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Lemmy-UI is the "Windows" of Lemmy Clients (dubvee.org)

submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) by ptz@dubvee.org to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world

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Comparisons:

Does most things; does none of them particularly well
Comes with the system
Most people think that's just how the platform is
Annoying bugs take forever to get fixed
Only wears 15 pieces of flair
Extremely annoying to use after using a better system for any amount of time

I've seen very few 3rd party clients that are not miles ahead of Lemmy-UI. Of those that weren't ahead of L-UI, most of them weren't even finished, so it's hardly a fair comparison.

If you're reading this on Lemmy-UI, you might want to check out https://lemmyapps.com/ and see what you've been missing. I'm not affiliated with that, it's just a good resource.

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[–] NineMileTower@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (5 children)

I'm a super smart guy and very tech savvy, but I have this friend that doesn't know what you are talking about. Will you dumb it down for him?

[–] ptz@dubvee.org 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

Lemmy-UI is the "default" way to interact with lemmy on most instances. It's kind of a dumpster fire in a lot of ways, but you only really start to notice it after you've used a third party client for any length of time.

The link in the post, LemmyApps.com, is a directory of actively supported 3rd party clients. You're on Lemmy World, and they already run a few alternate frontends you can try with little/no effort:

[–] moleverine@lemmy.world 2 points 13 hours ago

Definitely going to have to test Alexandrite vs Mlmym. Alexandrite feels just like old reddit, but I'm liking the UI of Alexandrite, too. Thanks!

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