Lemmy Finally feels usable! Thank you LJDawson

    • Clipboards@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      38
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Aside from the polish, it’s also the familiar UX that many of us have used for a decade. It just feels familiar & right now!

        • Caiman86@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          19
          arrow-down
          1
          ·
          1 year ago

          Sync UI/UX are carried over from years of refinement as a Reddit client with full native controls. It now mostly just has a different API and service layer wired in for Lemmy. Definitely not a simple web view app.

        • Zeeroover@lemmy.dbzer0.com
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          6
          arrow-down
          43
          ·
          1 year ago

          It just adds ads that you can pay for to have it removed. Sync is piggybacking on the opensource devs.

          • Dark_Blade@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            7
            arrow-down
            1
            ·
            1 year ago

            What a terrible way of looking at it. UX matters a lot when you’re using a platform, and some people are willing to tolerate the occasional ad if they get a UX they like and are familiar with.

          • kd637_mi@lemmy.sdf.org
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            2
            arrow-down
            4
            ·
            1 year ago

            Gross, I was reading through this thread thinking about checking Sync out, but the idea of wilfully adding ads is so disgusting to me. The browser works well for me anyway, I don’t think I’ll end up getting an app unless it does something outstanding.

          • Bonk@lemmy.world
            link
            fedilink
            English
            arrow-up
            5
            arrow-down
            12
            ·
            1 year ago

            I’m all for people liking a certain UI/UX and supporting the dev but seriously, putting ads on fucking Lemmy? This is just so wrong

            What’s the point on not using reddit’s mobile app then? I was using a 3PA because I couldn’t stand the ads and now comes someone to put ads on an app for Lemmy jfc

            • Zeeroover@lemmy.dbzer0.com
              link
              fedilink
              English
              arrow-up
              3
              arrow-down
              19
              ·
              1 year ago

              Exactly. And with it, it brought an army of ad-loving nuggets (from Reddit I’d say by the way they reply so defensive to me, just look at the downvotes).

              If instead they could appreciate and donate some of their hard earned money to all the devs of those instances… Instead of getting rid of ads on an non-ad platform (yeah, that’s dumber than Trump).

              I’m 99% sure this army has been bought by Stync to promote their app. They’re making 100$ of those subscriptions. An army like this doesn’t cost much in comparison.

              • Zeeroover@lemmy.dbzer0.com
                link
                fedilink
                English
                arrow-up
                2
                arrow-down
                7
                ·
                1 year ago

                I’m not crying. Just pointing out the hypocrisy of paying to get rid of ads on an (previously) ad-free platform. Pretty damn sure who to blame for that crap.

                • clanginator@lemmy.world
                  link
                  fedilink
                  English
                  arrow-up
                  2
                  arrow-down
                  2
                  ·
                  edit-2
                  1 year ago

                  That’s not hypocrisy. They’re not advocating one thing and doing another.

                  If you don’t like the ads don’t use the app.

    • Matthew@programming.dev
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      26
      arrow-down
      2
      ·
      1 year ago

      Most of us are here because we used Sync for Reddit for years and want that familiar UX.

    • newIdentity
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      7
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      edit-2
      1 year ago

      It’s a smother experience on mobile and more polished

    • friedmag@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      arrow-down
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      I really wanted to just use the PWA, but Sync really is just so much better an experience right now. It’s smooth, but it also doesn’t lose my place in the feed every time I open a post. Trivial yet crucial!