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  • sasquash471@feddit.deEnglish
    77·
    11 months ago

    Does this guy even sleep, so many updates and it gets better and better. Thanks very much for the good work. Just downloaded it and it works perfectly also as App.

    • techgearwhips@lemmy.worldEnglish
      25·
      11 months ago

      There’s an android Mode. But it isn’t really material ui either. It threw me off at first, but having the same EXACT experience on my Desktop, iOS, and Android is 🔥🔥🔥.

      • Rossel@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        82·
        11 months ago

        I don’t have iOS devices, but I already installed Sync on my desktop (W11 Android subsystem) and laptop. So I’m getting the same experience everywhere, with the added benefits of tablet mode on desktop.

        • techgearwhips@lemmy.worldEnglish
          6·
          11 months ago

          So many good apps coming out. Have you tried infinity for Lemmy yet? And that Android subsystem on Windows 11 is GOLD. I use my iptv app and some other Android apps on it.

          • notExactlyI20@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            11 months ago

            Using IfL rn. Feels just as right as og Infinity (which I solely used during my time on Reddit), no unpolished experience as of UI, but I’m expecting to see some bugs and inconviences as usual (as of writing I’m using v0.0.8) but let’s be real guys, Rome wasn’t build in a day.

            Feels absolutely on par with Liftoff (v0.10.10), and Jerboa (v0.0.42), which pretty much sets my happily permanently staying on Lemmy.

          • Rossel@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
            3·
            11 months ago

            Yeah, Infinity feels less polished, but expected considering how much older Sync is. The Android subsystem has worked well, I used the script that adds Google Play services so my purchases are synced between phone and desktop.

            • techgearwhips@lemmy.worldEnglish
              4·
              11 months ago

              Infinity feels polished to me because it’s exactly the same as the reddit app is. I actually was using it today thinking I was on the Reddit one. Wild lol. Only thing is inbox doesn’t work so I’m back on Voyager for now. I need to try Sync tho.I always heard good things about it on Reddit, but I went from Boost to infinity (because it’s FOSS) and never had the need to try anything else.

                • techgearwhips@lemmy.worldEnglish
                  3·
                  11 months ago

                  Yes, working for me now but still barely functional. For example, I seen your reply but I can’t see my comment that you replied to. So I’m working off of memory of what I said. Lol

          • andreas_retsis@lemmy.world
            English
            2·
            11 months ago

            infinity on WSA is great because of the 3 columns option on tablet mode, but it doesn’t have tabbed browsing like sync

  • 99nights@lemmy.worldEnglish
    421·
    11 months ago

    Is it weird that I like the iOS mode look rather then the Android one on my Android phone?

    • UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      309·
      11 months ago

      It looks like a very old version of Android. Sync is much better in terms of adopting the new Material You design philosophy.

      • Carighan Maconar@lemmy.worldEnglish
        105·
        11 months ago

        Ah that’s why Sync looks so ugly with it’s off-red color to everything? Damn. Do you know whether I can turn that off?

        • Lord_Logjam@lemmy.worldEnglish
          15·
          11 months ago

          It is probably basing the colour scheme on your background? You can turn this off in the theme settings.

        • Rossel@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          71·
          11 months ago

          Sync uses Material You. It’s using the colors of your wallpaper. And you can customize the theme manually on settings. Here's how it looks for me, for example.

          • arglebargle@lemm.eeEnglish
            14·
            11 months ago

            wallpaper… i am always surprised that people give a shit and set a wallpaper on a mobile device…

            in any case, thanks for the feedback, that is an interesting setting.

            • The King@lemmy.worldEnglish
              3·
              11 months ago

              Why wouldn’t you set a wallpaper? It’s a good way to personalize your phone and make it unique

              • arglebargle@lemm.eeEnglish
                1·
                11 months ago

                Because I would never see it. Either I want an app so I am looking for that, or using an app, so I am looking at that. Black saves battery and makes it easy to see what I want.

                It’s interesting thinking about it, I have very simple wallpaper on my linux desktop (no photo just very slowly changing shape/color pattern, but I do not have icons on the desktop at all. I turned that functionality off.

                I wonder if I would think differently about my phone if I didn’t have icons to interact with on the screen?

            • Rossel@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              2·
              11 months ago

              Customization is a big selling point after all. Just see how much hype there was for iOS 15 only because you could finally customize the lock screen.

