Lemmy Finally feels usable! Thank you LJDawson

  • @wmrch@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Sync is doing fine but I honestly don’t understand the hype.

    There is a dozen apps out there since the reddit migration with some having nearly the same features but without ads, without subscriptions and regular updates ever since.

    Off the top of my head: Voyager, Summit, Connect, Thunder, Liftoff.

    • @rishado@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Some of us have been using Sync for 10+ years, we’re not exactly looking for something new

      • @aircooledJenkins@lemmy.world
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        32 years ago

        For real. Sync works incredibly well. The developer is responsive to the community. I know how to use it. I don’t want to learn a new app.

    • @9point6@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      Honestly because IMO no other app compares to it in terms of polish, UX and smoothness; that’s not just out of lemmy apps either that’s phone apps in general.

      And tbh that shouldn’t be too surprising, It’s got 10 years of development behind it and the dev works on it full time—no other lemmy app has that currently

    • ඞmir
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      2 years ago

      Every single one of those apps except Summit and Voyager has janky scrolling, which is easy to notice on a 90Hz screen.

      Sync has not dropped a single frame since my install on all my devices.

    • @BehindTheBarrier@lemmy.world
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      62 years ago

      It’s just how many of us are used to things. Particularly the collapsed comments along with rainbow colors depending on the nested comments. I’m sure one of those has it, but Sync has all my patterns. And it was as simple as importing my sync for reddit config to get all my options as they were. Worthwhile wait, and I don’t mind supporting a Dev. Especially when there is a one time ad-free payment option, which is all I need.

    • DingDongBell
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      62 years ago

      In terms of smoothness- 90hz screen only voyager and summit has that

    • @sock@lemmy.world
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      -22 years ago

      thunder is better than sync idk what everyone likes about sync just seems like a copy of all the other apps except they have to groundwork for ads and monetization

      how revolutionary