Join the Limbo for Lemmy beta on iOS

HrBingR, 10 months ago

Hey so I'm really liking it so far, looks great, love the styling and all, but scrolling through the feed is a little stuttery. I did a screen recording, not sure if you can even see what I'm referring to in the recording as it seems so subtle there, but when using it on my iPhone it feels really jarring. Wonder if it's because I have a 120hz iPhone, not sure if Limbo supports or accounts for the 120hz devices?

Either way it doesn't feel great to scroll at the moment:

https://imgur.com/a/uNwCL1s

limboapp, 10 months ago

Yes, I don't think the original devs could ever have seen a post with more than a handful of comments. As soon as they mount up we do start to have issues. It will be a priority are for Liftoff! (see announcement here!)

aryabear, 10 months ago

This 👏 is 👏 amazing 👏

sputtersalt, 10 months ago

Thank you so much for putting your time + effort into this! I'm enjoying Limbo so far :)

Is there a specific place to put suggestions/requests? I'd love to be able to filter out or block words (rather than just people + communities), and it would be great to be able to collapse replies + not have to scroll through lengthy reply chains if you don't want to.

limboapp, 10 months ago

This is the best place to get my attention!

Filter request understood and sounds doable.

Collapse replies -- long press on the comment :-)

Techie, 10 months ago

Great work, thanks a lot for making this!

Astromonkey9, 10 months ago

Will you be working the kbin api into the app? that's where I've been building my subscriptions, but I guess I can rebuild over on lemmy

limboapp, 10 months ago

To be honest, that's low on my priorities at the moment, but once core functionality has been shown to be in good order, we can start thinking about the best approach to such features.

rosa666parks, 10 months ago

That’s a really good way of doing things and not shoveling shit that breaks the app.

corky, 10 months ago

Whoa this is the best Lemmy app I’ve tried so far! It feels extremely polished for a beta! Amazing!

ColdAcanthaceae, 10 months ago

So far so good! Functionally, I think it's one of the best ones on IOS now (testing Mlem and Memmy as well).

The only think I'm not crazy about is the UI styling... The rounded boxes with shadows for posts are looking pretty weird (maybe just a little bit spacing between the edge for some room to breathe?). Otherwise I'm a fan of simple boxed approach.

Anyway, keep up the good work and keep them updates coming! 😀

limboapp, 10 months ago

Yeah I think there's some UI thinking to be done. I just want to ensure that the functionality all works as intended first!

small44, 10 months ago

Any plan for an android version

blujan, 10 months ago

Hi! This is great, could this be worked as a team with zach who's making an android version based on the same code?

link to github

limboapp, 10 months ago

That's great, thanks for pointing me to him, I'll get in touch!

m, 10 months ago

@limboapp I'm struggling to add my vanity Mastodon instance. Is it supported?

limboapp, 10 months ago

Hi, I'm not sure I understand the question. It's specifically a Lemmy client so unless you're also running a Lemmy instance this won't do anything for you...

m, 10 months ago

@limboapp Ah, sorry. I don't want to spin up my own Lemmy instance, and I use my Mastodon account to interact with Lemmy (yay Fediverse!)

What I'd like to do is easily comment/post on Lemmy instances with my Mastodon account. Right now it's a bit of a convoluted process that involves copying a URL from a Lemmy post, searching for it in Mastodon, and replying to the post I find in Mastodon.

mamalapandu, 10 months ago

Looks promising. Feels much better than Mlem.

limboapp, 10 months ago

Oh I'm sure Mlem will catch up very quickly 😀

mamalapandu, 10 months ago

All these apps keep getting significantly better almost every other day.

kevtav, 10 months ago

Great work. Loving the search feature.

limboapp, 10 months ago

Yes, I hope more apps start building some search in as it's such a great way to discover new communities.

ItsYourBoyHalo, 10 months ago

Wow! I can't wait for the Android version.

limboapp, 10 months ago

Let me get to the point where I'm reasonably comfortable there's no terrible issues and I'll start looking at that side of things!

MentalEdge, 10 months ago

I look forward to it. Lemmur is still in the play store, taunting me...

cod, 10 months ago

Very excited to test this out! Always good to have more options. Just started but already I’m liking the search function and the general look to the app. I’ll continue testing and let you know what I think!

Edit: Okay I’m really impressed. The account tab is awesome. Is there a discord for this app yet? You should make one if not and link it so we can join. I’ll be watching development of this app very closely, this looks extremely promising

Edit 2: Yeah I know how annoying multiple edits is, sorry. Anyway, just wanted to chime in with a couple suggestions. First of all, in the AMOLED dark mode, I feel the posts could be separated like they are in standard dark mode, with the same grey shade as with the footer (whatever it’s called). Right now, with the AMOLED mode it’s hard to tell two separate bodies apart from each other just by quickly looking at them. Second, default sorting modes could be improved. I’d suggest separate sorting for posts and comments (so for example, default sorting posts by hot/day with default sorting of comments in a post by top rated and default sorting of comments on a profile page to new).

limboapp, 10 months ago

Thanks for the feedback! I'm not a Discord user so I'll stick with this community for the moment. If that changes, I'll be looking for advice on how to proceed 😉

I just had a look at the AMOLED mode and see what you mean. I'll have a play about with that theme and see what I can do.

I understand the point about sorting. I'm still trying to get my head around it so keep watching!

cod, 10 months ago

I wish you the best of luck! Of the three apps I’ve tried, this one has had the most promising initial build

limboapp, 10 months ago

Yes, it's a shame that Lemmur got abandoned just as Lemmy's time was coming.

cod, 10 months ago

Memmy looks extremely promising now too, they’ve got some cool stuff coming as well. Mlem seems to have been lagging behind now compared to the competition, though it’s also got some cool features on the horizon. Things are looking good for Lemmy!

limboapp, 10 months ago

Yes, I think they will be adding features at quote a pace for a while now, while I just want to ensure that Limbo is robust enough for everyday use as my first priority. Looking reasonably good from the feedback so far, though there is some work to do.

cod, 10 months ago

It’s a very pretty app to be sure. Lots of functionality as well. I have high hopes for you!

Klanky, 10 months ago

Really like it so far. I was able to log in with no problems and am commenting from it now.

limboapp, 10 months ago

Thank you. It's already my preferred way of using Lemmy even though I'm in the beta test programmes for apps with much better developers!