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Updates to Front-ends - Important for non-app mobile users! (self.home)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Demigodrick to c/home

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Hi all,

We've been looking at the web apps we offer for front-end mobile experiences, and will be making some changes to their accessibility.

Firstly, Voyager (our current front-end at m.lemmy.zip) has now been released as an App on app stores.

Because of this, we will be moving Voyager away from m.lemmy.zip in favour of using the app. However, if you still wish to use the PWA version (via your mobile browser and pin it to your home screen) we'll be hosting it still at v.lemmy.zip, although we may be slightly behind on versions.

Secondly, we'll be moving Photon over from beta.lemmy.zip to be the new mobile site version (for now) and will be accessible at m.lemmy.zip. Photon's long term home will likely be something like p.lemmy.zip but we'll see what other front ends appear. Nothing will be hosted at beta.lemmy.zip for the time being.

These changes will likely be in place about an hour after this post goes live, assuming nginx decides to play nicely.

Hope this makes sense - let me know if you have any questions.

Demigodrick

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[–] Thoxy 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I find that the Voyager app loads much faster than the website because the front-end is directly embedded in the app. I personally use it on a daily basis and highly recommend it. However, I have experienced some bugs with Photon on my phone, which makes me prefer the Voyager app even more.

Removing Voyager from the server is a logical decision as it would free up resources and potentially improve the performance of other services.

[–] brandon 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Have you tried Photon on a desktop browser? I didn't like it at all on mobile, but it seems great on a larger screen.

[–] Thoxy 2 points 1 year ago

I have used it but I prefer the original lemmy site on desktop but this is a great alternative for desktop but is still a new project maybe in the future I'll be making the switch.

[–] brandon 2 points 1 year ago

Thanks for delivering the good news, just installed Voyager from the App Store!