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Doug TabaccoRemember, friends don’t let friends use the official Mastodon apps.
Get yourself Tusky for Android, or Metatext for iOS. Toot! Is also good for iOS.
Enjoy all the timelines and features.
Simeon Nedkov@tabacco What’s up with the official iOS app?
@simeon it’s lacking a bunch of features. No access to the local/federated timeline is a big gap, for one.
jk
Canageek@tabacco or Subway Tooter for Android!
Marcin Petruszka@tabacco I couldn't login w/ the official app – got stuck at authentication. No problem w/ Tusky at all – works like a charm.
Mathieu@tabacco Tusky is the best!
Felicia The Pope@tabacco also Tooot because it has a funny name
@felixthepope true, though based on my sidekiq dead queue their push notification relay may be having issues.
@felixthepope Oops I lied, it's Tootle that I was thinking of. So many confusingly-similarly-named iOS apps.
Stefan Romero Grieser@tabacco Honest question, what is the benefit of using an app for Mastodon instead of a browser?
@operaimmagine Push notifications would be one thing. Also, more OS-native UI. The web app is perfectly good though.
@tabacco Perfect, thank you. Notifications are the first thing I turn off for apps, I'll stick to the browser for now!
@operaimmagine Fair enough!
Artie Opteryx 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️@tabacco This was the toot I needed two days ago
Farah@tabacco ok fine!
(Thanks)
Rigardo@tabacco no need for app. Just do it in a browser.
A Minor Poet - twitterefugee@tabacco - why? What's wrong with the Mastodon app? Maybe I'm just new to all of this...will check out Tusky.
@RoberMinorPoet It's missing a bunch of functionality. For one thing you can't see the local timeline with it, and that's arguably the best thing about Mastodon :)
MJ Gardner@mjgardner The official app is missing a bunch of functionality. It can't even show the Local/Federated timelines.
DanielWeiner@tabacco Thanks. I have the official app but can find med-mastadon on it when I search for that server, so I am only accessing via the web/browser. Am I missing something?
@Dweiner I'm not sure, sorry! I'd definitely try another app, though, they're almost universally better than the official one.
André Gasser@tabacco Toot! for iOS version 16.0, last release a year ago (that's what the app store tells me). Is that app still actively maintained? I also see only 5 reviews in the app store, not much. So people using this app, please add some positive reviews if you like it. 😀 Will try it out! 👍🏻 #toot #ios #AppReview
@andregasser both it and Metatext were idle for a long time, but both projects’ maintainers popped in to say they’d be reviving them. Metatext already shipped a few minor updates, and Toot sounds like it will soon.
@tabacco That's super cool 😊 Already bought the app and currently exploring it 👍🏻
Jezbers #FBPR #FBPPR@tabacco Interesting, why not?
@jezbers It's lacking a lot of features relative to the third party apps, and doesn't support the Federated timeline. Even the Local timeline is hidden away.
dcbaok@tabacco the official app is fine, i prefer it over fedlab on android.
Ladyknightthebrave@tabacco ???? The Mastodon app is bad?
@Ladyknightthebrave It's light on features, and makes it somewhere between hard and impossible to see the Local/Federated timelines, which are some of the better parts of Mastodon.
Just saying, it's worth trying another.
Dušan Mitrović@tabacco Yeah, that’s kind of the point though. It’s light on features purposely. I like the simplicity.
@tabacco what is wrong with the Mastidon apps? I have just joined and downloaded that app!
@CarolOneill Nothing's wrong with it per se, but it's lacking in functionality and quality-of-life features compared to some of the third-party alternatives.
I'm not begrudging anyone who prefers it, but it's also easy to miss that there are alternatives that might be better :)
Ryn | Geekier on the Inside@tabacco I dunno... I use Tusky mostly, but sometimes what I want to do or check is just easier in the Mastodon app. 🤔
HaruEb@tabacco oh thanks :)
Siri Wikander 🇺🇳@tabacco Why not the Mastodon app?
Jill Gregory@tabacco thank you for this! The official Mastodon app is so strangely lacking in features.
Dr_Bombay@tabacco Whalebird seems to work just fine for iOS too.
Mauritz Stiller@tabacco so should I invest in metatext or toot?
Amy@tabacco Yes, Tusky has everything I need!
Jay Arnold 
@tabacco why though? Seems to be good 😬
@jayarnold It's not bad per se, but it's lacking features compared to the third-party alternatives. It also buries the local timeline, which is arguably one of the better features of Mastodon.
@tabacco on you say so I already downloaded it thanks. The interface doesn’t look quite as elegant to me. But it does have DM and other features. Thanks so much! #mastanewbie
Inc Hulk 🧪@tabacco I am on IPhone. Looked for Toot!, but got distracted by the next item listed as “Fart World” which has a menu for selecting everything from silent but deadly through to ones that will strip the paint off chairs.
@IncHulk A fine option as well.
JBlake
drewiepoodle 🏳⚧⚧️🏳🌈💟🇺🇦@tabacco FINE, I'll do it, but not just because you said so.
Irvin Lin@tabacco this was the toot I needed a week ago. Just switched to Metatext and it’s SO. MUCH. BETTER.
tone1928@tabacco Just gave Toot! another go. Local is great. Update added dark theme.
Honkablonkas@tabacco Why not??
Arctic (back up - see pinned)@tabacco I prefer the official app to metatext…..
Freddy@tabacco Thank you! Tusky is awesome 😁
DMs RealDaveEdwards