Just thought I'd point this out to anyone looking for an RIF alternative that's actually in the same vein as RIF (compact, simple, clean).
Boost was a Reddit app until today. They just added a preview to the Play Store for their Lemmy app with no fanfare.
16 Comments
FecesInYourFaces@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 3y
I came from Apollo, and wefwef.app has made the transition much much easier. Now let’s grow these communities!
Alivrah@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
I’m so grateful you posted this comment! As a fellow refugee from Reddit that used only Apollo since the very beginning, wefwef is truly a blessing!
Wouldn’t have found out about it so soon if not for you!
Duvidl@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y
Now trying out Connect for Lemmy. Seems to work fine with a few customization tweaks. Looks very similar to RIF.
francisfordpoopola@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
What tweaks are you applying?
Duvidl@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 3y
Mainly the layout as a list instead of cards one in the settings. Also, don't need the navigation bar all the time.
FediFuckerFantastico@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Thanks for that, I'll be applying those tweaks on Connect myself. boost looks cool, I've bounce from Jerboa to Wefwef and now to Connect, I think I'll hang out here for awhile unless I hear raving reviews about Boost
Thunder_Caulk@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Connect has surpassed jerboa for me at the moment.
Wefwef is still incomplete, there's no block user or community (for when something gets spammy)
CantankerousGay@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
I also just hopped from Jerboa to Connect. I like the look and feel of Connect more. I'm coming from BaconReader and this is the closest experience to that I've found so far.
HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
I just downloaded it, feels a bit leggy but also has a nice feel to it.
kyle1320@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 3y
Boost was my favorite app for Reddit, super excited to see this! Thanks for sharing!
squigglemonster@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 3y
Looks good! I've been using Jerboa on list view and finding it pretty close to my old experience on rif.
kia@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 3y
Jerboa was based on Boost, so the Boost for Lemmy app should be really popular.
haakon@lemmy.sdfeu.org · 4 pts · 3y
Wow, this looks exactly like RIF.
Personally I'm making the move to open source as long as I'm moving from Reddit to Lemmy anyway, so I won't be using Boost although I used RIF for like a decade, but I'm glad that the app ecosystem is growing so fast and that there's something for everybody.
Angelus1727@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
So excited for this. I used rif for 10 years so I'm grateful a look a like will be available so soon.
HidingUnderHats@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
It's beautiful :')
teacs@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
That looks pretty good! Excited to give this and Sync a try when they launch