking it. Completely different ui and feel compared to thunder and connect.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Does anyone know how to save pictures on this app ?

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