Joni Korpi

Advice for newcomers: don’t bother with the official Mastodon apps. Try these instead!

Web: https://elk.zone
iOS/macOS: https://tapbots.com/ivory/
Android: https://tusky.app (haven’t used this one myself, but people seem to mention it a lot)

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Elk

A nimble Mastodon web client

Elk
Jul 3, 2023 at 7:20amWeb
Show threadJoni KorpiJul 24, 2023

Interestingly, some of the replies I originally got for this post are now gone. Not visible in my replies or even notifications anymore. Stuff like this makes me a bit nervous trusting Mastodon to keep anything for longer than a week. (Not that Twitter was much better at it.)

Anyway… a bunch of the replies also recommended https://phanpy.social (web).

Phanpy

Minimalistic opinionated Mastodon web client

Show threadThe Seven Voyages Of SteveJul 24, 2023
@jonikorpi some people set their posts to auto-delete after a period of time
Show threadJoni KorpiJul 24, 2023
@sinbad Ohh… that makes sense. I kind of hate it. But it makes sense.
Show threadSpongefileJul 3, 2023
@jonikorpi Mona for iOS is also great
Show threadluddite 🇵🇸 computerJul 3, 2023
@jonikorpi tusky is great, can confirm
Show threadJérômeJul 3, 2023
@jonikorpi Thanks, I didn't know about Elk, it looks great!
Show thread72mzJul 3, 2023

@jonikorpi

Also TOOOT for android

Show threadMarcin Juszkiewicz 🙃Jul 3, 2023

@jonikorpi

Official Mastodon app for Android changed recently and is quite nice.

Show threadMarcin Juszkiewicz 🙃Jul 24, 2023

@jonikorpi went back to Tusky.

Having preview of message I am replying to is great.

Show threadD.M.Jul 3, 2023
@jonikorpi ivory also has a great app on macos.
Show threadTaylanKJul 3, 2023
@jonikorpi For the life of me, I can't get Ivory to log me in.
Show threadDavid AmadorJul 24, 2023
@jonikorpi personally I found Ice Cubes the best one for iOS.
Show threadGabriel NJul 24, 2023
Indeed: Ice cubes is great. Try adjusting the look and feel upon using it the first time for a more readable experience. @djlink @jonikorpi
Show threadLink1400Jul 25, 2023
@djlink @jonikorpi
Same
Ice cubes is based on SwiftUI so it’s much more smooth than other clients I’ve tried
Show threadIdan GazitJul 24, 2023

@jonikorpi

Android has a bunch of options now, I have yet to settle on a daily driver

- @trunksapp
- @Tusky
- https://github.com/sk22/megalodon

GitHub - sk22/megalodon: Abandoned. Pink modification of the official Mastodon for Android app

Abandoned. Pink modification of the official Mastodon for Android app - sk22/megalodon

GitHub
Show threadgkrnoursJul 24, 2023
@jonikorpi I use tusky, it's nice
Show threadTopaz, fluffy yip Jul 24, 2023

@jonikorpi The built-in web UI is actually pretty nice (check out multicolumn mode if that interests you!); it's just the supposedly ""official"" iOS/Android apps that suck!

We use Tusky for its multiaccount features, it works decent. On desktop we have cookie containers so we don't need a special client for that.

Show thread🚲Jul 24, 2023
@topaz @jonikorpi it sucks more and more on every new release since 4.0 releases though, IMO (edit is the only good new feature)
Show threadTopaz, fluffy yip Jul 24, 2023

@xarvos @jonikorpi ...yeppp.

We're sticking on 3. Someone should really fork 3. The edit UI is the only thing that needs to be backported – you can actually edit with other clients, even.

Show threadJoni KorpiJul 24, 2023
@topaz I used the official web UI for a while, but honestly it just isn’t up to the standards people coming from modern zillion dollar social media platforms are used to. It’s trying to do too much with too few resources.
Show threadEmber is so tired of people. ​Jul 24, 2023

@jonikorpi I'd disagree on recommending elk over the webui.

Elk doesn't have any separation between your feed, and the column of buttons on the left