Comment by BentiGorlich@gehirneimer.de on Im counting the days for a Piefed app so i can switch over and be able to forget about ml drama and weirdness

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/26211900

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You cloud give mbin a try its developers are nice people :) Although there is only one app for it (interstellar)

When you guys implement https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/issues/486 I might switch.

I’m not the biggest fan the Mbin interface (that’s mostly a taste issue, nothing wrong with it per se), but that feature could be enough for me to give it another try

Give it a thumbs up so we know what to prioritize 😊

I’ve been focusing on the backend and federation stuff. But I promise that we will implement it this year :)

I have asked before and I am curious. I do not mean this to crap on people who want an app but I wonder why an app is a desired thing. I use Mbin and Lemmy on mobile completely through my browser and I’m having a good time with both.

Different strokes for different folks

I understand that. I want to know specifically what attracts these people with different tastes to an app, and what makes them not want to use it in the browser. I generally don’t judge on taste but I do get curious about why peoples’ tastes are what they are.

I always have the same thoughts when people say they use browsers. Apps are (in my experience) much more practical to use. Also, I think browsers are an ok option on a computer, but not mobile.

In my experience Reddit had to be used with an app if not on desktop, but the Fediverse on mobile feels like the Reddit app (I’m one of the few people who never had trouble with the official app, it was functional for me, so this is not meant as an insult at all. I left and came here over the API stuff only) so I have no need to switch. Much more mobile-friendly. Using the Fediverse on desktop feels a lot like the mobile experience but wider.

Ok, let’s talk about Lemmy specifically. The app I’m currently using (Connect) has so many great features like swipe gestures that improve browsing tremendously. Just in this thread, there was a link that I had to use the browser to view that had two images that I needed to zoom in to view and then zoom out to read the other comments. This is something you don’t deal with when using an app because it’s usually optimized for easier viewing.

But at the end of the day, this is about habits and what you feel most comfortable with.

Have you ever tried an app and thought, nah I don’t like it?

I was probably the most prominent person who runs both and had database issues with k/mbin. I am happy to say that those are well behind me, largely because of the skill and patience of the Mbin team helping me resolve them.

Mbin performs quite well. I just applied the most recent update which removed mercure and it’s very fast now.

Do you have downvotes disabled?

Nope. That is not yet possible on mbin. Dislikes are received but not sended. I was holding back on implementing sending dislikes because that can’t be configured yet.

Not sent to other instances? I am on Mbin and see downvotes.

Yes you see the down votes from othwr instances, but these other instances cannot see your downvotes

Thank you for explaining!

If there are instances with downvoted disabled in the future, I’ll consider switching.

I find people are way too easy to downvote on lemmy so I think it’s nice to be on an instance where it is disabled.

It is in the works :)

@FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone It’s already a feature request on GitHub, you can put thumbs up under it here

https://github.com/MbinOrg/mbin/issues/482

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