The dev, @hariette, also has a Mastodon profile where she posts updates https://tech.lgbt/@hariette. There is also a link to the apps discord server in her bio.
As a longtime Apollo user, I would love to know when this hits Test Flight!
Same, I’d love to beta test.
Go to her mastodon. You can request to be a beta tester.
Just signed up - thanks for the tip!
Unlike Apollo, will this be Free Software though?
Apollo did have a free tier and then a few paid tiers.
iirc, (I bought it many years ago), they had a one time Pro purchase that removed any ads and unlocked theming and such, and then the Ultimate which was a subscription to cover server costs of push notifications (although it did eventually end up having more features locked behind it).
While I personally did not go for the Ultimate subscription (didn’t really need the push notifications), I gladly paid for the Pro as it was well worth it IMO.
I think they meant Free as in Open Source
It’s not exactly the same. The Free Software movement is about user freedom. Open Source is a term used by corporations to avoid mentioning that users should have rights.
Libre, not gratis
Yes, I meant freedom and not price: https://youtu.be/Ag1AKIl_2GM
We want to be able to make sure the app doesn’t do anything malicious (like spy on us) and be able to change it to fit out needs. Like we can with Lemmy.
Any chance the Android build will make it to F-Droid?
I also want it in the F-Droid repos.
@hariette thanks!
The more options the better. I’m excited to try the Android version.
That looks great! iOS and Android? Can’t wait to try ut!
Yep, iOS and Android! Also, all this work has been done in less than a week. It’s crazy.
You just made my night! Thank you!!
This looks super promising! I love the inspiration from Apollo being a user for many, many years. Looking forward to a testflight/release :)
Great job all involved! So happy to see people trying to make usability apps/features! The color indicators for chat are great!
So far all of the dev work has been done by Hariette herself. Full credit to her, I’m just promoting it because it really looks quite great in my opinion.
I’m in the majority, but I don’t even care if an app gets made (obviously I support it though). I used Apollo on Reddit, because Reddit’s mobile design was complete shit. However, Kbin and Lemmy actually look great in a mobile browser, so I really have no need for a separate app.
On iOS, the Lemmy web experience is temperamental at best and unnavigable at worst. Although you can put bookmark/icon on an iOS home page, there is no navigation option so that once you’ve linked into a thread there’s no way to get back to where you were. Even in a (safari-underpinned) browser the website seems to be very finnicky with back and forth navigation into and out of content. To be fair, this is an iOS problem, not a Lemmy/kbin problem, but it still increases friction for the mobile user.
I agree the Web browser is very similar, but IMO a dedicated app is going to be a much quicker and smoother experience.
Every app that ever gets created for this will be called an Apollo “Clone” or “copy” and twenty years from now people will ask, “what was so special about Apollo”?
You just had to be there I guess.
I’ll be speaking this way about Relay on android.
I think I downloaded Relay in 2014 or 2015 when I was needing good mobile mod tools and it was the winner for me. Love that app!
I love Relay, and will very much miss it
RIF user since the beginning. I hope to see them work on something for kbin Lemmy but I’m still excited about an Apollo clone.
The Apollo dev isn’t considering making his app compatible with lemmy or kbin?
I think he might just be burnt out and stressed right now. Being accused of making threats, being lied about publicly, and having something you worked really hard on have to shut down because the people lying about you wouldn’t be reasonable has all got to take a toll.
Awesome! I am looking forward to it, and I love that it’s made for both major platforms :-)
Can we help the project?
Artemis is a great name for the app by the way.
The sister of Apollo :). Except I hope this one will be Free Software?
Money = good things cost money to make
I hope the developer offers a way to pay to help out (like RiF having “golden platinum”)
Yeah, it looks great, but this is such a nice touch.
It’s taking shape, exciting times!
Hoping for a RIF style theme, I really appreciated the simple information dense style it has
Yeeeees
Needs an option to move the arrows to the right-hand side so I can scroll with my thumb and tap the arrows with the same thumb. Also, needs a light mode, quick account changing, and community muting for when browsing All.
Ive been thinking about customizations like that while working on it. I want localization, so everything already has right to left support. I can use that piping to help w moving arrows.
Also, youll be able to double tap to vote ;)
(Community muting is a must for sure)
One thing I hated about Apollo was swiping gestures. I don’t use them and they get in the way so many times. Sometimes, I didn’t even know that I upvoted/downvoted a post unknowingly! I can’t disable it coz I’m a freeloade so I have no complaints.
I just want to suggest that it would be nice if you give users an option to disable the gestures if the app has them.
Noted, adding to my list of customizations I want to make 👍
I never used Apollo since I’ve always been an Android user, so I don’t know what features will be inspired from it, so I wanted to ask whether there would be in-app browser support for links so it doesn’t open other apps? And will there be plans for gesture navigation support like the Relay and Joey apps?
I used Relay for a couple years way back. You betcha I’m gonna get as much as I can in smooth gesture interactions 👌
And yea, it uses an in-app browser. Will expose config for those who want that off, also.
Also, I heard a lot of great things bout Joey, so I gotta get my hands on it 👀
Alright, now I’m even more excited! Thanks a bunch for putting time into this.
Got a link to your alpha/beta sign up? I’d definitely be interested and trying it out.
For sure! https://forms.gle/e24FMBvSdUUv5VmE6 and the Discord :)
Aaaand signed up 😁
Signed up a few days ago, it looks fantastic! Can’t wait to start testing it out.
Joey was the best app, in my opinion. The big image previews (and full size by long press and holding for images and gifs) and marking read by scrolling past are two of the standout features
There is a light mode as well, I suggest joining the Discord server. Hariette is accepting ideas and feedback there.
Excellent suggestions. I would have the same ones
If you use kbin on mobile and want this right now swap the layout to compact.
