cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/34293577

A fresh update is here! This release brings initial support for PieFed. The PieFed API is still under development, so some features are limited, but here’s what’s new:

  • Support for PieFed (limited while the API evolves)
  • Notifications for new activity on communities, posts, comments, or users on PieFed
  • View topics and feeds

Give it a try and let me know how it works for you!

  • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
    4·
    10 hours ago

    Boost is a native UI, both Voyager and Blorp (While visually appealing) are just web wrappers

    What’s the difference?

    • cm0002@piefed.worldEnglish
      51·
      9 hours ago

      WebApps are just…so laggy, Voyager is prob the least laggy React app I’ve ever seen…but there’re still noticeable points where it is

      Native UIs, while not entirely immune to lag, is tons better and generally use far less resources to achieve it

      For a technical difference:

      Voyager/Blorp use React which is basically JavaScript and typically requires the app to ship with everything needed to run JavaScript. Each app runs a “mini-browser”. Though it has its pros because you only need to develop one app for all platforms.

      Native UIs use the UI elements provided by the OS and each platform you release the app on must be developed separately, but it can also be optimized with less effort and less resources.