Following up to this post https://lemmy.ml/post/31598540

A number of people asked for F-Droid support when I posted about my Lemmy client, and it’s here!

Get Blorp on F-Droid

I didn’t notice the scope of some of the app permissions until now, but half of those are unnecessary. I’ll be reducing the scope in the next release to avoid any confusion.

    • moseschrute@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Yeah. F-Droid has some considerable lag in deploying new versions. I’m new to F-Droid but a 3-6 day delay in publishing new versions seems typical.

      • cole@lemdro.idEnglish
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        7 months ago

        F-Droid’s big “thing” is reproducible builds. You could theoretically post any artifact to GitHub, so I have to trust that every update the artifact you built matches the source code. F-Droid allows me to know that the artifact matches the source code.

        Unless of course you’ve implemented your own reproducible build system.

        The caveat here is it means F-Droid has to build your app, which can take some time (but they’re actively working on improving that)

        • moseschrute@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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          7 months ago

          Yeah. Sorry I should have phrased my comment better. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing, but people should understand that the tradeoff of reproducible builds is a slight lag in updates.

          • cole@lemdro.idEnglish
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            7 months ago

            No worries, I just wanted to explain why it takes time in case somebody didn’t know

    • moseschrute@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      7 months ago

      Thanks! Apologies for the accessibility issues, but I’ll start working through your list!

      • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        7 months ago

        Hey, not a problem. Most people don’t necessarily have to think about the accessibility for screen reader users. That’s what I’m here for.

  • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I am a TalkBack screen reader user and I’m downloading your app to test it with accessibility services right now.

    • moseschrute@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      7 months ago

      I haven’t done any testing with a screen reader, but I would love to work with you to make the app more accessible.

      • shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zipEnglish
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        7 months ago

        I would love to help. It’s actually not as bad as it could be from what I can tell. Like sure, there are some issues, but trust me, I’ve seen way worse.

        • moseschrute@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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          7 months ago

          Blorp is actually a web app in a native app wrapper. I have some experience building accessible websites, but I wasn’t sure that it would translate well in the native app wrapper. But I’m really happy already somewhat accessible!