elk VS IceCubesApp

This has lead to a delightful variety of custom clients like https://phanpy.social/ - https://elk.zone/ is another example that I really like.

It's the complete opposite of the Twitter API situation, where they locked their API down and killed the entire ecosystem of third-party clients.

And there are tons of third party clients. I think Tusky is the best one I’ve seen for Android, and there’s an interesting web-based one called Elk that’s very nice. You load up https://elk.zone and then use it as a front-end to sign in to your server.

The answer to that is https://elk.zone atm, a fun and chef's kiss interface (built with nuxt). You can insert elk.zone/ before any Mastodon url. https://phanpy.social is also great, with multi columns even for lists.

A browser plugin (like "Mastodon – Simplified Federation") to follow, favorite, etc. directly on any server has also improved my experience a lot.

Quick! Tell Obama and Taylor Swift about https://elk.zone! They're going to be so excited!

Also try logging in through https://elk.zone/ if you want to stick with the familiar twitter interface

For me, the boost/reply-numbers using https://elk.zone have been much more reliable than the original app. (It's also the (web)app that convinced me. Mastodon is the real deal.)

Try elk.zone. You can log into the UI with an account from any instance. I use it as my main UI and it looks pretty close to twitter, at least close enough for me.

Best solution I've found so far is using Ice Cubes (iOS). It has a drop down at the top of the UI to show "Lists", "Followed Hashtags", and "Local Timelines".

Certain apps will allow you to open other instances / Timelines without needing to have a separate account. I use Ice Cubes https://github.com/Dimillian/IceCubesApp but I also have a few different accounts for different servers.

Try Ice Cubes instead.

This project is open source, it’s a Mastodon client.

Good clients for iPhone and Mac users, try: Ivory or Ice Cubes if you're an Apple user.

iPhone client - I use Ice Cubes. It's available for iPhone. Sorry, Android. If you want to learn more about it, here's a link to GIT https://github.com/Dimillian/IceCubesApp