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F-droid updates haven't changed the ui or noticeable fixed ui bugs in years. There was one revamp, right? But it feels like nothing came after that. I'm sure t

by onli 4y ago

F-droid updates haven't changed the ui or noticeable fixed ui bugs in years. There was one revamp, right? But it feels like nothing came after that. I'm sure they work on it in the background and the upgrades do something, but parents experience is still normal and correct.

glenstein 4y ago
That didn't answer my question. F-droid gives you a notification when apps are ready for updates. And it lists these updates in the updates section of the app. One of the apps that F-droid updates, is F-droid itself. F-droid has been updated three times this year. When it is updated, these updates are listed both in the notifications and the update section. Someone who claims that F-droid is not being updated is therefore an unreliable narrator. This clearly shows, to anyone paying attention, that F-droid is indeed being updated, and I don't understand how your comment is responsive to any of this. It's only an internet comment sections that parent commenters experience "is normal and correct" without acknowledging or responding to any of this. This is important because it highlights the respects in with your comment in the parents comment lack of fundamental connection to objective reality and therefore are not reliable diagnoses of what is or is not happening with F Droid. If looking at notifications in the app is something you're going to dismiss as an unusual experience, then you just don't know what you're talking about, and you shouldn't be positioning yourself as reporting on the normal case of what everyday users experience.
- lucideer 4y ago
  > That didn't answer my question. > Someone who claims that F-droid is not being updated is therefore an unreliable narrator. It seems like you're trying to invent arguments to get mad at as no-one made this claim. The original commenter said two things, neither of which amounted to "F-droid is not being updated". They said: 1. That they "didn't realize the app was still being worked on" - this is just referring to their own perception of updates, not making any hard claim about actual work being done. 2. That it has "been years since the UI update" - this is referring to one specific large update a number of years ago, not to the small incremental updates since. There's nothing else in their comment claiming lack of updates. The main claim in their comment is that it's buggy, which can easily be true of an app with frequent updates.
- onli 4y ago
  Sure it answered your questions. F-Droid gets updates, but since the bugs in the UI and the core workflow persist it feels as if it does not get updates. The "normal and correct" references the issues parent reported - since I tested F-Droid on way more phones than is usual I can with absolute confidence confirm that those bugs do exist; to experience them is normal, the report is correct.

by onli 4y ago

glenstein 4y ago

That didn't answer my question. F-droid gives you a notification when apps are ready for updates. And it lists these updates in the updates section of the app. One of the apps that F-droid updates, is F-droid itself. F-droid has been updated three times this year. When it is updated, these updates are listed both in the notifications and the update section. Someone who claims that F-droid is not being updated is therefore an unreliable narrator. This clearly shows, to anyone paying attention, that F-droid is indeed being updated, and I don't understand how your comment is responsive to any of this. It's only an internet comment sections that parent commenters experience "is normal and correct" without acknowledging or responding to any of this. This is important because it highlights the respects in with your comment in the parents comment lack of fundamental connection to objective reality and therefore are not reliable diagnoses of what is or is not happening with F Droid. If looking at notifications in the app is something you're going to dismiss as an unusual experience, then you just don't know what you're talking about, and you shouldn't be positioning yourself as reporting on the normal case of what everyday users experience.

lucideer 4y ago
> That didn't answer my question. > Someone who claims that F-droid is not being updated is therefore an unreliable narrator. It seems like you're trying to invent arguments to get mad at as no-one made this claim. The original commenter said two things, neither of which amounted to "F-droid is not being updated". They said: 1. That they "didn't realize the app was still being worked on" - this is just referring to their own perception of updates, not making any hard claim about actual work being done. 2. That it has "been years since the UI update" - this is referring to one specific large update a number of years ago, not to the small incremental updates since. There's nothing else in their comment claiming lack of updates. The main claim in their comment is that it's buggy, which can easily be true of an app with frequent updates.
onli 4y ago
Sure it answered your questions. F-Droid gets updates, but since the bugs in the UI and the core workflow persist it feels as if it does not get updates. The "normal and correct" references the issues parent reported - since I tested F-Droid on way more phones than is usual I can with absolute confidence confirm that those bugs do exist; to experience them is normal, the report is correct.