Infinity is great. Really hoping the dev refractors it for Lemmy.
I was surprised when I didn’t see anyone talk about infinity
I used infinity.
but i think almost anyone here uses/used an open source client no? Thats like a predestined path
I love the infinity client and I already miss the “swipe to upvote”-feature on jerboa
It’s more likely, probably. On Reddit it really seems to be a forgotten child aside of the fossdroid people.
I was actually pleasantly surprised when some subreddits announced their participation in the blackout with a picture including the infinity for reddit (and boost) icon(s).
I tried Infinity but it simply wasn’t comfortable for me so I went back to Boost. I generally prefer FOSS but in this case I had to go with what worked best for me.
I thought that infinity was FOSS haha :(. It was really good, so fast, so clear, not compared to web view or the awful app.
Infinity is FOSS, Boost isn’t.
ok, got it.
Infinity is definitely the one I’m most looking forward to
Infinity is amazing
Really hoping that Infinity comes to Lemmy, I love the app
I love infinity! Easy to use and it doesn’t push notifications all day to you check reddit all the time
Infinity is the only reason I had gone back to reddit. Not being able to use it is what initially drove me to the fediverse
Me too! And I like the decentralization thing
Oh yeah I came for the “reddit alternative” and stayed for the decentralization
Infinity has been my go-to. Spending much less time on it though.
I use infinity. Was a slider user (and loved it) but isn’t slide dead?
It hasn’t been developed for a year but it works just fine for most people.
Just means its ripe for a fork and switching to lemmy
Edit: tempted to try, now…
did the temptation win? ;-)
if you start a fork, I guess currently there are quite some people to contribute/join the effort
I’m holding myself back a bit, because daily work doesn’t leave me with much free time at the moment - with not much change in the near future…
Yo come to !starwarsmemes@lemmy.world it’s lonely there
Slide for Lemmy would be awesome
Didn’t even notice that slide is ded. Still my favorite.
Yeah I’m still a daily user
RedReader > anything
FOSS and lightweight and works perfectly. Hope he makes it work on Lemmy moving forward.
RedReader really focuses on being able to read text. You can set font sizes on every aspect of postings and comments to exactly what you desire for the size of screen tablet/smartphone you have.
Redreader user here too. I find it incredible how it’s hardly mentioned when people talk about unofficial reddit apps. It’s perhaps the one that maximizes having lots of functions, being lightweight, and being easy to use.
Redreader is a beast. It might not look very fancy but it’s one of the most functional clients I’ve ever used. I saw someone had modified redreader to display lemmy communities on r/apihackathon and the RR dev seemed interested! So fingers crossed :)
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I really wish the Infinity dev considers working on the backend of the app to make it work with Lemmy. That’s no easy task, I’m aware of that, but dreaming is free am I right?
There’s the Idea of making a lemmy API that’s Reddit compatible. Meaning all Reddit client apps could migrate to lemmy with minimal effort.
Wdym? API calls that go through Reddit’s servers or something? I’m not getting it 🤔
more like having a second lemmy API that behaves the same way as reddit’s
No, an API that has the same calls as Reddit, but lemmy as a backend.
They should ask Lemmy devs for advice before making clients for Lemmy
No. Just use a different API endpoint.
Where normally, these two services differ drastically. Usually, Infinity (or any other Reddit client), would talk to the Reddit API. Converting them to talk to the Lemmy API is like converting them to speak a whole other language. There are ideas and proof-of-concept projects to translate between the two.
The software would sit in between a Reddit client and a Lemmy instance. Receiving Reddit “language” from the client, translating to Lemmy “language” on the other side, and doing the reverse with the response it receives from the Lemmy instance.
If such a piece of software existed, a Reddit client could be converted simply by saying: “Instead of talking to the Reddit API, talk to this server”. The client would still “speak” the Reddit “language” with the translator, but interact with Lemmy at the other end.
It would take the time pressure off of Reddit third-party client developers, giving them time to properly convert their applications to their new preferred platform. It is a large task though, so I’m not sure if it’ll be usable by the time Reddit disables free API access.
Would be very nice to have, as the bar set for UI and UX design by most third-party Reddit applications is very high (specifically shout out to Apollo and Infinity). Apps like Jerboa or Mlem couldn’t possibly reach that level of quality within a month.
Is Infinity FOSS? Its my preferred client, but I had no idea it was open source. Would be great if it supported Lemmy.
Yep! Here’s their GitHub https://github.com/Docile-Alligator/Infinity-For-Reddit
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Nice, I have used a lot of apps over the years, but this is the one that has stuck with me.
It is
It’s crazy how much better these apps make scrolling Reddit
Wow, a mention of slide? Incredible. There are dozens of us!
I used to use slide when it was the only way to get your own personalised front-page without logging into a reddit account. But infinity does that too, now, and has a much better UI imo
In all these thousands of threads discussing 3rd party apps, this is the first mention I’ve seen of Slide. Wild!
