2d ago

Voyager feels like Apollo for Reddit

Unaware if it’s intentional or is part of some sort of design aesthetic, but Voyager really gives me the Apollo for Reddit UI/UX vibes and I love it! :D

Also, R.I.P. Apollo for Reddit 😇

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It's supposed to be. Apollo was the best iOS app for Reddit, so it made using Lemmy on Android feel familiar and comfortable for me.

Intentional and welcome to Lemmy !

I mean the clue is in the name really
- I still miss "wefwef". It was strange, but at least more original.

It was intentional. It's a tribute to Apollo
- Christian didn't seem super pumped about the tribute imo, which is a shame
  https://www.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/17rmqys/comment/k8ks5mx/?context=3
  
  That was right after Reddit murdered his main source of income, I'm sure he wasn't in very good moods those days. Hell, he still may not be.
  
  Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. It just may not feel that way to the person being imitated!
  
  Too bad, he could have helped Lemmy grow by at least giving Voyager his blessing.

I just wanted to try lemmy and get a feel initially, but Voyager has kept me going. I enjoy using the app!

That’s why I’m here

I still use Apollo (Sideloaded), but yeah, you’re right. Voyager and Lemmy is amazing. It keeps getting better and I’m slowly ditching Reddit more and more
- I still have Alien Blue on my phone. Since they used the same API key for the official Reddit app, it still works.
  Or, at least, it did. I don’t go back to that hellhole anymore

Best in the game!

I was so happy when I could experience "Apollo" on my Android phone (I moved from iOS to Android several years ago and Apollo was the app I missed the most... Until I found Boost and Sync).
I love Voyager, but there are two issues that keep me from using it as much as I could:
Scrolling smoothness is not yet there compared to other apps, has it greatly improved? Yeah! Especially in the most recent updates, but I think it can improve more.
MIUI really don't like it lol, it kills the app so fast (it even kills it when using the inbuilt web browser sometimes) I tried all the good measures to try to keep it alive in the background without any luck.
Now that we are at it, it would be great that this app (and all the other Lemmy clients) always remembered where they were, even if the app gets closed... You know like Sync for Reddit/Lemmy does.
Even with those two bugs I still keep Voyager in my top 3 Lemmy clients!
- Scrolling issue might be android specific? I have never seen that behavior (at least that I know of) on iOS.
  
  Yeah perhaps.
  It wouldn't be the first time that scrolling issues exist in Android apps...now that I think about it, iOS should also handle the cache better for the app in the background (as long as it is not running extensive stuff in the background, like downloads in the background such as Spotify, Netflix, Plex etc. it won't be killed... Funny that it is the opposite with Android haha), so I suppose iOS users are more than happy with Voyager.
- I wish dbrady would make a lemmy version of relay, it was imo the best reddit app.

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