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Relatica, the Friendica mobile/desktop app I develop, is designed so that it can toggle on/off features or workarounds based on the server version that the user is interacting with. For example resharing to Bluesky was added with plugins developed in Friendica 2024.08. Likewise there were problems with Diaspora resharing that were fixed in 2023.04. So the implementations can check the version and then change behavior accordingly. As I'm refactoring some code I see a check for a version requirement of 2023.04 or greater. Looking at fediverse.observer it appears that across all the servers it sees there is only one server with one active user that doesn't meet that version requirement. I'm not going to change it now because of that but it got me thinking if there becomes a point where it's better to remove the branched behavior for older releases that are no longer in use or just leave it in there. I'm honestly torn between "if it ain't broke don't fix it" and "this is going to turn into a spaghetti mess over the years so better to prune and trim as time goes on." #friendica #relatica #programming

@jools Wobei ich #Relatica gar nicht so schlecht finde, gerade auf dem Telefon um mal hin und wieder reinzuschauen oder kurz mal was zu posten.

@EmpeRohr @empe @Emperohr sehr schöner Bericht, danke!
Ich selbst bin sowohl mit #Friendica als auch mit #Sharkey sehr zufrieden. Die Unterschiede zwischen Sharkey und #Iceshrimp dürften nur im Detail liegen. Jedenfalls nach dieser Vergleichstabelle sind die wesentlichen Funktionen gleich.
Für mich sind bei den *keys u.a. die Antennen / News Picker eins der Killer-Features! Bei Friendica ist zwar Ähnliches möglich mit den Kanälen, aber die Antennen funktionieren bei mir (noch ein paar kleinen Anpassungen zu Beginn) noch besser. Das schlägt meiner Erfahrung nach das Hashtag-Folgen um Längen. (es kann ja auch eine Antenne mit nur einem einzelnen Hashtag angelegt werden, aber in den meisten Fällen macht eine Kombination von mehreren Hashtags + Volltext-Suchworten mehr Sinn und bringt mehr passende Inhalte) .
Bei Sharkey zumindest (bei Friendica) ist es auch möglich, sich benachrichtigen zu lassen, wenn ein bestimmer Account etwas postet. Allerdings nur für Accounts, denen man folgt (nicht gefolgte können über die "Listen" verfolgt werden oder eine Antenne kann auch Accounts beinhalten). Vielleicht ist das bei Iceshrimp anders?

Ich persönlich haben keinen Bedarf an Apps. Für #iOS gibt es wohl als spezielle Friendica-App nur noch #Relatica per Testflight: gitlab.com/mysocialportal/rela…
Aber generell würde ich Friendica auch eher für User empfehlen, die es auch/ hauptsächlich am Desktop/ Laptop / Tablet nutzen. Die vielen Optionen sind auf zu kleinen Screens auch nicht wirklich sinnvoll darstellbar.
Am wenigsten "Retrocharme" hat wahrscheinlich das relativ neue #Bookface -Theme, wobei ich persönlich dann doch wieder zu einem der alten Themes zurückgekehrt bin, weil da die Farben individueller einstellbar sind.

Just tried to #quotepost a news item that appeared in my feed, only to notice #Relatica doesn't support that (yet). Hopefully it will be included in future versions.

Just started using the #Relatica app, which - at least initially - feels and looks really good.

But with it still being in beta, I wonder if I have to manually check for updates or if that is taken care of in some other way?

@hankg

@MsDropbear42 #Raccoon is only an app for Android. In the overview the others are under the category ‘Web App/ Desktop App’. But as far as I know, #Relatica is the only one that offers the range of functions of #Friendica. The others may only have the functions of Mastodon .

There are also ways to run Android apps on desktop, but I don't know if it's worth the effort.

I'm very happy with the WebApp. There's already a new theme, and I'm sure more will follow soon if a few frontend devs are interested in Friendica.
@matt @morebento @nacly @_elena

Web APP/Desktop APP: Phanpy, Soapbox, TheDesk, Relatica, Trunks, Sengi et al.

@_elena @morebento That's cool, I didn't know that Tusky could be used with Friendica. Another couple for android are #raccoon and #relatica

@morebento @matt @nacly @_elena If you use Friendica with a Mastodon app, you only have the functions that Mastodon has. There are (at least) two apps specifically for #Friendica: #Raccoon and #Relatica , see promo.loma.ml/app.html

There are a lot of apps for Lemmy. It's maybe a matter of taste which one suits you best.

@tutorial for @freeopensource

#fediTips

#APP's for the decentralized #fediVerse

#friendica your very own #newsPaper #desktop profile to #readTheRoom.
The #mastodonChatAPP's for your your cellphone #Raccoon #fediLab #relatica
♲ tupambae.org/display/0ac89072-…

#fediTips

Basically I use #friendica from #desktop @julien, and due to it's powerful options "under the hood" I recommend to become familiar with that layout too @sirber.

Not sure if #Raccoon is designed exclusively for friendica but I do know that @hankg's #relatica is, apparently there is even some desktop version too.

Actually if I had to choose only one platform as an option for each kind of #fediVerse screenView use case, I'd choose friendica for desktop and mastodon for cellphone every time. #Decentralization calls nearly by default for more than one profile and microblogging is for a handy screen while desktop is for #newsPaper like edition of content. And friendica is a little bit like that.
Your very own #newsPaper site in the internet.

