People always ask what apps to use for mastodon but frankly the progressive web app is already glorious on it's own
@fenwick67 It's ok for a webinterface but webinterfaces generally provide the worst UX for applications.
Their question is *absolutely* right and the sad answer is, there are a few ok-ish ones for iOS and Android phones but none for computers.
Mastodon absolutely needs good native GUI applications to succeed.
For comparison, the people really active on the birdsite *all* use native applications and not a webinterface.
@MacLemon I disagree, the web interface is perfect for me and probably for most users since it's feature complete, fast, and well supported. If you use the 'add to homescreen' feature it's not distinguishable from a typical native app, other than the lack of notifications (which I personally would turn off if they existed).
@fenwick67 “Works for me” != the perfect interface, even less so for everyone.
I can very much distinguish any web app from a native application any time. There are *so* many differences. People do notice them a lot, not everyone can articulate what exactly or why it feels different though.
The desktop experience of a web interface, even Mastodon's is terrible compared to an actual application. On the phone there are Apps, they're not mature, but acceptable.
If it works for you, that fine. :-)
@MacLemon @fenwick67 ehhh, i don't understand the obsession with "native" apps. even a "native" app is just a glorified wrapper for web information. the mastodon website is objectively better / smoother / more featured / etc than any client app i can think of. the only reason i'd look for another client app is if i wanted a different UI.
