I don’t mean to belittle the work done on the web version, but the overall experience will just never be on par with native apps. You can tell from the delays to the occasional hiccups. Are there any projects that aim to port WefWef to iOS? We can sideload it at least.

  • Tick_Dracy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    1 year ago

    I disagree. I’ve tried Memmy but I’ve uninstalled it because it’s still too rough around the edges:

    • Upvote/Downvote by swiping shows me the same orange color, unless I revert the finger position and then it seems to show the correct colors.
    • Lack of customization (I don’t want buttons on the right side).
    • Login asks me for the server, really? The dev couldn’t bother to offer an list and then you could use a custom one if necessary?
    • Browsing comments seem to have the same limitations as wefwef: you don’t an arrow to jump from parent comment to parent comment…

    For me, wefwef feels better. In fact, what we need is more devs creating webapps to force Apple step up their game.

    It’s because of this that PWAs are so crippled on Apple devices (we had to wait until iOS 16.4 to have push notifications, where Android has it for ages), and this is intencional: if devs would prefer PWAs how would Apple charge their $100 (?) annual fee just by letting you use their store?

    We need to start the change from somewhere, and maybe this could be the first one to help on this. But as someone who spent too much time on Apple subreddits, I don’t expect the common Apple user to think anything other then it’s self interest…

    • garretble@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I tried it last night for a bit, and it feels like it’s hard to…I dunno…navigate around? I think I’ve used Apollo (and now wefwef) so long any different take on browsing around feels wrong.

      I think this web app is doing a better job at the moment, so I’m going to stay here.

    • lucas@programming.devEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      I completely agree, although not perfect, for me this app is the first time a PWA has felt close to a native app.

      Like you say, without attention and development in this area, it will be ignored (or at least de-prioritised) and languish. If some of the rough edges can be smoothed by Apple, then an growing number of users and increased attention is more likely to influence them to prioritise improvements.

      Apps like these are the best thing that could happen for the platform.

      Optimistically, it could be a win-win: Apple are really against third-party app stores, so web apps have been their go-to example showing the “openness” of their platform. If we get a thriving web app ecosystem on iOS, then it should benefit both the users and Apple.