what's easiest fdroid lemmy app to use for old ppl?
from excon@lemmy.ca to nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca on 09 May 22:30
https://lemmy.ca/post/64619882

I couldn’t figure out how to post on voyager. Jerboa said it’s being discontinued.

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umbrella@lemmy.ml on 09 May 22:31 next collapse

wait is jerboa being discontinued?

Flatfire@lemmy.ca on 09 May 22:48 next collapse

It doesn’t seem like it? I see no mention of this on its github

actionjbone@sh.itjust.works on 10 May 02:17 collapse

Same. I poked around, couldn’t find any mention of it.

kent_eh@lemmy.ca on 10 May 02:42 collapse

I’ve had a popup a couple of time when logging in that said Android is going to be requiring app developers to have some sort of validation or certification in the future, and Jeroba’s devs were refusing.

umbrella@lemmy.ml on 10 May 04:41 collapse

oh, that’s googles developer verification. they want to close down android so google has a monopoly on what you can install.

that applies to quite a lot of stuff beyond just jerboa.

human@slrpnk.net on 09 May 22:48 next collapse

To post in Voyager:

  • go to the community you want to post in
  • click the three dot menu icon in the top right
  • choose “Submit Post”
tal@lemmy.today on 09 May 23:35 next collapse

I don’t think that there’s a lot of difference in difficulty of use among clients. Some have a lot more settings than others, but using out-of-box settings should be fine. Honestly, most of the barriers to use that I see are kind of intrinsic to the Threadiverse (like needing to know how to write references to users and communities and what a home instance is and all that). They aren’t really client limitations.

Jerboa is developed by the Lemmy developers. I’d be surprised if it is being discontinued. It had a commit an hour ago.

I use Eternity on Android, which is on F-Droid. It’s not getting new development, but it hasn’t had problems that I’ve run into.

Last I tried, it was still rougher around the edges than Eternity. but Interstellar can do all of Mbin, Lemmy, and PieFed servers and has support for a number of platforms. If I weren’t using Eternity on Android, it’d probably be my next stop.

orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 09 May 23:35 next collapse

Depends on the old person, not the app.

justdaveisfine@piefed.social on 09 May 22:58 next collapse

Blorp seems to work well.

Ludicrous0251@piefed.zip on 10 May 01:11 collapse

Blorp is great and leading the way on integrating new features, but without “mark as read on scroll” I’m stuck in Voyager. I can’t re-skim past the same 20 articles every time I open the app.

bmpvy@piefed.social on 09 May 22:58 next collapse

define ’old’. I’m 40 and I’m fine with blorp 😅

SPRUNTnsfw@fedinsfw.app on 10 May 02:00 next collapse

Haven’t had much issue with Summit.

DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca on 10 May 06:34 collapse

I think the easier app, is to just use the browser.

Why does everything need to be an app?