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He Who Ponders The Skull

Inspired by @tashen I'm going to examine various Mastodon Clients on Android, skipping the early access clients...Also, the ones that I feel are sketchy as well. I'll start by compiling my thoughts on Fedilab, one of my favorite Mastodon apps soon.

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He Who Ponders The Skull

Fedilab-

The UI is incredibly slick and customizable, granular for a Mastodon app. It's easy to spend a lot of time customizing the app to one's liking. From checking who favorites and boosts a post, I've found each menu to be designed cohesively. It's easy to swipe between tabs, fluid motion is all it takes to quickly navigate Fedilab Tabs.

My minor complaint was just a small issue with notifications not being marked as read. That's all, truly my dream app!

@tashen

This is the sidebar for Fedilab, a Mastodon Mobile App, a lot of options are on screen. The usual suspects like for My Account there are the following in order: Drafts, Interactions, Filters, Lists, Followed Hashtags.
A picture showing off the Local Timeline, how every toot is contained in an elegantly rounded bubble. You can see the post privacy, how many boosts and favorites, and even replies to posts.
This is the boost menu, it will show you if you follow a person on this screen, their bio, the ability to follow them right on this screen too! You can also mute or block a person from this screen as well. This app is amazing at making these interactions accessible throughout the UI.
This is the long Timeline Settings for Fedilab, very comprehensive in my opinion! All the settings in this app offer you a lot of options for things based on the category. Once again, the developer is showing off this diligence with Fedilab's functionality and design.
#Fedilab#mastodonapps
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He Who Ponders The Skull

Megalodon-

The app is modern but a bit bland in design. Megalodon doesn't offer as many settings tweaks as Fedilab. However, the settings that Megalodon does offer are meaningful. Notifications have a custom icon for favorite, reply, boost. Making it easy to visually identify each type of notification. I love that with Megalodon, as I can choose to check a notification at my convenience. Megalodon is a functional free client that does everything that a standard user would need.

This is the settings for Megalodon, it presents as a single screen with toggles, check marks, or press and choose an option. Most of the usual suspects are present, and Megalodon does offer handy content warning toggles.
This is an example of a toot which shows the amount of favorites, boosts, and replies a post. The buttons on the bottom of the post are nicely designed to convey their purpose visually.
An example of the timeline on Megalodon, it's currently focused on my toots and reply to a user.
The simplified boost menu/favorite menu. You're offered just the option to follow a user or are informed if you are already following a user.
He Who Ponders The Skull

Tusky-

Tusky is simultaneously modern but bland to my eye. Sure everything is visually communicated well without causing confusion; There's simply something antiquated about the UI that reminds me of older versions of Android. I'd love to see toots surrounded by a rounded frame, dynamic UI that takes inspiration from your wallpaper.

Tusky does function well and hasn't given me any problems.

The timeline is easy to read, only lacking a creative presentation.
The settings for Tusky are reasonable, offering some points of customization of how information is displayed. I find this to be acceptable.
The sidebar menu shows every necessary option to navigate Mastodon.
The compose window is utilitarian but useful, the toot I'm composing about Tusky is featured.
#Mastodonapp#Android
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He Who Ponders The Skull

Unfortunately, this Moshidon has a similar problem to Tusky, the legibility of information is fine; the presentation is antiquated. I find this to be a shame, as it's an app that straddles the balance between functionality and simplicity. I'm getting all notifications in a timely manner; it pains me to dismiss this app as well due to lack of aesthetic charm. It does have some cute little animations for favoriting a post, for example.

The Notification Center for Moshidon is nice. It's separated by All, Mentions, and Posts.
An example of the Moshidon Local Feed, it's quite bland unfortunately, though serves the purpose of showing the user toots on their server!
The compose screen has all the options presented in a utilitarian manner, I don't mind this at all.
#Mastodonapps#Android
He Who Ponders The Skull

@buru5 Indeed, I happened to stop at your post when acquiring screenshots!

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