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Voyager difficult to start using for existing Lemmy users (sopuli.xyz)
submitted 5 days ago by Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz to c/voyagerapp@lemmy.world
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I keep hearing of people who have used Lemmy for a few days or a few weeks and want to start using a mobile version โ€“ often Voyager.

They open Voyager for the first time, and get a screen with a button for logging in. They get a choice for which Lemmy instance to join, but no place for entering their existing username or password.

I've told them that "in the first screen there is a button that is very difficult to notice, allowing you to use a pre-existing Lemmy username. Find that semi-hidden button, click it, and you can login."

It is of course a working workaround to pre-emptively tell people that the button exists, is just very well hidden, and needs to be clicked by most people who download Voyager. But still, it would be cool if the screen for new users could be altered so that the ability to log in with a pre-existing username was equally visible as the choice to create a new account!

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[โ€“] aeharding@vger.social 3 points 3 days ago (4 children)

Hey, thanks for the feedback!

So for the select an instance page, I tried to make it so you could login so you can't get "stuck" here: if you press the ellipse button in the header, there is an option to login. Maybe I could add an ellipse button to each instance, I'm not sure. That might be too much noise.

For the landing page, maybe something like this? Please note, I want to keep the "join" prominent so that new users, without an existing lemmy account, can easily sign up.

(pretend "create an account" is in grey as a label. I made it red to show as a change)

[โ€“] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I would say that having three buttons of similar size would do no harm to ease of starting for those with no preexisting account.

So:

[ Join Lemm.ee ]

[ Join another instance ]

[ Log in to your instance ]

The login button could be on a different colour, but its shape and size should be the same as of the two other options, and, in my opinion, it should be grouped together with them.

(And indeed! Voyager is an awesome app and I'm complaining here only because I've seen you strive for excellent quality. Thank you very much for this awesome app! โค๏ธ)

[โ€“] Tuuktuuk@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

I wonder if "Log in" and "Learn more" being of equal size might be confusing?

It's difficult to say because now that I know the button is there, it feels like only an idiot would miss it. Would need to make human experiments with people who have no experience on Lemmy. Like, make them try to log on with my username on their own phone.

[โ€“] Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Small suggestion: maybe "sign up" is more clear than "Join"?

[โ€“] aeharding@vger.social 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

"sign up lemm.ee" doesn't english too well ๐Ÿ˜›