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Jerboa

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Jerboa is a native-android client for Lemmy, built using the native android framework, Jetpack Compose.

Warning: You can submit issues, but between Lemmy and lemmy-ui, I probably won't have too much time to work on them. Learn jetpack compose like I did if you want to help make this app better.

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Jerboa is made by Lemmy's developers, and is free, open-source software, meaning no advertising, monetizing, or venture capital, ever. Your donations directly support full-time development of the project.

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PSA: You want to follow the link to an instance someone posted in? The chances are high that the poster is active in that instance - so you can try to access it via their profile! (feddit.de)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Hey! I hope this kind of post is allowed. If not, I'll remove it, obviously.

I've seen many complaints/suggestions that jerboa opens all links to Lemmy-instances in the standard browser. Which, granted, I don't know how long it would take to fix it/implement it as a feature.

So, as I've stated in the title, I discovered some kind of work around! If you see someone dropping a link for an instance, try opening their profile and look into their comments and posted, whether they posted in said channel. Chances are high (at least for the ones I tried) that they posted there already. So you could open the instance directly in the app by tapping on its name above the post/comment.

I realize that this will not work on every occasion, but at least right now most people who plug a channel seem to be a moderator or at least somewhat active in it.

So, until we get an easier way, try looking through the posters profile! :)

Also, if you also know of different work-arounds feel free to share! :D

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, this is probably the easiest way.

I haven't tried this in jerboa, but from the browser you can look for your community in https://browse.feddit.de/ and paste in the search bar. Worked every time so far

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Seems to be another way of doing it. Sadly I still would have to leave the app for doing it this way.

I don't know, maybe I'm just too lazy, but I really don't want to attend online forums/social media (be it reddit or lemmy) through a browser. Just feels less enjoyable to me?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, doing it from the app is the best way for sure. Sadly it's still clunky, but it'll surely get better soon

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Let's hope the change comes soon. I really like lemmy and the Jerboa App, so naturally I'd like to see it improved. :)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah. I can't code, so i'll buy the dev a coffee later today