Sailfishos.app - compatibility database | feedback thread

Hello,

Sorry for the silence, I have reworked the rating system to be more clear:

On the main page :

On the application page :

Data is still placeholder.

I need a few more days do to a good QC pass on the site, and we should be up and running!

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Really cool, thanks for making this! Just submitted the Argenta banking app.

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It looks very promising

In ratings icons I miss name of native app so that we can separate them.

For web browser name would also be nice. As some do use other browsers then native. And of course results can be different.

EDIT: adding link to forum discusion could be useful too.

What about non-store app? I just created Spliit which only has a web version and iOS version, so no Play Store package name.

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@Rikodou_Sennin Similar here with org.schabi.newpipe, which is available via Obtainium, on the webpage and through F-Droid.

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Hi @sanginteret,

I’ve started adding information about Norwegian apps, but can’t register them as Norwegian. Can you do that until that is possible for us all?:

Can you add native app for:

Added a few reports there.
Comment: would be good to have another option for “Google services required” question. In my case, microG is installed but I would not be able to confirm if it is required for the app(s) to work. i left it empty as I dont want to misslead viewers :smiling_face_with_sunglasses:

Very cool idea and very nicely done website. :slight_smile:
Can I somehow let you know about apps which are somehow wrongly categorized, etc?

For instance the “DB Navigator” is currently under “Social Media” not under “Travel & Navigation” or something. DB navigator is not a Social Media app of any kind but a train travel planing app by the Deutsche Bundesbahn (most important German train service)

Best regards
*Fuchur*

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Nice and useful website. Thank you !

I see the apps in the list are now sorted by name, not by the time the entries were created, which makes more sense. But the sorting seems not to have a locale-aware sorting (collation), so the special characters: entries starting with ÖBB and ČSOB are now at the end, not at O or C.

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I should be fixed now,

The main page is sorted by Has native + Has reports + Alpha

Clicking the “Add Report” button only scrolls down (if the screen is small enough, otherwise nothing happens).

I think it would be more intuitive if the “Submit your report” card were opened too.

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Fixed now, thanks !

20 character limits.

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@sanginteret Any way to get the database?

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I am still working on that,

When working, the git repo will update daily.

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Could you make it possible to edit previously submitted reports (of course, only when they were submitted while logged in)? That could avoid cluttering app pages with reports if some issues are found later, after the testing, or just to leave more remarks.

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You can do it in the dashboard → Reports and click on the pen to edit.

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I think the native app indicator can be really confusing. For example, I have reported for an app that there is a native app called “Fahrplan”. But from the report I think it’s not really clear that this is the name of the native app, as it looks like it’s just a “random” text. It really looks like it’s a badge just like the two besides it.

Yeah, that’s true.

Furthermore, in this case, it is not clear that the report (“Some trains from private ‘Westbahn’ are not shown”) does not refer to the Android app in question (describing a bug when using the app under SFOS vs under native Android), but to the native app being evaluated in the report.

EDIT: That’s also an interesting display of a native app report: Signal Private Messenger - SailfishOS Compatibility

The native app listed is Whisperfish and the quick summary to the right also says Whisperfish. But the report is about Bitsailor. So there’s actually no report about the native app being promoted here.

EDIT2:

Sorting the apps with native alternatives first has the disadvantage of ranking on top which do not work, e.g. “Rethink: DNS + Firewall + VPN”
(I don’t have an alternative suggestion though, just wanted to mention it)

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I would consider microG and Open GApps to be dependency flags, not compatibility tiers. Compatibility should say “does it run on Sailfish OS?” and dependencies should say “why does it run (or not)?” Users get confused quickly when you mix those into status. A clear badge like “requires microG” or “requires GApps” next to Works/Partial would fix the problem and still let reports be compared.

Country filtering makes sense, too, especially for apps that only work in certain regions (like banking, transit, and government apps). For Sailfish OS users who aren’t in the usual app bubbles, even a simple country tag would be a big win.