Like a lot of us, I came over to lemmy after that whole Reddit API thing. I had started using Reddit shortly after AlienBlue came out, and with Apollo I was a cemented user. I enjoyed the discussions and the communities, but for me it’s all about the UX. Life is too short for crappy apps, and I hate using webUIs on my phone.
It was shortly after that that the first iOS clients for lemmy started shipping, and I think I might have tried them all. I still have six or seven installed on my phone. They all have their problems, and they’re all different. A couple of them are decent enough that they’ve become the only two that I use, but because both have their own (and different) warts, I’ve just been going back and forth.
So, thank you for what is obviously a lot of hard work, and thank you for making it available to people. You are a very talented developer and designer. This is now the only app I need.
Arctic
Avelon is still better. Only app that can hide the ui while doomscrolling.
Avelon and Voyager have been my main two. There’s always going to be variability in user preferences, and if there was a feature request system for Arctic I’d certainly have some strong suggestions, but for an app that just dropped it’s remarkably mature.
Yes, users will always have differing preferences. I encourage everyone to try the available clients and find which one suits them the best.
I don’t have an official feedback system set up just yet. For now I’m just asking everyone to submit a post here, or ask me in a comment reply/message. I’ll setup a request form on GitHub over the weekend so we can keep requests organized. I try and respond as quick as I can, and I’m almost always happy to any requested features, big or small.
Putting gif/video scrubbing behind a subscription was not a good move for Avelon IMO. Also, I’ve seen complaints from paid users that Avelon hasn’t been getting updates and features as frequently as it should. Whereas Arctic is continuously being developed.