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Review time again! Here's a concise look at the third party app Fedilab:

➡️ fedi.tips/fedilab-for-android

You can use it with Mastodon accounts (including forks like Glitch), PeerTube accounts, Pixelfed accounts and many other types of Fediverse account.

It's got a really nice array of options if you dig down into the settings menus, it does a lot of things that the official apps don't do. I've tried to summarise the good stuff in the review.

fedi.tipsFedilab for Android | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
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@feditips I wish they supported Friendica better like composing big posts with inline media and text formatting. Or at least threads instead of treating all comments as posts.

@feditips
I've tried #Tusky and #Fedilab, where the latter is a clear winner, it has so many useful functions and features and it's being actively developed (updates almost every week).
#Fediverse

@feditips
If i interpret your review correctly: tapping on the timeline icon (for your currently selected timeline) in the bottom menu moves directly to the top of the timeline.

Basically a double-tap.

@ThirteenthWorrier

Ahhhh okay! Thank you! 🙏

I'll update the review and put that in the tips section.

@feditips I use IceCubes and FediText for iPhone, because the former doesn’t let me add AltText on videos or GIFs. And the latter also has other useful functions.

@otterX @feditips

I use Tusker on iOS, Mastodon and Pixelfed on Android

@420 @feditips Yeah, I’ve tried Mona and it’s definitely the best. Previously, I used Ice Cubes, I hope developer keeps to improve the app.

@feditips
One of my favorite thing on Fedilab is the maximum number of character authorized by toot : 1312.

Ain't no kidding.

@MMRnmd @feditips Shouldn't the app query your server to find the maximum number of characters it allows? My account is on a server that allows 1729, if the app limited me to 1312 I'd be a little annoyed.

@feditips Tricky. Only if you trust the authors very much.

@haitchfive

It's a free open source app which has been around for years and is well respected. The source has been open to inspection the whole time and as far as I know no one has seen it doing anything untoward.

If there's a specific point on that list that concerns you, I'm sure @apps can provide more info.

@feditips @haitchfive
Yes, we can explain with pleasure. Each of these permissions is necessary depending on actions.
Some of them are requested only once an action is done (like post or download a media, record an audio message, etc.)

@feditips I tried it. I like the various options it provides but it feels too sluggish compared to #Tusky, so I moved back to that.

Having a ton of features means nothing, at least to me, if it compromises overall performance.