This was a comment I made on a "sink" post the mods deleted, and I think it's an issue that needs addressing, so I'm pasting it here. The comment I replied to said something like "Superscript and spoilers have always worked fine in Sync".
Ironically, that isn't valid Lemmy markdown. Sync should be supporting Lemmy markdown, not Reddit markdown. Here's what your comment looks like on the website:
This is^superscript^ and you can also do~subscript~.
Source:
This is^superscript^ and you can also do~subscript~.
Here's what it should look like:
Instead, you get this:
Personally I don't like Lemmy's syntax for spoilers, but Sync should still support it!
hidden or nsfw stuff
a bunch of spoilers here
Source:
hidden or nsfw stuff
a bunch of spoilers here
I'm surprised that actually even works in Sync. It didn't used to. However, Sync doesn't show my code block accurately, which is funny as fuck! No app should be editing my code block. Sync is replacing my text with reddit markdown in order for it to display properly. And even when I put that markdown in a code block, it still converts it to reddit style! It also strips out the warning text!
Here is what I actually typed:
And here's what Sync shows:
What a lazy ass way of doing it. It removes an important feature: the warning text, and won't even let me show Sync users how to do a proper spoiler!
Oh, WTF. Sync butchered my comment when editing it! I had to fix it back on desktop.
Sync is not fine. It's full of bugs that the dev is ignoring.
Isn't it abandoned by now? I've switched to Thunder which is awesome and open source and I don't have to worry about such shenanigans.
Basically, yes. No word from the Dev in 4 months.
I tried Thunder several months ago, and it was... not good. I'll try it again, but I'm not going to get my hopes up.
Coincidentally, someone in some other post said, "Voyager is better than Sync" so I gave it a real try. It sucks in comparison to Sync. It doesn't support Lemmy spoilers in any way, nor horizontal rules, and has a dozen other shortcomings. Some major.
Even with the bugs, Sync is still a great app with a ton of killer features.
Thunder is unrecognizable compared to when you first tried it. I wasn't much into it either, but it has become the best client, by far.
Just switched after years of Sync use and I doubt I'll be switching back. Thanks for the recommendation!
That's true! I haven't looked at thunder since sync came out. It's a lot better.
It's a shame that ljdawson has been absent for such a long time, because I do think sync is the best app in general. It is however obvious that other apps keep up better with Lemmy development and other issues.