• themizarkshow@lemm.eeEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      Came here to say this.

      Without the restrictions of being on App Stores and going through reviews, devs can move so much faster. I feel like two or three times a day it tells me a new version can be grabbed, and it’s caught up to and bypassed the alpha/beta apps from Testflight which get updated once a week (if lucky).

  • throne_deserter@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    This is the first web app that I have used which installs, updates, and works like it does. I literally had no idea that something so streamlined and efficient could be done in such a way. Hats off to the developer, I’ll gladly buy wefwef if he ever makes it available on the App/Playstore.

  • youthinkyouknowme@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    I’m amazed how well it works. Didn’t know a PWA could be this good. The only thing that I really miss is being able to save posts to check later, because I hide read posts.

    Edit: oh and the option to block communities and users.

  • fer0n@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    There are definitely advantages to native apps and I basically always prefer them, but wefwef is doing an absolutely amazing job and there are upsides to web apps as well (cross platform, updates, …).

    I‘d probably also prefer having this app as a native app, but that means either wrapping it, which doesn’t give you many advantages, or rebuilding it entirely at which point you‘re using a different technology stack than the one people building this are so good at.

    There are other people doing that and many of them have the same Apollo in mind while doing so. Let’s just wait and see what each one of them can do, I’m definitely excited :)

  • FiftyShadesOfMyCow@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Now, I’m not one of those programmin’ folks, but when the programmin’ folks say that a web based client works best, I’m gunna trust them folks, yessiree

    • basskitten@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I am a programmin’ folk, and I was even considering making a Lemmy reader for my own amusement, but wefwef is so good that I’m not going to bother. I wish I had time to learn React and the rest so I could contribute myself, but my brain is already full of frameworks and I’m afraid if I try to learn a new one, it will push out one that I actually need for my job.

  • kelp_licker@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    I think it works perfectly as it is now except for the Safari bug where swiping back a page makes it refresh the page and force you back to the top of it. I guess there’s nothing the wefwef devs can do about it but damn it’s annoying.

  • s08nlql9@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    as a web app, it can be installed on any device that has a browser. Dev doesn’t also need to publish his work in app/play stores which may require extra payment

    • lukenamop@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      1 year ago

      And since it doesn’t have to be published in any app stores, it can be updated much more quickly and frequently.

  • OR3X@lemm.eeEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Dude, I didn’t know PWAs could be so good. I’m running the OG Google Pixel and the performance is excellent!

  • 2bR02b@lemmy.oneEnglish
    2·
    1 year ago

    “It’s so good it should be something else” - can’t argue with that thought process

    • Jaccident@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yes and no, there are a great deal of good reasons that some OS features are only available to binary deployments, one such being that the code is sent through manual and automated testing by the platform holders. Ultimately some things can’t be made available to all apps running in WebKit or similar as the implementation isn’t scrutinised.

  • yoichi@lemm.eeEnglish
    32·
    1 year ago

    I’m not saying that the PWA is horrible, but I think a native app would be better too. Really, the only issue I have with it is the refresh rate. For some reason, the display randomly switches to 60hz, especially when sliding to go to the previous page.

    Using the developer options to see the current refresh rate does not represent this, but you can clearly see it. I feel that a native app would be able to force 120hz throughout the app.

    The only reason I say this is because, when first tried to install the PWA from Kiwi Browser which was pretty smooth but switched to 60hz here and there. I thought this was because of Kiwi Browser so installed the PWA from Chrome. When I did that, it was fully in 120hz only, completely unusable, so I went back to the Kiwi PWA

    Edit: the refresh rate is fine while in Chrome browser, it’s only in the installed PWA that the refresh rate goes to shit. Anyone who has a 120hz display knows that even going back to 60hz for a second is jarring.

    • esty@lemmy.caEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      shit i never even noticed it wasn’t 120hz, and it’s weird that only the PWA suffers and the app in chrome runs fine

      i don’t think i can unsee it…

  • BURN@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I’d definitely prefer an app. I’ve run into a lot of freezing, actions not registering and a bunch of other small things that aren’t problems in dedicated apps.

    Whenever a dedicated Lemmy app pops up I’ll probably be changing over

    • Coelacanth@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      Yeah same here. Backspace being very laggy when editing comments is a major pain as well. Wefwef is my preferred app at the moment, but I’m waiting impatiently for the showdown between Artemis, Sync and Boost for my ultimate solution.

    • Richard@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I’ve also had freezing up while scrolling through things, not all that infrequently but often enough to be noticeable. That said it’s a slick app most of the time so I’m curious to see if those performance glitches can be resolved or if it’s an unfortunate byproduct of it being a PWA and the browser being a limitation. Could also be my Lemmy instance being unresponsive, which has been the case at times, but the app not yet handling that gracefully due to being an early release.

      Happy to wait and see. When it is flawless, which is most of the time, it’s beyond any web app I can recall using.

  • Pika@lemmy.worldEnglish
    21·
    1 year ago

    I agree, I would likely use it if it was an actual app, sadly due to restrictions web apps have on my device I can’t use it xD