Infinity is the best FOSS app I've used for Reddit and supported Relay through purchasing Pro. As a UI/UX Designer, I admire everything these devs contributed for their 3rd party apps to user experience compared to Reddit themselves.
this post was submitted on 07 Jun 2023
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Infinity's one of the most attractive Reddit UIs around. I've been using it for a while, I didn't realize it was a FOSS app. Great to learn though!
I just stumbled it upon FDroid's homepage by accident. I tried it, then I never used my Relay ever again lol. But I missed scrolling reddit by one hand using Relay, very convenient feature! I though I was going to miss r/fossdroid, but there's and open source instance here on lemmy also, c/opensource if you're interested.
I am in love with Boost and have used it religiously. Now I'm on Jerboa trying to get this Lemmy stuff to work, but I'm hopeful.
I do not even know what Boost is. The reason I am on Lemmy is due to it being federated
It would be awesome if Boost could be re-written to work with Lemmy, but I have doubts that would happen. This is probably a good time for new people to have their work shine though, I'm excited to see new apps made for Lemmy.
The UIs are similar to some extent so it might not be a bad idea to have the boost dev work on Jerboa
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
I'm riding Slide into the ground. I'll miss it. Jerboa is good but feels pretty crunchy still :(
Infinity is great. Really hoping the dev refractors it for Lemmy.
I was surprised when I didn't see anyone talk about infinity
Hits me right in the RedReader.
Slide has been abandoned for a while per the dev.
Infinity my beloved...
Really hoping that Infinity comes to Lemmy, I love the app
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 🤔
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.
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
Slide was my jam. Though I never did try any of the others.
Well guess what !slide@feddit.uk
Oh wow, that's pretty cool. For some reason I never considered that it could be ported. Hopefully it's not too much work to change out the back end.
I use Infinity. It's a bit different from what I used before, so I had to learn a few things, but now I like it. If Reddit gets rid of third party apps, or even old reddit, I don't know if I'm going to keep using it.
God I will miss infinity, my account was banned for bogus reasons so the ability to sub to subs without being logged in was amazing, also love the interface
Is Infinity FOSS? Its my preferred client, but I had no idea it was open source. Would be great if it supported Lemmy.
It is
Infinity is amazing
Might have to do with u/rmayayo not announcing or really saying anything
I guess I'm in the minority of Relay users, I hardly ever see it mentioned anywhere. although it's not FOSS
I didn't know how much of a minority we were until this happened. I love relay but have only seen the logo once in a post about 3rd party access.
It used to be the 2nd biggest back in 2014-ish after RiF, but got slowly overtaken. I still use it to this day.
As a Relay user the one thing I have to console myself is that it's logo is included in all those "going dark" announcement infographics.
Another Relay user here. I'll sure miss it :'(
I used infinity.
but i think almost anyone here uses/used an open source client no? Thats like a predestined path
It's more likely, probably. On Reddit it really seems to be a forgotten child aside of the fossdroid people.
RedReader > anything
FOSS and lightweight and works perfectly. Hope he makes it work on Lemmy moving forward.
I used Joey for reddit. It was incredible. Really sad to see it die
I was a Joey user too. I tried them all and nothing compared to the features and customization that Joey had.