y9uVqBq0wefwef is so good it should be an app and not a web app
rylinI’ve never really used a mobile web app before but I’m very curious to see what the dev can do with it and what the limits might be. So far it’s been great! Not being on the App Store means faster updates. If something breaks the dev can fix it much quicker. It’s also fully cross platform. You can also install it on any device regardless of Android/iPhone and have the same experience.
IverCoderIn some desktop browsers you can install it to the start menu as well.
dlcookAs a web app I can (at least on iOS) rename it to something other than “wefwef”.
This is the first web app that I have used which installs, updates, and works like it does. I literally had no idea that something so streamlined and efficient could be done in such a way.
Hats off to the developer, I’ll gladly buy wefwef if he ever makes it available on the App/Playstore.
This, Justchill, and Seez are so good, they have me considering learning how to make PWA. I went down a ionic, react native, and flutter rabbit hole yesterday. Lol
Does anyone know how the dev did the installing functionality of the webapp? Anything you can link me to with more info on the subject?
It’s called PWA - Progressive Web Apps, basically web apps as apps. Been around as a concept for a while and hasn’t really caught on, but is useful for making offline versions of WebApps or easily updatable clients like wefwef.
Another notable one I can think of is xbox cloud streaming.
Apple won’t let them on the App Store so they made one of these.
I can’t believe how well it runs on iPhone, way smoother than the Mlem TestFlight app. I think this wasn’t an option for Reddit 3pa because once you try to monetize, if it’s not on the App Store you’re getting steamrolled. Anyways since that doesn’t seem to be an issue here it seems like a great solution.
Would be interested to hear from the devs how they plan to expand in the future.
Does anyone know how the dev did the installing functionality of the webapp? Anything you can link me to with more info on the subject?
It is called a progressive web app, or commonly referred to as PWA.
I still have it installed on my phone but have found it to be quite laggy when scrolling content so i don’t use it much. I keep checking every so often in hopes that clears up though…
Mixed experience so far. Love the interface but for some reason the content fails to load at time even though it works on browser or Mlem. Hopefully this gets fixed
HiHungryImDadI’m having the same issue. Mlem is pretty good though so not a big deal.
Not a dev but wonder if this is just due to scaling?Ton of new users just came in, including me…we probably fucking shit up at the moment haha.
That would be my guess. It’s likely these apps are getting rate limited by the lemmy instances. So the more people that use wefwef, the more unstable itll become lol
It’s open source.
An app fork will come with time as some things can’t be done in a web app.
Right now Lemmy is changing too quickly for it to be worth it anyway.
So just enjoy this fantastic web app for now.
I mean it works great as is. What do you not get right now that you’d get as an app?
I don’t think this take was very well thought out
Are web apps able to do push notifications? That’s the biggest feature and advantage I could think of if so.
Yes! It’s possible for both android and iOS. Not sure how long Android has had it but iOS 16.4 and up supports it.
nocnocIs it safe to use a web app without it having to go through apple security?
I actually disagree. I love that it’s a lightweight web app.
Now, I’m not one of those programmin’ folks, but when the programmin’ folks say that a web based client works best, I’m gunna trust them folks, yessiree
Yes! If you set the font size to maximum, you get the Apollo app feeling.
You know… my major complaint about wefwef was the font size, you Sir have made my day!!
RhoeriIt’s promising, but right now it’s a buggy disaster. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves. There’s a lot of features coming and hopefully it’s stabilized to compare with other apps that are already out- but right now, it’s not even close to ready.
steal_your_faceI haven’t seen any bugs at all so I’d hardly call it a buggy disaster.
I have, so I would.
What bugs have you seen?
Bugs when posting, bugs when replying, bugs when fetching messages, bugs when loading communities, bugs when responding to messages…. (I’m having to use Memmy to respond to you as I can’t load messages in Wefwef reliably)
It’s got a long way to go, but definitely shows a lot of promise.
aehardingThat’s just from Lemmy.world. I recommend using a smaller instance, it’s night and day.
The other apps don’t encounter as many bugs and as frequently, so that’s inherently not true.
I think it works perfectly as it is now except for the Safari bug where swiping back a page makes it refresh the page and force you back to the top of it. I guess there’s nothing the wefwef devs can do about it but damn it’s annoying.
Have you tried re-adding it to your home screen?
Comments collapsing is not nice and snappy. Compare it to jerboa. These kinds of animations really make the experience feel slow.
It’s very snappy for me on iOS, perhaps you have to re-“install”.
I think you mean: “It’s so good it COULD be a native app”
PikaI agree, I would likely use it if it was an actual app, sadly due to restrictions web apps have on my device I can’t use it xD