Juan@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoIs Lemmy THE reddit alternative for you? Are you thinking about moving somewhere else?message-squaremessage-square504fedilinkarrow-up11.01Karrow-down126
arrow-up1979arrow-down1message-squareIs Lemmy THE reddit alternative for you? Are you thinking about moving somewhere else?Juan@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square504fedilink
minus-squaredarrsil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoIt has a PWA, use that to get the “app” feeling.
minus-squareAnimusAstralis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoI guess I’ll have to learn what PWA is as well as improve my understanding of how Fediverse works. 😅 It’s all very new to me
minus-squareThe dogspaw @midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoWefwef.app is what your looking for i love wefwef
minus-squareAnimusAstralis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoDoesn’t come close to a good desktop experience, feels more like Instagram
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoYou’re right, that’s a mobile client. I don’t know why they’d recommend that. There’s https://alexandrite.app/ in development currently for desktop
minus-squarebdonvr@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agooh and also https://mlmym.org/ - makes it look pretty much exactly like old.reddit
minus-squareV4uban@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 years agoProgressive Web App, it’s the “modern” kind of apps
minus-squaredarrsil@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoInstalling the PWA is simple (in Chrome). In the URL bar at the right side on the Lemmy homepage, you should see a little install icon that looks like a monitor with a downward facing arrow. Click that, and it will install the site like an app.
It has a PWA, use that to get the “app” feeling.
I guess I’ll have to learn what PWA is as well as improve my understanding of how Fediverse works. 😅 It’s all very new to me
Wefwef.app is what your looking for i love wefwef
Doesn’t come close to a good desktop experience, feels more like Instagram
You’re right, that’s a mobile client. I don’t know why they’d recommend that.
There’s https://alexandrite.app/ in development currently for desktop
oh and also https://mlmym.org/ - makes it look pretty much exactly like old.reddit
Progressive Web App, it’s the “modern” kind of apps
Installing the PWA is simple (in Chrome). In the URL bar at the right side on the Lemmy homepage, you should see a little install icon that looks like a monitor with a downward facing arrow. Click that, and it will install the site like an app.