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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by steve228uk@lemmy.world to c/apple_enthusiast@lemmy.world

Hey 👋 I've been working on a new Lemmy client called Bean for the last few weeks and I've put out an early beta.

It's missing some features at the moment but I'm working to get it feature complete by early next week and would appreciate some feedback as I develop!

You can find out more over at !bean@lemmy.world but here are a few screenshots.

Let me know what you think if you do check it out.

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[-] Ghosty141@feddit.de 46 points 1 year ago

My god that icon is beautiful haha

[-] steve228uk@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Thanks so much! There's a few variants in the settings 😄

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[-] Jackolantern@lemmy.world 30 points 1 year ago

I tried it. The interface is fast and clean and looks like native iOS app.

I just can’t seem to upvote or downvote comments.

However despite that, your app is one to watch out for. Congrats and keep up the good work!

[-] steve228uk@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

That'll be coming in the next day or two!

[-] Jackolantern@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Now that is fast! I can’t wait to see what you will do to the app.

[-] machinaeZER0@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

Looks incredible! I'm on Android but just wanted to say how nice your app looks. Great work (and amazing app name, hahah)

[-] steve228uk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks so much, I really appreciate it 😄

[-] ymhr@lemmy.world 17 points 1 year ago

This looks great, so polished already!

There's one thing missing that I've noticed a lot of Lemmy clients are missing that I used extensively in reddit clients, and that's the button to skip to the next level comment. It makes long comment threads much nicer to read. Any chance we could get that added?

[-] steve228uk@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

A couple of people have mentioned this today so I’ve added it to my list 😊

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[-] willya@lemmyf.uk 14 points 1 year ago

Nice, time to flick the bean.

[-] trucksandtrains@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago

Just DL the TestFlight. Gorgeous app, feels very slick and native feeling. Will continue to test and give feedback as it matures.

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[-] BitingChaos@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

I'll give it a good flick.

[-] FlickOfTheBean@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Damn I'm late for my own joke

[-] mikeboltonshair@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

So I’m basically running all the current iOS apps and up until now Memmy has been the smoothest, until I tried Bean, I don’t know what you’ve done but there is absolutely zero scroll lag, which is the most important part of any app for me, looks great too

[-] HydraliskConcave@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

This has to be my favourite lemmy app at the moment. Incredible work! Feels very native to ios. Extremely polished for something that’s still in testflight.

Will most certainly be buying this app when it comes out.

Swiping media away is hit or miss right now but I’m sure things will improve in due time.

Impressive stuff man!

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[-] gdbjr@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Downloaded and like every app I go looking for the option to increase the font size. Sadly like most Lemmy apps this seems to not be high on the list for early releases . Can’t test it if I can barley see the text in the post and comments without squinting.

Hopefully it is high on the list of things to add. Until them it is still Memmy for me.

[-] d4rknusw1ld@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Memmy. Memmy is basically what I feel the most put together 3rd party app out there. It’s what I use and it’s on the App Store.

[-] steve228uk@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Heads up, a build with the font size slider is rolling out to TestFlight now!

[-] steve228uk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

If you didn't know, you can actually increase font size for any iPhone app individually. If you go to Settings > Control Centre and add Text Size, you can change it per app.

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[-] HyperNova12@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Extremely well done! Can’t wait to see where this goes. Downloaded and will keep up with the progress.

One feature I’ve been dreadfully missing from Reddit apps is the “jump to next popular reply” button in a thread (if that’s the correct way to describe that)

[-] steve228uk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Hopping to the next most upvoted?

[-] marzipan@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's a similar (maybe even better) feature that was popular in Apollo, which is that, in the comments view, you had a button in the bottom right (position configurable) that, when tapped, would scroll you to the next top-level comment, and if long-pressed, would scroll you to the previous top-level comment.

[-] jiji@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

if long-pressed, would scroll you to the previous top-level comment.

Well fuck I never knew that 😭

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[-] zav@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Already my Nr1 Client fir browsing Lemmy!

