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Boost For Lemmy

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Hi Boost gang,

The first version of Boost for Lemmy is almost ready. If you want to test the app for bugs and give feedback before the app is published, follow this link https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.rubenmayayo.lemmy to enable an early access option on the Boost for Lemmy Play Store listing.

Thanks for your patience!

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[–] CapeData@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Looks great. Suggest that the backup file have a unique name so it is not confused with the Boost for Reddit backup.

[–] kablammy@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

Youtube links default configuration is to open in the external app, but it still seems to try to load internally when clicking thumbnail or link in a comment (opens externally from main link though), and gets stuck on spinner (something to do with preroll ad in video?)

[–] obinice@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

You've made my month!! If I spot any issues I shall report them :-)

[–] timou@jlai.lu 5 points 1 year ago

Awesome! I've been waiting for it since reddit closed.

I'm missing the "mark as read when scrolling" though.

[–] bankster21@reddthat.com 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Thank you. I am trying it out right now and it feels great.

Would it be possible to add the number of posts in the search results next to the number of members when searching for a new sub? It just so happens that many subs are created but content is missing. So it would be nice to know in advance how much content is there before clicking it.

Also would it be possible to retain the search results? Whenever I click on an empty sub and go back, the search results have been purged and I need to start a new search. Quite annoying if you are trying to find me subs.

[–] 3migo@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I've been using Sync while waiting for Boost and I've come to really like the feature that allows you to upvote posts by slightly swiping left on the post. Would love to see that adopted by boost!

[–] Stamets@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

Heyyyy! I dunno when the app installed, but I just noticed it in my app drawer. So glad I registered for the download.

Thanks for putting in the effort to move over to Lemmy. I greatly appreciate it and immediately slammed the no ads purchase. When I can ill toss a few bucks to fuel up that rocket ship.

Love you dude <3

Live long and prosper

[–] mrfriki@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Hi, if I long press the home screen icon to access quick actions like Local or subscribed it launch the app in blank with no content (only the navigation bars). In order to fix this i have to close and launch the app again.

Cheers!

[–] Orionza@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I've never used Boost before and it's auto downloaded today. I'm so happy to try it. Looks great so far.

[–] BirdLaw@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When someone replies to your comments, you get a notification. But clicking the notification takes you to the 'mentions' tab, instead of the 'replies' tab

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[–] wesley@yall.theatl.social 4 points 1 year ago

Now this is what I've been waiting for! -- posted from Boost for Lemmy

[–] DasherPack@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It works perfectly! Β‘Gracias, RubΓ©n!

[–] TheHotze@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It's great to have boost back!

[–] cease70@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I used ReVanced Manager to continue using Boost as my Reddit app of choice, so I'm obviously loving the look and feel of this app for Lemmy too. Looks and feels pretty much exactly the same. Great job by the developer!

[–] seemefeelme@infosec.pub 4 points 1 year ago

I can't seem to expand images or download them in comments. Other than that, it's just been great to have Boost back!

[–] pebble3292@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Thank you! So happy that this is happening!

Immediate feedback is that it does not allow login with 2FA (TOTP) yet => "missing totp token".

Edit: Ads removed! Great work!

Edit2: Found another comment and the info that this will be fixed with the next beta... also just set my custom theme to my old boost for reddit colors and it just so nice to have exactly the same user experience with the new lemmy app again. Thank you so much @rmayayo@lemmy.world

[–] rmayayo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Immediate feedback is that it does not allow login with 2FA (TOTP) yet => "missing totp token".

Install beta 1.0.1 and let me know if it is fixed.

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[–] red@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

The welcome message is Welcome !username. I think it should be Welcome username!

[–] t0m5k1@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Oh yes, like coming back home.

[–] mintiefresh@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Awesome. Congrats!

[–] lucario_owo@yiffit.net 4 points 1 year ago

Finally feeling right at home, the only thing I noticed is that images load faster than other clients, thanks for that!

[–] danhab99@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago

I missed your app @rmayayo . My home screen just didn't look right without boost

[–] Blaze@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 year ago

Great news!

[–] knobbysideup@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Looks great so far! Already paid for it. Looking forward to the honing of everything.

[–] kayaven@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Managed to export my old settings from the Reddit app, and importing it just works flawlessly! Thank you so much RubΓ©n! You definitely more than earned a launched rocket from me :)

[–] toned_chupacabra@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So thankful for your hard work bringing Boost to Lemmy. Everything feels "back to normal" now.

Edit: just bought it.

[–] somedaysoon@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

10 minutes in, got my settings the way I like, and I'm really enjoying it.

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[–] PhatInferno@midwest.social 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you so much for this app! Was my favorite for reddit and soo happy that lemmy gets one now!

Its so nice being back tho this ui!

[–] Alkaseltzer028@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tried installing the app as a tester, but I get a message telling me that google purchases are not available in my country.

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[–] acidagfc@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Switching view does not seem to work without relaunching the app.

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[–] sanbeiji@programming.dev 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This is awesome! Here is my feedback so far:

I was able to log in under a test account, but not this one yet due to the lack of an Authenticator TOTP field at login. I look forward to that feature and testing more extensively.

Autofill overwrote the instance field with my user id when selecting a password sometimes.

The UI looks freaking awesome πŸ‘πŸ˜Ž. Thanks for creating this!

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[–] ShadowCat@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm home πŸ₯² thanks so much, already launched the rocket

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

It's been a long road. I'm looking forward to getting the boost experience again.

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