lwadminOct 1, 2023

A message to new users

https://lemmy.world/post/6086181

A message to new users - Lemmy.world

Hello World! The last week or so we have seen quite a big ‘boost’ in the amount of new users signing up so we thought it would be a good time to highlight some things that are of interest to new users. CODE OF CONDUCT Lemmy World is not a free speech instance, there are a couple of ground rules that need to be followed. If you’re new, I would advise you to read our Code of Conduct [https://lemmy.world/legal]. NEW USER QUESTIONS If you are new to the fediverse as a whole, it might all be a bit overwhelming. What is Lemmy? What is federation? What even is an instance? For those questions I would suggest you have a look at the getting starting guide [https://lemmy.world/post/37906]. It should cover most of your questions. STILL HAVE QUESTIONS? You can head over to the [email protected] [/c/[email protected]] [https://lemmy.world/c/support] community. This community should be used for questions regarding Lemmy World and is not the support community for the Lemmy software this site uses. Our Admin @quinten [https://lemmy.world/u/quinten] recently made a post covering the most recurring questions there too. Read about that here [https://lemmy.world/post/4505404]. ALTERNATIVE USER INTERFACES Lemmy World hosts a few custom User Interfaces which give you a completely different experience both on the desktop as on mobile. - https://a.lemmy.world [https://a.lemmy.world] - Alexandrite is a beautiful and convenient desktop-first alternate web UI for Lemmy. Official site https://alexandrite.app [https://alexandrite.app] - https://photon.lemmy.world [https://photon.lemmy.world] - Photon A sleek client for Lemmy with powerful mod and admin tools. The only alternative client with feature parity to the official client. Official site https://phtn.app [https://phtn.app] - https://m.lemmy.world [https://m.lemmy.world] - Voyager was one of the first alternative UI’s that became available. Optimized for Mobile. Official site https://vger.app [https://vger.app] - https://old.lemmy.world [https://old.lemmy.world] - a familiar desktop experience for lemmy. Official site https://mlmym.org [https://mlmym.org] THIRD PARTY APPS There are a lot of Third Party apps available for Lemmy. From Paid to Open Source, you will find something that suits you easily. For a complete list, have a look at this thread: https://lemmy.world/post/465785 [https://lemmy.world/post/465785]

Show threadlwadmin
What is your favorite Alternative UI? Are you using it full-time or still switch back to the default one? We want to know!
Oct 1, 2023 at 8:17amWeb
Show threadPapancaOct 1, 2023
Usually Photon, occasionally Alexandrite or switching to the regular Lemmy interface.
Show threadCriticalMissOct 1, 2023
I use Voyager. Been self-hosting it since the day the project released. On desktop I just use the default UI, fits my needs I guess.
Show threadwhat_is_a_nameOct 1, 2023
Lemmy lives on my phone and iPad. So rarely venture into the web UI. But I use Voyager On my mobile devices.
Show threadnicolairathjenOct 1, 2023
Avelon on iOS, mlmym on web at the moment. Still looking for a UI that let’s me show the local feed of another instance while still being signed in.
Show threadfrankOct 1, 2023
I’ve been loving Liftoff. It’s completely free and ad free, feels as good as any of the “big apps” to me
Show threadStovetopOct 1, 2023

Sync is my ride or die. Always has been, and I hope it always shall be.

Warms my heart to see so many other options here, though.

Show threadHEISENBERGOct 1, 2023
That’s not an alternative UI that is an app
Show threadStovetopOct 1, 2023
It’s an app that provides an alternate UI
Show threadedricOct 1, 2023
For desktop, I’m now a 100% Alexandrite user. It looks great, and it actually maximizes screen real estate.
Show threadHEISENBERGOct 1, 2023
Alexandrite on the desktop
Show threadAPassengerOct 1, 2023
Sync for Lemmy. It’s just super easy to do what I want - and to customize.
Show threadfreamonOct 2, 2023

I tend to use photon.lemmy.world, but it’d be really cool if I could log in to lemmy.world using tesseract. It’s a fork of Photon - so I imagine it also has feature-parity with the official UI - but it’s “designed for media-rich feeds and content”. It’s what they use at dubvee, and db0 also provides it as an alternative

I don’t use the default one because it gets confused when lemmy decides to bring a gif in from an external site, and then convert it to a mp4 (it’s a pretty hit-and-miss affair in the Gifs Community), though I realise it’s ultimately lemmy itself that’s causing the problem.

GitHub - asimons04/Tesseract: Tesseract: The best Lemmy client no one is using :-P

Tesseract: The best Lemmy client no one is using :-P - GitHub - asimons04/Tesseract: Tesseract: The best Lemmy client no one is using :-P

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Show threadsubspaceinterferentsOct 2, 2023
On the desk, photon.lemmy; on the mob, Boost for Lemmy. rockin’it.
Show threadXylight (photon dev)Oct 2, 2023

Videos aren’t played inline for reasons I’ll make a sticky about in the photon community.

However, when you open a post page, it’ll play a video if it detects it.

Show threadLackingC10H12N2OOct 3, 2023
🚀 Boost 🚀