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Maybe a controversial opinion, but Lemmy is pretty great as a PWA (beehaw.org)

submitted 2 years ago by prof@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org

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So Jerboa broke on my phone just now and I didn't want to stop browsing Lemmy. Unfortunately no suitable alternative was found so I just decided to check if I could open it in my browser and install it.

To my surprise, it worked. And it works really well quite frankly. Sure, the UI is different, but I'm not at all missing any features.

Did any of you guys try it as well? What's your opinion?

If not, did you even know that was a possibility? It quite frankly never crossed my mind, because Reddit and other platforms always force you to use an app when you open them in a browser.

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[–] jlarex@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

I've been using the PWA on my tablet and I switch between the PWA and jerboa on my phone. The PWA seems more stable but the upvote and collapse comment buttons are a little too small for my taste.

[–] verdare@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I’ve been switching between Mlem and the PWA. I’ve honestly found the PWA to be pretty laggy, with things not loading or the whole app just freezing. Given the connection issues I’m also seeing on Mlem, I suspect the issue is server-side.

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[–] Frederic@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

As I have an account on Beehaw and Lemmy.world, I created two PWA on my screen, it works great!

[–] gnzl@nc.gnzl.cl 1 points 2 years ago

I think the apps currently in development will only get better with time, but currently the web app is my favorite way to browse Lemmy.

[–] dan@upvote.au 1 points 2 years ago

I agree that the web app is really good. There's some PWA improvements in Lemmy 0.18.0 too (https://join-lemmy.org/news/2023-06-23_-_Lemmy_Release_v0.18.0).

[–] xtremeownage@lemmyonline.com 1 points 2 years ago

It has worked pretty decently for me. I have not even taken a look at jerboa yet.

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