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Apps are built by third parties. Maybe even the piefed developers are involved in their development. (feddit.online)

submitted 2 weeks ago by MastKalandar@feddit.online to c/piefed_meta@piefed.social

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But why should we be compelled to install apps ?

I mean, apps do make life convenient, but we ought to have a choice of not installing apps, right ??🤔🤔🤔

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[–] INeedMana@piefed.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There are some issues with plain browser UI. The way Android (for example) memory is managed it can be flushed even if you switch just for a moment. Touch based input needs a different approach than desktop one, etc. IMO in general apps provide better experience. And when those are open-source, most probably one doesn't have to worry about snooping, like with the apps created by for-profits

But I don't think the basic web UI and or PWA is going away. It's rather that apps are a quite widely shared preference

[–] MastKalandar@feddit.online 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't understand the problem that you're talking about. I use piefed on my android phone, on my browser.

[–] INeedMana@piefed.zip 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Me too, as PWA

notifications don't work for me
links open in the same window instead of going to the app
so yt links open yt page instead of NewPipe
there is no "drafting"
so if I swipe back when typing a comment, I'll go back and my WIP comment will be gone
seeing votes (the up and down popup) is a gamble
when I expand three dots I'm always afraid I'll click something when trying to scroll
in order to share the link I need to open the drawer

I was using apps with Reddit and Lemmy and the experience was much better. But so far AFAIK none of the apps support Piefed features in non-cumbersome way, so I'm waiting until one does

[–] MastKalandar@feddit.online 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Did you try connect ??

[–] INeedMana@piefed.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

I think it's not open source. So I'll wait a bit more

[–] Rekall_Incorporated@piefed.social 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Have you tried Voyager or Blorp?

Voyager definitely addresses many of the issues you mentioned and Blorp is often recommended for use with Piefed (Voyager doesn't really support Piefed specific features even if overall platform support works well).

[–] INeedMana@piefed.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago

Voyager - that's the one that felt cumbersome to me

Blorp - uhhh. I thought it was only an alternative web UI. I'll try the app out, thanks!
I already see that in inbox there are no notifications from feeds. But the "draft" feature is here