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I’m not sure if you’ve tried this PWA called Wefwef but it feels like a fully featured Apollo client for Lemmy already. You just go to the site and add it to your home screen. No beta to sign up for. No TestFlight link. Just add the PWA.

It’s good. It’s really really good.

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[–] CptNoobCanoe@feddit.dk 3 points 1 year ago

I just tied wefwef, and it’s brilliant! It really gives the Apollo feel and even allows for multiple accounts for different instances. Feels like coming home 🙂

[–] stagen@feddit.dk 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

My biggest question is, will it eventually be an actual app?

[–] palebluedot@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago

I honestly think that it doesn't matter - this PWA is so polished I'm forgetting that I'm not using a native app.

[–] SwallowsDick@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

This. People want and need a real app on the official stores to migrate from Reddit. I'm using Connect right now for this reason, but I hope it gets better

[–] bitseek@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

This is uncanny. Thanks!

[–] aperson@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It seems to work well enough. I could use a little more information density, I wish I could turn off thumbnails, and a bunch of other nit-pick-y things, but it's a good start.

[–] jaywalker@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not sure if you are asking for a compact view? Because it does have that.

[–] aperson@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I have the compact view on and the font set to as small as I can. I would love to see the thumbnails turned off and some other extraneous info removed or compacted more. I need that information density!

[–] Bardak@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 year ago

I just want a text only app for Lemmy/kbin. No thumbnails, profile pictures, in app preview of posts, or inline comment images.

I just want post titles, self posts text, and comments.

[–] Sp00ky94@lemmy.fmhy.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I just installed Mlem and Memmy. Both have a very nice UI and are smooth. I am leaning towards Mlem though. I like swiping right to view my communities.

Edit: I was an Apollo user and reddit does not feel the same without Apollo.

[–] enki@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

I tried those 2 as well but Wefwef is really better despite being a web app.

[–] dm21@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

30 mins in and I’ve set up a Lemmy account, logged into Wefwef, added a bunch of subscriptions and now it’s about 85% like I’m still using Reddit. Amazing, and considerably better than I could have hoped for

[–] kkby@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Pretty impressive! Not Apollo but close. Dismissing images is not as fluid.

[–] codRL@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The only thing missing for me after testing for 2 days is the swipe to go back a screen. You need to reach ALLLLLL the way across to the left edge of the screen and drag it ALLLLLL the way to the right to go back to your feed from a post. In Apollo I had it configured to only need a swipe from about the middle of the screen to the right edge. It’s very hard for me to reach that far comfortably and my muscle memory is all messed up right now. I keep doing the short swipe and I upvote someone’s post instead. If they can add this I will be extremely happy.

Edit: Also, I just realized after posting this comment that Apollo also had a feature where you go forward and backward a screen by swiping left or right on the bottom section. Extremely useful as well.

[–] emptyfish@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

As an Apollo user I was very (happily) surprised at how familiar this feels, thank you! Interesting note about this app is they have a Dockerfile available which means you could host the PWA/app in your own domain. Looking at the Dockerfile this would be super easy to deploy and update.

[–] madjo@geddit.social 2 points 1 year ago

For multilingual people. Please be aware that wefwef will fail upon posting comments, if you have selected more than 1 language in your Lemmy profile. Wefwef comes back with the error message that you need to select a language in your Lemmy profile.

[–] fades@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes it is really nice but still browser based at the end of the day, therefore will not be a go-to for me.

Memmy has been good to me so far

[–] andrew@radiation.party 1 points 1 year ago

Whatever you do, don’t look at what technologies Memmy uses.

[–] cousinofjah@twit.social 1 points 1 year ago

@fades @African_Grey do you know if any more beta slots have been upened up for Memmy? I'm trialing Mlem right now but there's no iPad version

[–] clearedtoland@lemmy.fmhy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It’s as if Apollo has been reborn. How wild! I recommend giving wefwef or Memmy a try.

[–] OtakuAltair@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago

The one complaint I have is the lack of a native app; it doesn't run as smoothly as the other Lemmy clients do on my phone.