That way your mastodon profile becomes your #chatAPP and your friendica profile on the desktop that follows your #mastodonChatAPP profile gets every conversation pushed into the stream in a brilliant page view to #readTheRoom.

screenView of friendica from a standard laptop desktop of the single page view of Julien's post and some comments.

@DaveMasonDotMe if your looking for a mobile app, I suggest either #raccoon or #relatica for android, if that's what u use, otherwise webapp will have to do.

You may want to look at #misskey and #sharkey (a fork) as an alt to #friendica really nice and a bit more modern.

@VTDARKSIM @mwguy There are already a few mobile apps especially for Friendica: #Raccoon and #Relatica . But I have no experience with them, the best is always the web app because it has all the functions. However, I wouldn't really recommend Friendica to people who only want to use it on their smartphone.

@dansup

@The Gym Nerd There is no Mastodon that covers Friendica's entire functionality, yes. That's because Mastodon apps generally only cover Mastodon's functionality. Only Fedilab goes further, but even FediLab isn't a full-blown Friendica app.

Dedicated Friendica apps like RaccoonForFriendica, Friendiqa, DiCa and Relatica should cover a great deal more of Friendica's functionality. I'm not quite sure if either of them cover everything, e.g. if you can use them to manage the files in the file storage or integrate a Tumblr account.

ActivityPup doesn't automatically mean everyone can do all the stuff the same way as a completely unrelated other platform does.

I don't think there's a single mobile app that uses the ActivityPub C2S API. All Mastodon apps are built against the Mastodon C2S API, and the Mastodon C2S API doesn't cover anything that Mastodon can't do either.

Friendica has its own client API which dedicated Friendica apps make use of.

A hypothetical universal Fediverse app that covers everything of everything would also have to use all Fediverse client APIs out there.

CC: @KnittingMittens (She/Her) @Ghurir @S 🌱 L V I Λ

#Long #LongPost #CWLong #CWLongPost #FediMeta #FediverseMeta #CWFediMeta #CWFediverseMeta #Facebook #FacebookReplacement #FacebookGroups #Friendica #MastodonApps #RaccoonForFriendica #Friendiqa #DiCa #Relatica #FediLab

@arzi @HailsandAles I am very satisfied with Friendica. But I only knew Mastodon before and none of the commercial services.
Many people like to use #Friendica with the web app because then all the functions are really available. There are also a few modern themes in development and there are also at least two mobile apps that are specially developed for Friendica, #Raccoon and #Relatica : Using Friendica with a mobile app

In this video tutorial the possibilities of Friendica are well presented : Friendica tutorial Pt 1 of 6: Explaining Friendica/Facebook comparisons and how to join. by @anubis2814

@rainercade There are also a few other apps, but #Fedilab @apps is really good and the one with the most functions (of the apps that are mainly for Mastodon.)
There are also at least two apps specifically for #Friendica (#Raccoon & #Relatica), see here: https://promo.loma.ml/app.html
But many also prefer the web app, then you really have all the functions.

Do you use #ManagedHosting? If so, with which provider?

@empe @tux ich nutze auch keine App. Die Mona-App ist ja eine App für Mastodon, daher kann sie wahrscheinlich auch nur die Funktionen, die Mastodon hat (also u.a. keine Direktnachrichten, da Mastodon die nicht kann). Von den auf der o.g. Seite empfohlenen Apps für #iOS ist ja nur #Relatica eine App speziell für Friendica. Die kann dann vielleicht mehr.

@franky_tegeler ich persönlich bevorzuge auch Webapps.

📲 ...vielleicht für andere interessant:
Es gibt aber auch für #Friendica bspw. mindestens zwei dezidierte Mobil-Apps: https://promo.loma.ml/app.html
#Raccoon und #Relatica
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.livefast.eattrash.raccoonforfriendica/

...und viele weitere, die jedoch nicht den vollen Funktionsumfang von Friendica abbilden. Da sind Webapps meist im Vorteil.

@FediTips

@anubis2814 This is the link to the #Peertube playlist:
https://peertube.stream/w/p/1e4ebc30-d582-4067-97d8-3de59bdaf330?playlistPosition=1

There are now at least two mobile apps specifically for #Friendica : #Raccoon and #Relatica .

https://promo.loma.ml/app.html

I only use web apps and don't know whether they really offer the full range of functions.

However, I really wouldn't recommend Friendica to Tiktok fans...

@susankayequinn @Sibshops

@fabiscafe @uferrandzonengewaechs

Ich versteh die Appisierung nicht.
Verwende wo es geht die Webapp.

Am Androiden eine Website im Browser aufrufen und dann "Am Desktop installieren" erzeugt etwas, das zwar im Browser läuft, aber sich eie eine App verhält...
Großartig.

Aber Friendica hat die Mastodon-Api integriert und ist daher mit JEDER App für Madtodon nutzbar.

Außerdem gibts #relatica und noch zeri weitere Apps speziell für Friendica.
Manche schwören drauf. Ich mag sie nicht. Siehe oben.

@pcw soll ja u.a. bei #Friendica ebenfalls so sein, dass die Web-App auch im Mäusekino sehr gut läuft. Ich selbst nutze es mobil so gut wie nicht (nur evtl. mal reinschauen über Tusky).
Für Friendica gibt es zwar inzwischen auch wieder akuelle Apps (Friendica mit einer Mobilen APP nutzen), einige auch speziell für Friendica wie #Raccoon und #Relatica , aber ich persönlich brauche es nicht.

#Relatica

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