By this I mean: something that can view and fully interact with multiple different services like Lemmy, Mastodon, etc.

Does it exist already?

  • mykl@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Yes. It’s called a “web browser”.

    Seriously though, “fediverse” just means internet plus shared hosting of content. Why would you want a single app to amalgate photos and chat and videos and weather and restaurant reviews and auctions and whatever else people choose to federate?

  • nightscout@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    I would love this! At least for Mastodon and Lemmy, which I consider somewhat similar. I use Mona for Mastodon and would love have a separate tab within that app for accessing Lemmy. I just really like the design and feature set of the app and having it extended to Lemmy would be so nice.

  • Chocrates@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    Technically I think yes, you could pull all the data you are subscribed to from the instances. Getting the UI to be clean would be the major challenge imo.
    I would like to see this though. Maybe I’ll start a project I will abandon soon after 🤣

  • ViridianNott@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    Artemis is an upcoming iOS app that is supposed to work for the whole “threadiverse” (so Kbin and Lemmy).

    I think it is generally doable but it end up being double the work - you have to take the independently designed architectures of kbin and lemmy and marry them under one UI. This could lead to more bugs and slower development, especially early on. I can see what most apps are focusing on one or the other.

    Implementing Mastodon would be even harder, because it’s post at architecture doesn’t follow the same pattern as kbin and lemmy’s . Would people really use an app where Reddit-style threads are mixed in with Twitter-style posts? I think it’s better that Mastodon is kept separate tbh.

  • r00ty@kbin.nerfed.net
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    1 year ago

    If the various “redditish” projects could agree an shared framework providing access to all the features common across all implementations then sure, it’d be easy. But the thing is, that things are done just different enough that dedicated apps make sense to make use of any unique features.

    Also, I’ve been using my phone’s browser to post to kbin and I think it is fine.

    • postmateDumbass@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      1 year ago

      shared framework providing access to all the features common across all implementations

      Thats what web browsers are supposed to do.

      It is the exact role they serve.

      The last 2 gemerations of ‘the web’ have added little new capability, instead inventing new expensive ways to do what was once free all while invading our privacy.

      All an app does is add another layer for someone else’s profit.