Wondering which Mastodon app is the best? Some folks may not even know there are different apps for #Mastodon when coming over from #TwitterMigration #TwitterEDUMigration. So hope this chart (which is a teaser from a blog entry later this season, sitting in queue waiting for scheduled publication) may be helpful. I know there are more apps, these are five I've worked with. My personal favs are Toot! and Tusky after long association (what, a month? 🤣 )
@mguhlin so confusing - none of these are the one I use which is the little purple elephant ones…..
@kswilcox Which app is that one?
@kswilcox That's the "official" app for Mastodon, but because it leaves out features (such as animated GIF responses among others), I stopped using it when I couldn't add an image. That's why I briefly reference it in the intro and don't include it. You may have a much better experience using one of the other apps available. I know I have and I've seen others say the same thing. The official Mastodon app will either improve or only folks new to Mastodon will use it, I predict. But then, I could be wrong. 🙂
@mguhlin ahah! Well my image uploaded fine but I totally want to use gifs!!!!! Thanks for the heads up!
@kswilcox Happy to assist! You can also add links to animated GIFs from other places, like Tenor.com
https://tenor.com/bTF0b.gif
@mguhlin the author of Metatext has announced that he is dropping development due to health issues. He’s recommending that his users adopt other apps.
@shacker Thanks, Scot. I saw his announcement but it's still in the app store and available...and who knows, maybe someone else will pick it up. Wishful thinking, huh? :-)
@mguhlin I’m sad to see Metatext removed—I understand why, given its creator’s inability to keep maintaining it—because its functionality in adding alt-text is better than all of the rest of the iOS apps.
@shawrd773 Agreed. Sad to see Metatext removed. But there are other apps on the horizon, like @ivory , that may be useful to add when out of beta. It is the way. ;-) Let us bow our heads for a moment at the work of an amazing developer held back by the limitations all of us face as human beings.
@themantra108 @megalodon I will see what I can do. I may save Megalodon for when after I've tried it, and the publication of the blog entry. 🙂
Thank you for sharing it!
@mguhlin @megalodon sure 😊,
but it is great 🤗
I tried most of them
@themantra108 Do you recommend @megalodon over Tusky and Fedilab? Tell us why! 😃
@mguhlin @megalodon
See the features:- simple
Ui :- good ,use space below photo (unlike like tusky which is left on left side)
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Revised document attached. Removed Metatext and replaced it with Mastoot per someone's suggestion. :-)