Can’t really make apps for a site that doesn’t have an API. They did announce recently that Kbin’s API is nearly done, so soon there’ll be a flood of Kbin apps as well, and support for Kbin in all of the Lemmy apps too
and support for Kbin in all of the Lemmy apps
Very much doubt. I’m sure many will but not all. The API isn’t identical so they’d have to commit to maintaining both.
Yeah I suppose not all of them will want to commit to supporting Kbin, but some definitely will. Honestly though, so long as it’s possible to search for and subscribe to Kbin magazines from Lemmy, that’s all I really care about.
If nothing else, the Sync developer said he’d do it.
Memmy dev said they plan to as well but “not within this year” if I recall correctly.
Came here to say that… Take your upvote, good sir…
I’m so so looking forward to sync, and it gives me a lot of hope seeing all of these apps and fancy UI’s, it’s reassuring that the fediverse is here to stay and will continue to grow
nice, that’s the one I’ve been hoping for the most!
It would be great if someone created a fediverse browser native app. Log into all the platforms and add a translation layer to create a truly unique experience. Maybe it would only make sense if you could authenticate one account on all the activitypub platforms? I understand the amount of technical hurdles and maintenance to do so. I suppose I find the thought of experiencing them combined intriguing. If someone created A single app experience, in a intuitive way, I’d definitely give it a try. I can see lemmy posts on mastidon. Would be kind of cool if it could handle that and display those posts using a lemmy ui. But making it seamless.
I don’t, it’s not that much more work as the basics of it won’t change that much over time and the functionality will be near identical. We might not get newer features that are eventually added though.
I would expect that 99% bits of your app that talk to the API can be the same for both, you just need to maintain slightly different code for interacting with each actual API.
In fact scrolling further through the comments I see that not only is this how @hariette is handling it for Artemis but she’s also looking at making the talking to both APIs bit of the code available to other devs.
@Nitrate55 I can’t wait to be able to use Kbin on the go, I’m really gonna have nothing be done at that point
You can install the kbin interface as a PWA on mobile, and it works pretty well. There are some kinks for sure, but it’s 100% usable and better than lemmy.
Firefox and toggle to desktop site works well for me.
I do most of my kbin browsing on my phone using good old firefox.
It isn’t perfect, but definitely works well enough until a dedicated mobile app comes out.
Kbinites unite!!
before the whole reddit clusterfuck and blackout started I created both kbin and lemmy accounts. One of those is just gathering dust
Yeah, I have a kbin account as well, but I prefer Lemmy so far, since it actually has a data API and I prefer the web interface over that of kbin (and now we have old.lemmy.world!)
I am test driving Artemis for kbin, but Hariette and her team have an uphill battle until kbin comes up with an API, so development has been slow. Not their fault, of course.
TIL about old.lemmy.world, cool!
There’s also m.lemmy.world running Voyager (formerly wefwef).
Haha, that’s awesome! TIL
The more options the better. For now Lemmy is good and the apps are progressing at an awesome pace, honestly didn’t expect that.
The ace in the hole that Lemmy and kbin have is that it doesn’t matter which one you prefer because they can talk to each other. Can’t say the same about Squabbles.
Oh yeah, until someone decides to pull a beehaw and defederate, that’s why I have a kbin account too, but haven’t had the need to use it that much.
API is almost done! Been using an internal build of the app that uses Artemis’ kbin instance with those changes. And oh god is so much better 👌
So we’re nearing a point where apps for kbin will start popping up ✨
Same. I just don’t have a reason to use kbin. The interface is not my cup of tea and I don’t like the way they’ve handled communities or ‘mAgAzInEs’.
Yeah, also the fact that they have… microblogging or something? I have mastodon for that.
Why you letting your lemmy account gather dust?
Isn’t that what the RIF dev is making?
Yes! He linked to the post over on tildes prior to shutting down RIF.
I heard Tildes discourages app development because they think apps go against the purpose of the site.
The API is going through code review right now!
Whoever ends up doing so should set up the interface so that Lemmy posts are blue and kbin posts green, that way Lemmy users can downvote us and call us poor.
Connect for Lemmy, connects them all
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.kuroneko.lemmy_connect
How do you like connect? I’ve been using Jerboa but wouldn’t mind checking some others apps out
I’ve tried a bunch, including Jerboa and Connect. Thunder is by far my favourite
yea each person has some certain favourite features that aren’t common on all apps.
maybe make a pros and cons chart and post it
I went from Jerboa, then Connect for a while, then Liftoff, and now I sometimes use Thunder.
Liftoff is currently my most used app though.
In case you aren’t using the Thunder nightly releases, big Thunder major release soon :)
personally it is kinda superior to Jerboa, since it has a feature that is my favourite: keyword filter, but also i can browse instances that can be defederated from each other, all the fediverse in one app: could even browse hexbear.net (which is not federated with anyone yet), kbin.social, …all on the app (and can browse instances as a guest without an account, which makes things way eaiser. unlimited block list. no bugs. it was suggested to me and i keep suggesting it for others since i didnt regret using it.
How do you browse instances sa guest?
there is a button next to the sign in button called ‘guest’. type ur desired instance and press. u can’t reply or bookmark posts thou.
That’s cool, thanks.
I don’t think I’d bother with a kbin app anyway - I’m fine with the way it is already.
What even is the difference? The only thing I saw different was the UI compared to most Lemmy instances viewed through a browser.
Microblogging is the first thing that comes to mind. And subscribing or blocking entire domains.
Being able to block users, communities, and domains is just so useful for avoiding content I am not interested in.
Personally can’t wait for Artemis to come out by the description it sounds very much like an 3rd Party App that I would love to death
Working hard on it! Can’t wait for API to go live to make it widely available.
I wrote an API adapter layer to be able to support both kbin and lemmy in the app. Want to open source that as a package, so hopefully more apps can easily add support for both 🤞
in minecraft
I’m about to launch a Lemmy app (by Monday, my friend yelled at me when he found out I’d been using it exclusively for weeks without putting up a beta), and kbin support is on my to-do list.
Frankly, I started using Lemmy, saw this could be the thing I’ve been waiting for, and decided the edges were too rough. So I made the app I always wanted for Reddit with the goal of using multiple servers, multiple accounts seamlessly. My guiding philosophy is making the client into another layer of federation,
I checked out the kbin docs and I can probably knock it out in a couple days, I’ve got abstraction layers to handle different versions and forks of Lemmy… Head over to !flemmy@lemmy.world and let me know this is something people want and I’ll put it higher on the priority list
Ngl I thought the Flemish would claim Flemmy before you did.
I can’t wait to be unhinged on kbin as well <3 .
If only kbin had an API…
I have been logging into kbin every day for a month trying to delete my account, but to this day, I can still log in…
If the API gets released, I might look into developing a desktop/mobile app. All relatively low-level, no electron app bullshit
