Thank you for the work you've put in, guys. Life can really knock you off your feet sometimes, and I'm pretty sure Hariette has a good reason to be offline now. II really hope everything works out for her and one day she'll be able to come back.
As for myself, at the beginning of the year, I plan to dust off the drawer and return to my mobile client that I started some time ago, and develop it in my free time. If someone likes /kbin feeling, I'm pretty sure they'll also enjoy this app ;)
Thanks. In the meantime I've been getting by with the mobile website well enough. I've actually become used to not having notifications any more, perhaps it's better not being immediately informed in the middle of my day that I need to drop everything to go argue with people on the Internet. :)
Thanks Ernest, please do get that app going if you can! :)
I was using Kbin on Artemis without any login, and was pretty much fine to just lurk, but having no app at all is a real bummer. I’ll check out Lunar in the meantime but I’m itching to contribute more to Kbin as a logged in user.
Will the API be opened on Kbin.social prior to the release of your mobile app, so that other app developers also have a chance to try it out before there's an "official" solution? I feel strongly that having a single developer in control of the only client is going to end up with a lot of people waiting and possibly being disappointed again. Much better to let people experiment early and have several available options.
The API will be made publicly available in the coming days. Essentially, everything is ready except for one technical issue where I need Piotr's assistance, but he is currently quite busy. However, I'm trying to resolve it as quickly as I can.
When browsing your subs, it'll sprinkle posts you haven't seen from communities you don't follow. Helping you discover the fediverse from the comfort of Home.
So like ads… that don’t sell you anything, and actually help you discover things, and you can decide to have it on or off as you will. So not like ads at all. I love it! 🤪
One of the issues I've seen recently with kbin.social website is my subscribed feeds getting drowned out by CATS!!!
Don't get me wrong I love cats but I'm subbbed to about 30 magazine but occasionally kbin decides to fill the entire subscribed feed with posts from m/cats . Hopefully Atremis can be a little bit more broad in terms of which posts from subscribed magazines it presents upfront.
Starting to test Android builds before we start our incremental rollout (private beta). We’re going to onboard an Android dev to make sure we get an authentic experience. On top of user feedback. So for sure not the final form! Still, feels good to use already!
I certainly hope that you're going to charge for this app. That one screenshot looks better than almost every other Android client that exists, and I think I've tried them all at this point.
I realize I never followed you on mastodon, but by the looks of it I won’t need to be following anyone on mastodon soon enough because I’ll be doing it in Artemis!
It looks sleek! I like how much more prominently it’s featured compared to the web version. I think more people will be Inclined to engage with it.
thanks for your dedication and effort to artemis and kbin, guys. you were and continue to be amazing.
i think during the reddit thing, everyone went in head strong and confident, pouring lots of time into this, including myself, you guys, hariette. we wanted it to succeed so bad. then it seems many got burnt out, or bored, and started to distance, including myself. i can understand why hariette may have effectively left. i mean, she started something huge that required lots of time, dedication, and management from herself and others she brought on board. maybe she didn't realize how much it might take, and when her passion began to falter, so did her will to manage all this and she just isolated from it, ive sadly done that before when i got overwhelmed and burnt out. or maybe its something else entirely? who knows. but either way, there's still an obligation to communicate with the very people who were onboard beside you, to let them know how you're feeling and what might happen to the project, because you guys also dedicated your time to this, and your time matters too. no matter what happened, you were owed an explanation and open communication.
really sorry to hear this guys. you deserved better. thank you again for your effort and time.
who knows. but either way, there's still an obligation to communicate with the very people who were onboard beside you, to let them know how you're feeling and what might happen to the project, because you guys also dedicated your time to this, and your time matters too.
Sometimes, that's the hardest part of coming back, believe me. But we still don't know exactly what happened, and I hope it will be clarified sooner or later, whether it's the definitive end or not. Life has taught me to be very patient, and if there's a chance, this time it will be my priority to help Hariette bring Artemis back to life, as it's truly a great app and a piece of a cool story ;)
Great to hear! Please keep us posted about Kbin or Mbin support in the Artemis app. I really like these content aggregation and microblogging platforms (made the switch from Reddit), but without a mobile app the experience is subpar.
this is for sure something to ask more about on kbin development tracker.
tho, with some hiccups on this instance, I wonder if some of that activity just gets missed out on. Today I did some more optimizing on the configs for the servers, so if that's to blame, you would see more improvements on this.
Feels like a great opportunity to use this post to make my first comment with the app. I really dig that you can see the post that you’re responding to in the reply window as well as being able to bring the comment box down to scroll the rest of the feed.
There is not an apk available yet. Currently there is a limited amount of beta testers (around 10 people). The devs are closing out some bugs in the coming days and @hariette is planning on rolling out an invite to a few hundred beta testers on the 1st of July. The roll out will be based on who signed up on this google form.
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