Seems like lemmy is getting all the love and kbin only got the add to home screen on ios and android. any updates that i’m not aware of?

  • z2k_@lemmy.nz
    14·
    1 year ago

    Apps talk to services via an API. Lemmy has an API, the one for kbin is still being figured out and isn’t enabled.

    This is the only reason why kbin doesn’t have apps for it yet.

    • Teppic@kbin.social
      8·
      1 year ago

      I think there was a kbin API and Ernest pulled it because he wanted to improve it. I think time will show that was a smart move. App developers need the API to be stable & unchanging; kbin can likely see how the Lemmy API is used by Apps, learn and improve from this.

      We do know a new improved API is in the pipeline, and I agree with z2k, Apps will follow soon after.

  • stopthatgirl7@kbin.social
    9·
    1 year ago

    Lemmy is also a lot older than kbin - kbin is only a month or two old, iirc, and it’s still technically in beta. I’m sure once an API of out for it, we’ll start seeing a lot of apps popping up. It just takes time - we’ve only just in the last few months seen a boom in quality Mastodon apps.

    I’d say that in about six months, we’ll be spoiled for choice.

    • FIST_FILLET@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      mastodon apps

      ice cubes user reporting in! only issue i’ve noticed is that video playback is a little weird

  • tnkt@kbin.social
    2·
    1 year ago

    I like PWAs better. They seem 1000 times less likely to have a security problem

    • beefcat@kbin.social
      32·
      1 year ago

      PWAs always feel way clunkier than a proper native iOS app.

      I fully believe the reason Apollo was the best Reddit app, period, is because it was 100% native and fully embraced all the design patterns used throughout the rest of iOS. No amount of flashy CSS or fancy javascript frameworks can fully re-create that level of cohesion.

      • doublejay@kbin.social
        1·
        1 year ago

        Yeah I have the pwa on safari / iOS . Fine for the most part , but I seem to struggle with navigating. The browser back button seems to be unavailable a lot

    • arquebus_x@kbin.social
      6·
      1 year ago

      The PWA for kbin.social doesn’t have a back button. Security is great but proper navigation is better.

    • kbity@kbin.social
      3·
      1 year ago

      Having the option of native clients, whether on desktop or mobile, is good. Having a mobile app that fully respects its platform’s design language or a desktop client that uses less resources than a web browser and will run without issue on something like a Pi can go a long way to making a web platform enjoyable to use.

      Hell, you could tweet from a BBS at one point (maybe you still can?) and until July 1st you can browse Reddit in a Linux terminal using basically zero resources. Lemmy has this neat project for a web interface that will run on a toaster, for example. Maybe kbin will get something similar once its API is mature.