Client Question

What Client do you use on Android for friendica?

Thanks for the answer.

@rubenstorm Just a web browser. I've got custom css to hide filtered posts. Some clients don't even support filters at all. I need filters for sanity.

@rubenstorm Let me start by saying that my favorite Dndroid client is... the browser! I like having complete control over the interface, and the browser is unbeatable. Furthermore, the ability to automatically translate posts in other languages ​​is essential for me.

That said, the best app for Friendica is definitely Raccoon for Friendica, although the developer is experiencing some issues with the current state of Kotlin Multiplatform, so development is currently somewhat stalled.

The elements that make for an excellent user experience are, in particular, the following:
1. Ability to manage multiple users
2. A formatting bar integrated into the message composer
3. Ability to view Activitypub groups, showing only the topics and not all conversations (a bit Lemmy-esque). This mode is available not only for Friendica groups, but for all Activitypub groups, from Lemmy communities to NodeBB categories, Peertube channels, and Mbin magazines.
4. Side-scrolling feature: when you click on a message in the timeline, you can swipe left and right to view other conversations, without having to return to the timeline.
5. Ability to insert images inline with the text, and not just import them as attachments (like in other clients), Mastodon-style.
6. Customizable interface colors.

Finally, all these features can be used by both Friendica and Mastodon users, because not only is Raccoon compatible with Mastodon, but Mastodon Glitch-soc users can also take advantage of the formatting toolbar.

Raccoon's flaws, however, are as follows:
1. A certain immaturity that leads to some crashes (fortunately less frequent than a year ago).
2. Some difficulties with searching, both on Friendica and on Mastodon
3. The fact that it still doesn't handle "reshare with quote", both the classic Friendica ones and the weird Mastodon ones.

@rubenstorm
Fedilab. Though I do like the website better in some parts

@gmc @rubenstorm
Which one accepts custom CSS? Would love to try that

@jerry1970 Yes to both. Unfortunately, there's still no fully fledged mobile client for Friendica and a bunch of features that seem more or less "needed" (like general filtering of posts, in example, or notification filtering, ...) don't work this way. Still, Fedilab is rather good at this.
@rubenstorm

@jerry1970 @z428 @rubenstorm Yeah, the problem is the API doesn't apply the filtering, only the web site rendering code does. I've been meaning to try and fix that. I can't use an app otherwise, too much shit on the timeline. It would be my first patch for friendica.

@jerry1970 @rubenstorm Fedilab can't edit a post on Friendica

@rubenstorm you should try Relatica, it has just been released in Play store. Previously it was only available from Gitlab.

@gmc @z428 @rubenstorm
I find that the hardest part to get into Friendica. Every reply looks like a first post, no relation shown, so the timeline is very long and unordered. I scroll through a lot of items, no doubt missing interesting ones. It also keeps me from finding new people as it will only make the timeline worse.

@dennismelhede @rubenstorm

I just edited a post, no problem

@jerry1970 @z428 @rubenstorm Hh, that's the complete opposite from how I experience friendica. Everything is nicely organised by thread.

@gmc @z428 @rubenstorm
How do you do that? That's not an experience. Nothing is organised in my timeline, only chronologically

@jerry1970 @z428 @rubenstorm I didn't think I was doing anything special. Just to be sure, we're talking about the web interface here, right? I'm just watching my 'Latest posts' channel.

@gmc @z428 @rubenstorm What's your Latests Posts channel? I have 7 icons at the top.

@jerry1970 @z428 @rubenstorm First I click on the second item from the left, the 3x3 small squares thing. Then the leftmost '>>' icon, then scroll down to channels. It's one of the default channels. I created a few channels of my own too.