        • viking@infosec.pubEnglish
          5·
          11 months ago

          It’s basing the color scheme based on the main accent color you choose.

          Set it to blue and set the intensity to minimum, and you’re good. Ideally paired with AMOLED black mode and extra powerful dark mode.

    • donut4ever@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      61·
      11 months ago

      Not weird. I’m an android user, but I like the iOS look a lot better. iOS does look better thank than android.

    • AlgonquinHawkEnglish
      42·
      11 months ago

      It seems you may be ready to join the dark side 🍎. Join us!

  • fluxion@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    11 months ago

    If you search for “voyager lemmy” reddit is like the 3rd hit, and “voyager for lemmy” is like #30 after a bunch of completely random apps.

    • Scrollone@feddit.itEnglish
      29·
      11 months ago

      We need to give Google time to properly index the app, since it’s been released recently. I think they don’t easily surface new apps in order to prevent phishing or spam.

      By the way, leaving 5 stars and a review probably helps.

    • Square Singer@feddit.deEnglish
      11·
      11 months ago

      If there’s one thing Google is really bad at, then it’s search algorithms.

      At least for any product that isn’t the Google Search.

  • Dandroid@dandroid.appEnglish
    19·
    11 months ago

    Thank you for all of the hard work you have put into this project. This app is amazing. I’m just shocked at how quickly you work.

    Is there a way to point the Play Store version of the app to my Voyager container running on my server?

  • figaro@lemdro.idEnglish
    289·
    11 months ago

    Voyager is great but it should be noted that this is just a glorified web app.

    • Hangglide@lemmy.worldEnglish
      213·
      11 months ago

      But the web app spams my browser history with everything I ever touched on Lemmy. I absolutely don’t want that. It is nice to have the app separate from my chrome history.

        • Scrollone@feddit.itEnglish
          152·
          11 months ago

          I agree, but trust me: Voyager is the best webapp I’ve ever tried. It truly feels like a native app.

    • The King@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      So what? For a hybrid app like that to be smooth and performant, he has my kudos. If I hadn’t already seen this running in a browser, I don’t think I would have realized it was. I personally like the Sync experience, but it’s really cool to have lots of different choices that use different tech.

  • naqahdah@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    11 months ago

    I’m really digging this so far. The built-in subreddit import is amazing! I also like how relatively simple the app is in general. Most apps have a ton of options I never use, and this one seems to mostly be including the stuff I do care about.

    If you ever end up going the donate route or whatever, I’d pitch in.

      • JaddedFauceet@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        11 months ago

        I installed it as a web app earlier. I don’t recall conflict with back gesture. What’s the issue with back gesture?

        • _thisdot@infosec.pubEnglish
          2·
          11 months ago

          You know how in Android the back button is sometimes not a back button? It sometimes transforms to a close button (modal, image overlay, keyboard, etc.)

          With an app built for iOS, these “close on back” was not working

          • JaddedFauceet@lemmy.worldEnglish
            21·
            11 months ago

            As a web app, such behaviour will also need to be programmed to work on a browser first. Packaging it for Play Store should not grant that behaviour automatically.

            (2) Image overlay For Voyager, back button for image overlay works in browser.

            When opening an image viewer, the web app triggers a browser history change like this:

            1. Browsing on feed - https://vger.app/posts/lemmy.world/all
            2. Opening an image viewer - https://vger.app/posts/lemmy.world/all#galleryOpen

            ^ notice the extra #galleryOpen

            When back button is triggered, the web page will listen to a “back” event, and close the image viewer.

            (3) Keyboard: Keyboard is a native UI. So triggering “back” will always close the keyboard

            (1) Modal / bottom sheet

            But… I couldn’t figure out this one yet

            Clicking on the “3 dots icon” in a post opens a bottom sheet interface.

            Play Store version response to back button properly. But the web app version does not.

  • MdRuckus @lemmy.worldEnglish
    12·
    11 months ago

    It took over the top spot with Connect for me. Voyager gives me instant reddit vibes like the Apollo app. Great layout. It’s super smooth.

    • Kokesh@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      11 months ago

      It is not easy these days to screenshot anything-internet without Fuck spez in it. He took the net by storm.

    • chinpokomon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      11 months ago

      I read what you said and completely missed it. It’s there, but pretty hidden. Might not even be known. I’m not sure that makes it bold.