matches up with Sync in features is big hyperbole
Where did OP say that? They very clearly state that their needs for a client are pretty basic.
If we're being pedantic, then OP didn't even mention that their needs are basic. They only mentioned they can write and post, which doesn't say much.
But they did mention that it's polished with no bugs, which is not true. They talked about the material You design which again is basic in Thunder and exhaustive in Sync.
And finally they mentioned Thunder being perfect which it isn't and it's improving by every release.
Clearly with direct comparison, it lags against Sync in every department and only that's what I mentioned in my post.
I agree. Thunder is my favorite lemmy app. The devs have put a lot of work into making it accessible so i can use it and i just hope they aren't tired of me reporting accessibility bugs.
I'll chime in on this topic since it's been getting a bit of activity. First, thank you for trying out Thunder! I appreciate all the amazing and supportive comments and it's been nice hearing them from the community. I would like to remind everyone to be civil and respectful for other lemmy clients. They're all being developed by people who have a genuine interest in lemmy as a platform and I'm sure they all want lemmy to be successful.
I personally think that Thunder still has a long way to go before I would consider it perfect. It's only been roughly a bit over a month since Thunder was first developed, and although there has been incredible progress so far, there are definitely a lot of features and bugs to work out! There are still UX gaps to fill in, missing features that have yet to be added in, and so on (that we can learn from all the other lemmy clients out there 😅).
At the end of the day, Thunder is a community-driven FOSS project, and will stay that way. All the work that is being put into Thunder are from individuals who take time out of their day to contribute towards the project. It might not currently have the same level as polish as other apps, but it will get there eventually with time.
Thunder sounds cool! I always used Sync for Reddit and found it very comfortable and I loved the features so I was very happy to see that same comfort used for Lemmy too.
Ain't nothing wrong with liking Thunder better if that's what you prefer, Sync just earned a lot of fans over it's long existence
I never saw what the fuss was with Sync for Reddit, but everyone is acting like fanboys about it launching for Lemmy. 😂
Fanboys? And what about Thunder fanboys? /s
For real, let's just let people enjoy what they want.
I was constantly using Connect, Voyager, Thunder and Summit for Lemmy.
Now that Sync for Lemmy is here I am gonna be using it a lot, it is too unstable right now, but all Lemmy clients were once, and when Voyager app makes it to the PlayStore heck I'll be rocking that one too.
We can use whatever we want, if users want to pay for Sync for Lemmy nothing is wrong about it, you are not being forced to use it too, nor pay for anything.
I know it was one of the most popular, but it was always Relay for me.
Hence why I like Thunder so much.
You can choose to use buttons in the settings menu.
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Just wait until boost releases
I love thunder and all the features I'm looking for are here. And I like how it looks. I don't need to try another app.
All of your apps have been spammed in the month since I've joined, and it's always annoying. It's just another app's turn.
It's weird being a fanboy for an app, and making a post touting it's virtues in response to another app's release. Like you're worried it's going to feel jealous and left out.
I'll be adding this community to the blocklist with every other app's I've come across today that seems to be making insecure, 'pick me' posts.
You felt the need to comment when you could have just blocked and moved on.
thanks for using Leebra!
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As a current Thunder and previous Syncfor Reddit user, I can understand Sync's charm.
It's a lot polished, the most polished Lemmy client right now. There's absolutely no lag with weird config (e.g. link preview for Thunder), hell lot of customisation, ability to backup and restore settings, ability to parse virtually any links within Sync and even provide download option, etc.
Sunc benefits from using same old codebase with backend tweaking to Lemmy.
Thunder will ultimately catch up to that, but saying Thunder is current state is perfect and matches up with Sync in features is big hyperbole.
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