Hi Boost gang,

The first version of Boost for Lemmy is almost ready. If you want to test the app for bugs and give feedback before the app is published, follow this link https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.rubenmayayo.lemmy to enable an early access option on the Boost for Lemmy Play Store listing.

Thanks for your patience!

  • OtterEnglish
    30•2 years ago

    Babe wake up, Boost for Lemmy just dropped

    • RubénOPMEnglish
      6•2 years ago

      You can reply to this post, or create a post in the community if it is a more detailed bug report. Whatever you want!

    • @skybox@lemm.eeEnglish
      8•2 years ago

      Yeah this honestly makes me hesitant to download idk why there are so many data sharing permissions. Maybe they’re default?

      • @Merlin404@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8•2 years ago

        In my experience veta aps usually have more, to collect statistics, crashes, and things like that. Once tha app is stable usually It need less collecting but I can be wrong to

  • @MeatAndSarcasmGuy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    19•2 years ago

    I just installed the app and so far it’s working pretty well, though if I’m being honest, I am definitely a little concerned by all the baked-in tracking.

    In terms of features I’d be interested in seeing there are three that come to mind:

    1. Community icons in compact/ dense views. While Lemmy is still in its infancy, I have to browse c/All most of the time and being able to visually see the community the post is coming for is definitely helpful for browsing.
    2. Multiple accounts in one feed. In my opinion, this is one thing that Lift-off has over every different Lemmy app. With so many instances with varying levels of federation, I find being able to browse all my accounts at once to be a very convenient feature.
    3. Being able to download to an SD card. I know SD cards are a dying breed, so this is probably low priority for you, but as someone with very low internal storage; but a very large SD card, it’s always a welcome feature when I can find it.

    Overall I would say this app already shows a significant amount of polish. Hopefully the development can continue even further.

  • Storm HuskiesEnglish
    19•2 years ago

    It’s gorgeous. Just as I remember. Like it was never taken from us. I was trying out a couple other apps while waiting for the beta and I immediately uninstalled both of those and removed ads for Boost. It’s a really well designed app in all aspects. Thanks Rubén!

    • @kmirl@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2•2 years ago

      Same! I paid for the app as soon as I got it installed. I used Boost for reddit for years and loved it. It looks great so far!

  • ⁧⁧⁧English
    12•2 years ago

    Can’t login due to 2FA!

    Other than that…the fact that I was able to export my Boost For Reddit settings and import them for Lemmy is just perfect 🥹🥹🥹

    Oh! and now we get picture previews in the comments! Hooray!

  • @CreeperODeath@lemmy.worldEnglish
    12•2 years ago

    Just downloaded it and I am honestly so happy

    Another post on here said it feels like home

    And it really does and I love it so much

    I feel like now lemmy can 100% fill the void that reddit left

  • @Haggunenons@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10•2 years ago

    Its so nice to have Boost back! Thanks so much for all your hard work, Im so very appreciative!

    Btw, brand new comments are showing as 9 hours old, my own included. I’m in Japan, on a Samsung S23, let me know if there is any debug info I can give.

    Thanks again!

    • RubénOPMEnglish
      5•2 years ago

      There was a problem with timezones missing when formatting the time. Fixed for the next beta, thanks for reporting!

      • @Haggunenons@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1•2 years ago

        Thank you so much!! For everything! For making this app for reddit, and then remaking it for here, and for taking the time to see my comment, and fixing the issue! I am so very appreciative of all the work you’ve put into it, I can’t imagine how involved a project like this must be. You’ve done such a great job. It is so nice to be back on Boost again!

  • nfntordrEnglish
    9•2 years ago

    Love it and ads removed. Enjoy your coffee!