Have you ever considered potentially incorporating some of the highly-praised UX elements, theming capabilities, and overall user experience from Sync for Lemmy into Thunder?
Many users, including myself, have found Sync’s interface and customization options to be exceptional, as well as leagues ahead of the competition (no offence).
However, there are concerns in the Sync community about Sync’s closed-source nature, as well as the developer’s loonngg periods of inactivity.
Given Thunder’s open-source ethos and active development, do you see an opportunity to potentially fill this gap by bringing some of Sync’s most loved features to Thunder, while maintaining your commitment to transparency and regular updates?
If done right, Thunder could potentially become the new Sync, but open-source, and with active updates.
I’m curious about your thoughts on this and whether it aligns with your vision for Thunder’s future development.
Hey again!
From the very beginning, my goal with Thunder has been to make it highly customizable. Everyone has their own vision of the ideal experience, and I want Thunder to be flexible and feature-rich enough to make that possible.
Have you ever considered potentially incorporating some of the highly-praised UX elements, theming capabilities, and overall user experience from Sync for Lemmy into Thunder?
Thunder’s UX has been influenced by a number of apps, including Sync. That said, it was never meant to be a copy of another app. While I draw inspiration from many of the existing apps out there, my goal is for Thunder to stand out on its own. I know there’s always room for improvement, which is why I rely on community feedback to improve Thunder’s experience.
Given Thunder’s open-source ethos and active development, do you see an opportunity to potentially fill this gap by bringing some of Sync’s most loved features to Thunder, while maintaining your commitment to transparency and regular updates?
I do intend to keep building and improving Thunder while staying fully open-source. I don’t expect it to replace Sync, but rather to serve as a community-driven, open-source alternative for those who value transparency and open-source software.
That being said, development takes time. There are still many features I’d love to implement, but since Thunder is something I can only realistically work on in my free time, progress is naturally slower. Right now, there are only a couple of active maintainers (shoutout to @micahmo@programming.dev!) who work on Thunder. Additionally, I also have to balance feature development with moderating Thunder’s community spaces (e.g., Lemmy, GitHub, Matrix), which can complicate things further.
I’m not sure if this fully answers your questions, but I hope it does provide some insight on my general thoughts!
The only thing really missing for me is being able to set different sorting methods for different contexts
For example when I’m looking at my subscriptions I sort by new. If I want to look at all of Lemmy I definitely want to sort by top or something else
Honestly that’s the only thing I’m really missing from thunder
Try Summit. It’s an open source clone of Sync. It isn’t identical, but it’s very close.Open source?? Check the repo, my guy.
Oh hey, you’re right.
