Technology

Glad you like it-- there will probably be many changes as soon as it gets updated (we're still figuring out what works and what doesn't). But, and everyone should be aware of this: v1.0's goal is "be functional and stable". Features will get added as we go (hopefully quickly). Apps like Apollo, RIF, etc, are mature, having been developed over years of work and user feedback. And while we can stand on the shoulders of giants like Christian Selig with regard to our direction and goals, we're just getting started.

That said, we're here to serve the community as we are also part of it, so we are doing all we can to build a great app!

I'll consider it, but feel free to x-post this there or make your own post. We're not exactly in PR mode right now since these tools and features are still in their conceptual stages and we're still trying to figure out how best to implement them-- especially the accessibility features. We're looking to bring on an accessibility specialist to the team to consult with us, so if anyone would like to help on that front Please let us know by joining our Mlem app chat on Matix.

We'll also be making a wider recruitment post to expand our dev team in the next few days, so keep an eye out for that, too! We're currently a tiny team of passionate volunteers, and there's a LOT to do!

edit: Link to GitHub project iif anyone wants to get a feel for where we are now.

I remember seeing somebody mention a Reddit-like wrapper for the Lemmy API so that existing Reddit clients can be interoperable with Lemmy without changing any code. Does anyone have more information about this project? It would be great if we could use open-source clients like Infinity (what I use for Reddit on Android) with Lemmy without rewriting them.

While I appreciate the effort that can go into building a good app... Jerboa sucks. Going from something like RiF to Jerboa is like having some teeth pulled... and being aware of all the little gaps where your teeth used to be.

I hope this changes in the future, in the meantime, I'm planning to write my own, in the middle of everything else I'm doing.

Yeah I'm a Boost user and I'm using Jerboa. It's not such a shock going from Reddit to here thanks to Jerboa.

He mentioned in his post he isn't interesting in doing that and is instead focusing on his 2nd app. Sad but understandable

I'm the UX designer on the app, so the idea is to get close in terms of usability and style while making the app "our own". So, the app will, ideally, feel a lot like Apollo, but without outright copying it.

We want to take the best of Apollo (minus some things we don't like about it), and make something that's inclusive of how lemmy works and operates.

it may have to do with the popular lemmy instances being slammed right now. Until very recently, they weren't handling a lot of heavy traffic-- after Christian Selig's initial announcement about the Reddit API changes,, there was a massive spike in traffic from Reddexiters, and, now, again within the last hour since his latest post. Instance admins are expanding their capacity, but can only do so much, being independent volunteers running servers on their own.

Give it time. the servers are a bit bogged down right now.

the beta is currently open in testflight, I believe. we'll be forming user testing groups in the near-future.