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[–] Karlos_Cantana@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm using it right now. I'm torn between it and Thunder. They've both made lots of improvements in the last couple weeks.

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[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't hate it by any means. But design wise I always end up back in Jerboa which (to me) seems more old-school and familiar.

I find it hard to put into words, and obviously it's completely subjective, but aps like Connect and Liftoff seem too "fluffy" to me, with UI elements being larger and in-your-face. Whereas Jerboa just kind of gets the heck out of my way.

[–] FarLine99@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I also prefer UI Jerboa concept to concept Liftoff. It is just better.

[–] anon_cloud@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It’s ok. I got it on Android now.

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[–] vrighter@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tried it, but the "compact" view is wayyyyy too sparse. I have a phone the size of the moon, I should be able to view more than 3 and a half single-line posts on screen

[–] FarLine99@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Agreed. It will be fixed in the next updates.

[–] Knightfall@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I couldn't enjoy Liftoff since it doesn't appear to have gesture support. Connect and WefWef are what I use until Sync for Lemmy is released.

Also, LiftOffs gigantic button at the top is an eyesore. I don't find the UI as well done.

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[–] infiniteloop@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I like it a lot. I tried Connect but it feels clunky, LiftOff feels more refined.

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[–] sleepyTonia@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty much my only nitpick is that we have no "Commenting as:" and "Posting as:" warnings. It blurs the line between accounts a bit too much in a platform that already adds lots of complexity by splitting the communities and accounts between various servers. Beyond that, its search function is everything I could ask for and it looks great! I'm sure it'll only keep on getting better over time.

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[–] Nitrate55@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Would be nice if there was an option in the settings to turn on the ability to see upvote and downvote counts for every post and comment. It's pretty much the only reason I keep going back to Jerboa. I really like being able to see the amount of downvotes something might've gotten.

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I tried it for a while, but ended up yp with Jerboa. I'm not a fan of how it makes you choose which instance to search and view from rather than just contextually basing everything off of what instance you're signed into.

[–] HowShouldIKnow@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I tend to switch back and forth from Thunder to Liftoff and back. I like the layout and gestures of Thunder but Liftoff allows me to share memes directly from the app. That's a surprisingly rare feature.

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[–] drdiddlybadger@pawb.social 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm okay with it. Performs well, no bloat, does what I need.

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[–] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm getting to like it a lot.

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[–] Venutianxspring@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I keep bouncing between this one and Jerboa. I like Liftoff a little more, as it's easier to handle multiple instances and accounts, but I wish that it had mod tools so I wouldn't have to go my communities in the browser or PC to do anything mod related.

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[–] sideone@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Does it / will it have mod tools available? The only way I've found so far to access the mod inbox, pin threads etc is through the Lemmy website

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[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's become my default app for Lemmy.

I am still waiting to try Boost, though.

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[–] ScorpionFrog@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Its decent but I would like an option to hide the bottom navigation bar

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[–] sunbunman@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Definitely my favourite one so far! Though I will still be experimenting with newer ones when they come out.

A couple features I'd like to see implemented:

  • Setting a base instance/account and having links open through that instance. I understand this will put increased pressure on the base instance but from a user perspective this is a massive qol update.
  • Finding a way to upload videos or converting small videos to gifs before uploading without having to go into a third party source or implementing third party connectivity for this purpose. This is probably out of scope for what the app is trying to achieve, but would be a great addition for content creation on Lemmy in general.
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[–] chicory@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)
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[–] StoicLime@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I don't like the way it has a different color than the status bar. Looks jarring and incomplete.

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[–] rossome@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'd like the ability to open links with my browser of choice instead of the default in-app browser.

[–] FarLine99@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It is already in Liftoff 0.10.7. General settings section.

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[–] AlecSadler@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm liking it. Only thing missing for me I think is aligning images on the left instead of the right.

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