Juan@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIs Lemmy THE reddit alternative for you? Are you thinking about moving somewhere else?message-squaremessage-square495fedilinkarrow-up1957arrow-down124
arrow-up1933arrow-down1message-squareIs Lemmy THE reddit alternative for you? Are you thinking about moving somewhere else?Juan@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square495fedilink
minus-squaredarrsil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoIt has a PWA, use that to get the “app” feeling.
minus-squareAnimusAstralis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI guess I’ll have to learn what PWA is as well as improve my understanding of how Fediverse works. 😅 It’s all very new to me
minus-squareV4uban@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoProgressive Web App, it’s the “modern” kind of apps
minus-squareThe dogspaw @midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoWefwef.app is what your looking for i love wefwef
minus-squareAnimusAstralis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·1 year agoDoesn’t come close to a good desktop experience, feels more like Instagram
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoYou’re right, that’s a mobile client. I don’t know why they’d recommend that. There’s https://alexandrite.app/ in development currently for desktop
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agooh and also https://mlmym.org/ - makes it look pretty much exactly like old.reddit
minus-squaredarrsil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoInstalling the PWA is simple (in Chrome). In the URL bar at the right side on the Lemmy homepage, you should see a little install icon that looks like a monitor with a downward facing arrow. Click that, and it will install the site like an app.
It has a PWA, use that to get the “app” feeling.
I guess I’ll have to learn what PWA is as well as improve my understanding of how Fediverse works. 😅 It’s all very new to me
Progressive Web App, it’s the “modern” kind of apps
Wefwef.app is what your looking for i love wefwef
Doesn’t come close to a good desktop experience, feels more like Instagram
You’re right, that’s a mobile client. I don’t know why they’d recommend that.
There’s https://alexandrite.app/ in development currently for desktop
oh and also https://mlmym.org/ - makes it look pretty much exactly like old.reddit
Installing the PWA is simple (in Chrome). In the URL bar at the right side on the Lemmy homepage, you should see a little install icon that looks like a monitor with a downward facing arrow. Click that, and it will install the site like an app.