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  • PizzasDontWearCapes@sh.itjust.works
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    I switched to Liftoff from Jerboa.

    There are a few features that either don’t exist or I haven’t found (jump to next comments thread), but it’s worked really well overall.

    For context, I use Relay when I’m on Reddit

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    It’s my favorite of the options so far, I wish I wouldn’t default to lemmy.world, but that may be pilot error…

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    I’m on Jerboa for the moment, it gets the job done, was more intuitive for me than Liftoff. With that said I will 100% be switching to Boost when it’s available.

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      Just tried Jerboa again. The search is not good. It doesn’t have the ability to search by comment, post, or user… Only search for communities. Liftoff, Memmy, and Voyager all have this function.

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        Fair enough. I’m not at that stage yet, still trying to find communities to join haha.

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      Yeah I’ve been waiting for Boost since I joined Lemmy, but I’m enjoying LiftOff so much I’m no longer sure I’ll switch when Boost does become available.

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    Truthfully, it was my least favorite of all of the Lemmy apps. I didn’t like it’s user interface. Was it recently updated?

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      I tried liftoff a few hours ago and same. Didn’t mind jerboa, but connect just clicked with me… I think because the flow is extremely similar to boost.

      I couldn’t shake the same feeling I get when using discord when using liftoff. Just no.

      To each their own. That’s why there are options.

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      Same. It looks and feels like “my first flutter app”. I switched to Thunder, which is also made with flutter, but is much more pleasant to use.

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    It immediately replaced connect for me. Absolutely incredible. I think I’ll have to pick around for some actual feedback, but that’s a damn good sign so early.

    Love the layout, organization and it’s immediately captured my entire Lemmy usage.

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      There are some stupid things or bugs here and there but it is stable experience.

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        I wish there was a simple “X” button to hide posts, like RIF had. I know you can do it via Lemmy, but it doesn’t seem to work in Liftoff until hours later. Maybe I’m doing it wrong because I’m new, but I’ve even gone to the browser side and I’m still seeing the same stuff 5 hours later.

        Overall, a very smooth experience. If Jerboa and Liftoff combined into one app, I think we’d have it all.

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    Coming from the Reddit is Fun app, I tried Jerboa first, thought it was fine, then tried Liftoff and it feels a lot better to me so far. But I’m still new to this universe, so I might try other apps and change my mind! Loving the diversity so far at least!

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      I’m also a RIF refugee. Liftoff is the first app I’ve tried for Lemmy. Overall I’m pretty happy. The updates get better and better. I’m still leaning how to Lemmy, but I really like it so far. One of the few things throwing me off at the moment is that I either can’t or don’t know how to easily tell what posts I’ve already seen. RIF would change the color of the text from white to blue. If they can add that then I’ll have nothing to complain about.

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      fediverse is awesome. check out lemmyapps community and pinned post to find alternative apps 🙂❤️

    • Cyyy@lemmy.ml
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      do you know if Liftoff supports redgif etc.? it’s always annoying in Jerboa when you have to open such links manually instead of seeing it in the app self.

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      Also a RIF refugee. I’ve tried every Lemmy app I saw on Google Play, Liftoff is the one I’m happiest with.

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    Liftoff is what I’ve settled on, so far. I’ve found it to have the best performance of all the Android options.

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        Thunder was pretty snappy. I didn’t know about that one, so I tried it just now. I’m afraid to say I think I like Liftoff better still, because Thunder uses swipe gestures for a few things and is missing a few “top” sorts, but it seemed like it has potential.

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          It didn’t have top sorting at all a few versions ago 😅

          Theres a dozen of us contributing to it every day, it’s coming along very nicely, and making it usable without the gestures is a current focus. It’s already possible with posts, but next up are comments.

          Keep it in mind! Check back a bit later and I’m sure you’ll be impressed.

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            Cool, sounds like it’s coming along well. I’ll give it another shot next update or so :)

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              Gestures can now be entirely disabled, and you can turn on buttons for posts and comments. All top sort options are now available.

              Also play store release within next 24 hours.

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                Cool, thanks for the update! Coincidentally, Liftoff put gestures with no option to turn them off in their latest release, so I’ve been a little unsatisfied about that. I’ll try Thunder again.

                The play store release is a huge deal too. Ngl that I probably wouldn’t have used Thunder if I had to manually update it from github for each new release.

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    I tried about five different android apps and LiftOff was the one I picked. Looks the best, runs smooth, nice interface, fast with updates. Love it.

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    I think it’s much better now than it was. You can block a community without opening a post. The community and OP are listed at the top. All fonts seen to be customizable. My only current issue is the color around the cards - it’s gray and if you’re in dark mode it’s not as obvious where one end and the next begins. I would like to see color options for that and/or color options for headings. I could switch from Jerboa if they add that.

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      We’ve grown to the point where we want features, not just for it to work. Says a lot about the developers efforts! ❤️

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      Same. Connect is much cleaner in my opinion. Still has some clunkiness and I don’t like that touching the screen on images closes the image, but overall it’s a great start.

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    So far liftoff has been my favorite and I love the ability to have multiple accounts logged in at once and the ease of browsing from different instances. The UI is nice and clear and it’s my favorite from the ones I’ve tried. I still wanna try boost out!

  • caffinz@lemmy.ml
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    Liftoff feels like a love letter to Relay for Reddit. It’s just missing a quick toggle to move thumbnails to the left or right in compact view.

    Props for referencing the NoPoop meme in the settings too 🤣