Ralphensnitch,

I never used slide. What do people like about it?

Skitals,

I really like it has buttons to jump to previous/next parent comment. It made skimming top comments a breeze.

databender,
@databender@lemmy.world avatar

Custom color-coding of subs was nice when you scrolled so far you forgot where you were.

Leafimo,

I was the only reddit app I found that really worked with new comments.

what I mean with that is when you read a thread, then come back 5h later it would highlight all the new comments so you would not have to reread all the ones you already read the first time.

such a great feature (maybe others have it too, but from the many I tried non had it in that way)

also great ux with swiping allowed for super efficient navigation

florge,

For me, I liked the ability to swipe left and right between subreddits (the order on which you could configure), you could also swipe between posts. It's also open source and pretty customisable. Unfortunately it's not been updated in over a year.

theory,
@theory@feddit.uk avatar

The dev abandoned it cause the code is a bit of a nest, to say the least. Im trying to work on that, cause I really want slide to exist

HulkSmashBurgers,

How can someone donate money to the effort? If there's a way I'll donate some money.

Hubi,

I could never get used to any kind of other 3rd party app because the muscle memory from using slide for years was just too strong. I'm beyond happy to find out about this project!

SubArcticTundra,
@SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml avatar

I like it because I like the feel of the old Material v1 theme (it seems the most functional to me), and Slide takes it and uses it to its limits.

grue,

I liked that it was available from F-Droid.

There were a couple of other Reddit clients also available from F-Droid (Dawn, Diode, Infinity, RedReader), but I don't remember why I picked Slide over those. All I know is that I didn't spend much time evaluating others and that Slide was "good enough" to not annoy me into wanting to switch.

Unimeron,

The concept of swiping was used everywhere. Makes it quick and easy to use. You could just swipe right to close a thread, or the video/image. No need to use the back button, or reach for the tiny X in the corner.

And the seamless galley mode was awesome. Very unique (only found it quite similar in Joey).

sickday,
sickday avatar

I can't speak for everyone, but I really enjoyed the "get out of your way" style the app has. I also really liked that you had to slide to upvote/downvote on posts instead of having static buttons you can accidentally press. It also had a decent system for switching between multiple accounts. Finally, it's all open source so one could fork it and customize it if they wanted to.

Illecors,

I mean... What are the chances?! Unbelievable :D thank you, one tester eagerly awaiting :)

theory,
@theory@feddit.uk avatar

Great minds think alike :)

theory,
@theory@feddit.uk avatar

If you arent aware, there is a community at !slide

Illecors,

Thanks for pointing it out! Was not aware.

farofinha,

OMFG! I love yoo!

I was still on slide until I decided to abandon reddit altogether. I can volunter myself to test.

eruchitanda,
@eruchitanda@lemmy.world avatar

That's a great idea, thanks!

@theory, I'll be happy to help with testing too.

theory,
@theory@feddit.uk avatar

If you arent aware, there is a community at !slide

eruchitanda,
@eruchitanda@lemmy.world avatar

Joining, thanks mate :)

ToNIX,

Awesome! Where do we sign up for updates?

theory,
@theory@feddit.uk avatar

If you arent aware, there is a community at !slide

Slyder,

Thank you so much! I tried several Reddit apps over the years and Slide was by far my favorite. I used it up until the blackout when I left Reddit for Lemmy.

When and where can we get this?

theory,
@theory@feddit.uk avatar

If you arent aware, there is a community at !slide

GONADS125,

Wow no way... Slide has always been my favorite 3rd party app, and I always felt like the only one using it when I'd mention it on reddit. What an awesome surprise!

house_of_questions,

I've used Slide too. It was super intuitive and I've never had any issues with it at all!

GONADS125,

Hands down the most/best customization. If anyone complains about the UI, it just means they didn't tweak it enough!

emberwit,

Slide user to this day here. Love the customizability!

SolarNialamide,

I stopped using it because apparently it had been abandoned by the dev, and switched to Infinity because it's extremely similar, but I loved Slide too. Will definitely use this.

theory,
@theory@feddit.uk avatar

If you arent aware, there is a community at !slide

M_Reimer,

If it is open source, then I'll test it for sure.

Shiroa,

It is, or at least should be. The original source is here.

SubArcticTundra,
@SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml avatar

I don't think it is, although that's kind of the trade off with premium client apps

pfaca,

GitHub page says it's open-source., this version we don't know yet.

grue,

It's copyleft, not permissive, so we do know it'll continue to be Free Software.

pfaca,

Thanks for the correction.

theory,
@theory@feddit.uk avatar

Can confirm, it'll be foss, though the code is kinda horrifying :D

pfaca,

Nice to know. Thanks for your work btw.

Shiroa,

Where is all of this coming from??? Guys, Slide is FOSS, it's under the GNUv3 license lmao

https://github.com/Haptic-Apps/Slide

SubArcticTundra, (edited )
@SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml avatar

Oh I had no idea! I just assumed it was closed source because I had to pay to get the Pro version. Still an app worth paying for though

Shiroa,

If you downloaded Slide off of the google playstore, the premium version was paid as a way to help support the dev. If you downloaded it off of F-Droid, or directly from Github, the premium features were free.

eruchitanda,
@eruchitanda@lemmy.world avatar

Same. It was the best Reddit app IMO.

I kept using it, until last week ^^"

BluSpoon,

Same, I emailed the Devs yesterday suggesting a Lemmy port. Guess they already had the memo and worked on it.

theory,
@theory@feddit.uk avatar

If you arent aware, there is a community at !slide

Mlemlem,
Mlemlem avatar

awesome

Yoz,

Fk yeaaaaahhhhhh! I can't believe it, we are getting slide and lemmur. Hope someone builds infinity for lemmy

owatnext,
@owatnext@lemmy.world avatar

I miss Infinity. It was such an elegant app.

Sterben,

True, I was using it for 5/6 months, but before that I used Apollo for years.

To be honest I feel good about Lemmy, It just needs time to popolate.

noodlejetski,

ohmygodohmygodohmygod

Geose,

Oh yes. Oh baby. Slide is perfection and I have never witnessed such user focused ui.

It’s usable without being pandering. I’m pretty much only off of reddit due to it no longer being an option.

lulztard,

Wow, I remember having slide like a decade ago, I think. That'd be absolutely beautiful.

Unimeron, (edited )

When Slide died slowly I eventually switched to Joey, which is very close to Slide regarding usability. One thing Joey did better was zoomable videos. How cool is that!?

I really hope for a comeback of Slide as an Lemmy app!

dakerDraws,
@dakerDraws@pawb.social avatar

Same. Slide was sooo good that I was sad to see it abandoned. Joey comes really close and I'd like to see that developer give Lemmy a shot.

yote_zip,
@yote_zip@pawb.social avatar

Oh man I loved slide a lot. This is terrific.

wasabi,

Awesome! I was a long time Slide user before development stopped and I switched to Infinity

WildfireFailure,

I went to boost instead was close enough for me

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