It's already amazing on my tablet though!

[–] Max_UL@lemmy.pro 1 points 1 year ago

+1 wefwef.app my favorite so far

[–] joebobdobbs@compuverse.uk 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It’s good, but it needs a compact view (unless I simply haven’t found the option).

Edit: It looks like compact view arrived in the appearance settings. Nice.

Edit 2: It might need since better post error handling/feedback…

[–] szczur@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

WefWef rocks. It has a nice name, too.

[–] Veraticus@lib.lgbt 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wow, can you link it?

Edit: I found it and wow it really is exactly like Apollo!

[–] HumbleHobo@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I'm really digging Wefwef, but I'm an android user so I feel like I'm crossing some weird rubicon of using an Apple UI from a non Apple device.

I guess what I'm saying... Ladies... Is that I'm dangerous.

[–] kraise@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

As an Android user, wefwef is such a fantastically designed app. I was still using an old iPhone and iPad Pro to browse Reddit as a longtime Apollo Ultra user so the UI is just perfect for my tastes.

[–] ehrenschwan@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

It looks really nice, kind of funny seeing the iOS-UI on Android. But I loved Apollo before switching to Android.

[–] pandaontoast@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

For real, im shocked with how fluid this feels compared to everything else I have tried today. I get the occasional bad fetch for comments but thats about it so far

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[–] Nyla_Smokeyface@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I'm using it right now and it's really cool!

...Why isn't the bookmark button working though?

[–] thoralf@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 1 year ago

It can look as nice as it gets. A PWA remains a PWA. Yes, I understand that there are people that like it. I don't. I still hope for an Apollo port to Lemmy. But the development progress of Mlem and Memmy is remarkable as well.

[–] BowtiesAreCool@reddthat.com 1 points 1 year ago

It immediately felt so right that I committed half an hour to really figuring out what this was and how it all worked. Okay to be fair I only kind of know how it all works

[–] 5cc913zx@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

This is incredible, thanks for sharing!

[–] sourov@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Considering that this is a webapp, it gives far better experience than Jerboa, Thunder. Wefwef It is fast and smooth. Jerboa is fast but laggy. Thunder is laggy but smooth.

[–] james@lemmy.jamesj999.co.uk 1 points 1 year ago

Posting from it now, it’s fantastic!

[–] ipipip@iusearchlinux.fyi 1 points 1 year ago

This is going to be my go to app for mobile devices, thanks for making me aware of it!

[–] hawkguy@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am trying it now for the first time on Android. But everytime I want to go back with the back button of the navbar, the app quits. Is that intended behavior?

[–] lastweakness@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No it isn't. Works as intended for me on both Firefox and Brave.

[–] hawkguy@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

Since an update this morning it is working fine.

[–] Natha@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago

Yup, that's Apollo in a web browser.

[–] shortwavesurfer@monero.town 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I think my favorite app is Thunder. Serious RedReader vibes

[–] seang96@spgrn.com 2 points 1 year ago

I'd recommend trying wefwef. Stupid name imo but it's thunder with a lot faster releases and it is more featured. It's also focused to be like Apollo in functionality. It's also had like 4 updates released in the last 24 hours lol

[–] African_Grey@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Trying it now. Thunder is really good but it feels like it’s designed for Android not iOS. Very “material you” feeling.

[–] SeedyOne@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It really is great but that name is so weird. Anyone know what it's based on?

[–] OtakuAltair@vlemmy.net 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Dev said he just came up with it randomly lol

He made a post on !wefwef@lemmy.world about a possible name change, and some people are suggesting Voyager> wefwef

[–] Moonwalk@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I'm an Android user and I never used Apollo, but wefwef is just amazing. It works surprisingly well, especially for a PWA. It will be my app of choice at least until Sync for Lemmy is out.

[–] bmac92@midwest.social 2 points 1 year ago

I'm feeling the same way. Can't wait for Sync.

I'm holding out for Slide for Lemmy as another Android user. But, wefwef is pretty good so far.

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