There are plenty of third party apps for Lemmy on Android/iPhone or Web, but are there any decent apps built for desktop use? Is it just simply a matter of relying on a web interface currently, or are there any well rounded apps out there that are worth mentioning.

    • Substance_P@lemmy.worldOP
      3·
      1 year ago

      Good to know, I was just having flashbacks to using Reddit on a browser and thought a dedicated App may be something in the wild out there.

    • neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      2·
      1 year ago

      Same here.

      But as a user of Firefox on mobile, I’m running into a weird persistent issue around the back button and post listings on pages beyond the first page. Sometimes, when I click into either the comments of a post or the post itself, when I click the ‘back’ button to return to the post list, sometimes I will end up on the previous page of search results (as though I pressed the back button twice).

      Reloading the page seems to fix the problem (showing me the post list page that I expect), but it’s still weird.

      Have you seen this?

  • edric@lemm.ee
    4·
    1 year ago

    I use Alexandrite on desktop. Nice, modern interface that maximizes screen real estate with its 2-panel layout.

    • konalt@lemmy.world
      1·
      1 year ago

      I started using it because it was the first one I could find with infinite scrolling. I’ve just gotten used to it now.

    • Substance_P@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      Love the interface and it does cover the entire screen, dark mode is a plus as well, thanks checking it out now.

      • Otter@lemmy.ca
        4·
        1 year ago

        That’s not a Lemmy specific app by the way, it’s a version of Firefox

        • Substance_P@lemmy.worldOP
          11·
          1 year ago

          Yeah I know, I am interested in the privacy side of things as well, so having a Mozilla based privacy centric browser on top of using lemmy on the web sounds like a great approach for me.

  • Otter@lemmy.ca
    3·
    1 year ago

    I use the basic frontend with Firefox.

    A lot of extensions and userscripts support it it, and while there are are other frontends depending on your instance, I found them buggy.

    You can find a lot of the extensions on communities that keep track of that. I use a few of extensions a lot, like Instance Assistant. Others look cool but I haven’t tried them much, like the multi-lemmy one

    Edit:

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/lemmy-instance-assistant/

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/mullem/ (although it looks like this one hasn’t been updated in a few months, your results may vary)

    • Substance_P@lemmy.worldOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      Thanks for this, it’s an interesting option, I tried it on my M1 Mac and it’s pretty close to what I was hoping for. Using a web app and browser for me doesn’t always work well when I decide to shut down and clear my cookies, this will always force me to sign in again.