[-] steve228uk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Thank you 😄 I know you've been following and supporting pretty much since day one and I really appreciate it!

[-] uhauljoe@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

ok no one cancel me but i think i like it better than memmy, and ive been stuck on memmy for weeks now

it reminds me of alien blue from years ago!! i'm really excited to dig in and start using it!!

edit: i did have to change the icon bc as a woman, a pink bean looks like a vaguely sexual app lol so i picked tutti frutti

[-] steve228uk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

I’m definitely not going to cancel you 😇

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[-] itscozydownhere@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Wow I’m in, it’s really slick

[-] steve228uk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you! 😄

[-] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Another one! (DJ Khaled’s voice) Looking really nice! Beans, hehe. I get that reference. Looking forward to seeing it grow!

[-] jeanofthedead@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Lookin' like a baked bean...

A BAKED... A BAKED BEAN‽

[-] thisisdee@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Hi, thanks for posting (and with the Self Promo tag!). I've added your app to the pinned post.

Just a quick reminder with the new rule clarification around self promo, this is the only post allowed for this app. Future posts should be in your own community. Speaking of, it looks like your post's community link has an additional !bean at the beginning (!bean[!bean@lemmy.world](/c/bean@lemmy.world)). The web UI is currently linking fine and ignoring the first part, but it might be broken with different parsers.

[-] steve228uk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the heads up, I’ll get that fixed! 😊

And I really appreciate the rule on self promo, thank you so much for allowing it ❤️

[-] avater@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

holy shit this app has potential! Will keep an eye on it

[-] cloud_herder@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

So far, it’s pretty awesome! Love the Beans icon I can use haha. Good job!

[-] steve228uk@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

When I saw the most upvoted post, how could I not 😂

[-] net00@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is shaping up to be one of the top apps, looks and feels like native iOS! there's a few things I noted are missing and haven't been reported yet so here's a list before I forget. Hopefully some can make it into a future release:

  • Swipe or sharing actions on comments
  • Sorting options for comments
  • Default sort of comments & posts
  • Option to hide the floating reply button on posts
  • Changing color scheme of comment threads line
  • Tap to collapse comments
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[-] tonetone@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

This is beautiful, really amazing work. Shows a good number of articles on the screen at once (even on a 13 mini)! Clean, simple, great options. Everything I want in an app.

Also, thank you so much for the Pride app icon options. It’s a little thing, but it assures me that the developer is thoughtful and open-minded. 💖

[-] steve228uk@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

Thanks so much, I'm glad you like it! 😄

I'm queer myself so it's nice to have another rainbow on my home screen 🏳️‍🌈

[-] ohto@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 1 year ago

I just downloaded it and used it for a bit, and I’m really impressed. It is going to be fantastic once the rest of the basic features are added. I currently can’t upvote comments in Bean (is it just me??), so I probably won’t be using it much yet, but I can already tell it will be my preferred Lemmy client.

[-] steve228uk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Not just you! This is coming in the next couple of days.

[-] Javish@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

This is looking VERY promising!!!! Really digging it so far.

[-] SmokesForBreakfast@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I’ve signed up. Tested it really quick - and it looks great.

Can’t get search to work - no input? And I sure would love filtering/sorting options for top posts within x-hours like on wefwef 👍

Edit: I also can’t see my comments.

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[-] k7ZFwGZHFz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

So many apps for Lemmy are coming out, it’s getting difficult to pick one and stick with it.

[-] 70ms@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Wow, this looks beautiful! Love the selection of icons, too. It already feels great and I can tell this is gonna be stellar. Just being able to pin communities is something I really missed from Apollo/reddit so it's rad that you've already got it in there! 🙌

Edit: Any chance we can get rotation when viewing images so we can view them in landscape? As an older lady my close vision is going and I often need to go landscape to see/read things better. :)

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[-] quinten@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It is still missing some core features so it cannot be my main app for now. But I definitely keep this one installed. Really beautiful work.

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[-] Hiru@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Trying it right now, I must say it looks gorgeous

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