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Anyone have suggestions for a good mobile Lemmy app? Or do people generally just use their browser?

I'm using boost right now and its fine except that it shows usernames instead of display names so I can't see anyone's pronouns

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[–] sharkfucker420@hexbear.net 14 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I like jerboa a lot and it is open source

[–] ProletarianDictator@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's also developed by Desslines, a comrade and lemmy dev

[–] roux@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

It's also written in Kotlin which is kind of a dope programming language that I wish was used in more places.

[–] roux@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Seconding Jerboa. Only real complaint is that it doesn't support Hexbear custom emojis.

[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

word for word what I was gonna post.

[–] roux@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

My ass will actually go out of my way to log into hexbear in Firefox when I really wanna use an emoji lol.

[–] sharkfucker420@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

I have also done this

[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

have the PWA installed solely for that reason

[–] sharkfucker420@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

Real but I just save the ones I use most as images

[–] Inui@hexbear.net 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I started using Thunder after someone suggested it and it works really well for me. They even fixed something when I posted in their comm so that I could have vote totals hidden but still see what I've upvoted.

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Does thunder support emoji?

[–] Inui@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

It doesnt have a picker but it does and they render at the appropriate size.

[–] ProletarianDictator@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago

Thunder is the most polished app. The design is really good.

[–] RedWizard@hexbear.net 7 points 2 months ago

I use Voyager, I like its interface. However, it doesn't normalize emoji sizes so some are HUGE. It also doesn't have an emoji picker either.

[–] LanyrdSkynrd@hexbear.net 6 points 2 months ago

I stopped using the apps because none support the Hexbear emoji picker. I just use the PWA now(install through the menu in your browser). The only thing I miss is being able to configure individual font sizes.

[–] iByteABit@hexbear.net 5 points 2 months ago

Firefox mobile / PWA works best for me, there's no real reason for me to move to an app

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I use jerboa and just remember the colon codes for emotes

[–] propter_hog@hexbear.net 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But it doesn't convert them to images after the fact, though, does it? That's why I have never used that method.

:cat-confused:

[–] buckykat@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

They do show as images for users on browser, but not for users on jerboa.

[–] propter_hog@hexbear.net 3 points 2 months ago

I'll be damned. I had to see it for myself, but you're right.

[–] thagoat@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 2 months ago

Eternity on android is pretty solid

[–] wheresmysurplusvalue@hexbear.net 1 points 2 months ago

Voyager is working really well for me