I will be using the older version until they can it. the old Reddit is still very easy to use, very responsive and is very fast.
Ask HN: Do you like/use Reddit's redesign?
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#142Earlier quoted context omitted.
You don't even have to do that. On reddit, go to your preferences. Down under beta test you'll find "Use the redesign as my default experience" Disable it.
The problem is that reddit randomly ignores this and switches back to the redesign on a whim.
Interesting. It has never failed for me since turning it on soon after the redesign landed.
Re: Ask HN: Do you like/use Reddit's redesign?
#143Earlier quoted context omitted.
Exactly. New design makes it much easier to be used by non-advanced users like your mom or nephew. They are often ignored in the context of HN discussions and seldom voice for themselves, but they did consist a large portion of user base.
Please explain why the new design is easier.
There are much fewer visual elements after the redesign. Take the post view as an example. The new design removes my subreddits, sub description & recent viewed posts and tries to hide all other elements like share links / absolute last replied date from the page. Same as the reason for the success of iPad, People like my mom feel petrified for a UI with many choices. In the new design if you look at the screen from meters away, you can easily identify the reply box & reply button as the only prominent visual element.
Re: Ask HN: Do you like/use Reddit's redesign?
#144no
Re: Ask HN: Do you like/use Reddit's redesign?
#145I used to absolutely hate it, to the extent where I would actually take the time and effort to switch to old.reddit.com whenever I got served the new redesign.
BUT after a few months of having the new design being pushed in my face, and forced to engage with it, I've kind of mellowed out. Infinite scroll is annoying, otherwise I find the look and feel is reasonably pleasant, and a little more "2019".
It does feel like a pretty unnecessary redesign though. Does anyone know if Reddit has published any stats showing what the redesign accomplished? I'd be curious to know.
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#146Not at ALL. I’ve never seen a single site design repel me more quickly. I depend heavily on the simplicity and information-density of the old design (e.g. being able to pick from a dozen link titles that all fit on screen at once). I also depend on the pinch-to-zoom simplicity of focusing on exactly what I want, which only works well in the “normal” web pages of the old design. The new “design” breaks everything that…
If there was a cookie cutter reddit alternative and there was no content, would you use it? The network effects of reddit are a reasonably strong barrier of entry.
Yes, in fact there are several and I use them all.
The network effect has a positive influence on curation but an often profoundly negative effect on conversation. The smaller reddit spinoffs tend to have users that are more passionate about the topic at hand, don't "shit post" as much and the comment threads aren't plagued by low-effort puns. A casual observation of this might have you believe that the engagement is low, but a closer examination often reveals that the conversations are much more on-topic.
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#147>I also notice that old reddit randomly logs me out or "forgets" to use the classic design. This was happening to me too. I've switched to a add on to FF that forces everything reddit to old.reddit.com I feel like the redesign wasn't for "Us". It was for those people used to a Facebook like feed. People that enjoy or easily digest pictures and videos more than they do words. I have a friend that uses RES to view all…
Which unfortunately, is the sort of person who's going to accidentally click on an ad, which is probably an intentional move on their end.
Re: Ask HN: Do you like/use Reddit's redesign?
#148I dislike the redesign very much. I've made a very simple open source extension to automatically redirect all reddit.com and www.reddit.com links to old.reddit.com. - https://github.com/aaomidi/reddit-fixer - https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/reddit-fixer/boahh... - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/reddit-redire...
Thanks fam. This is even lighter than what I was using previously.
Re: Ask HN: Do you like/use Reddit's redesign?
#149Earlier quoted context omitted.
On reddit, go to your preferences. Down under beta test you'll find "Use the redesign as my default experience". Deselect it. Now, even if you're following links from elsewhere, you'll get the "old" experience. No need to go to "old.reddit.com" any more.
That feature has never worked 100%, which I mentioned. There are countless complaints about it on /r/beta.
That feature is likely working 100%, as in, the redirects are probably an intentional feature meant to expose users to the redesign in hopes that they stay.
That theory fits with how obnoxious the reddit mobile webpage is in it's attempts to onboard you to the native mobile app.
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#150I don't normally comment, but as a (formerly) heavy Reddit user I feel compelled to chime in: I absolutely loathe the new redesign. Infinite scrolling: ye Gods, why? It makes my fairly beefy laptop grind to a halt. Plenty of very eloquent posters before me have stated in great detail just why they hate it, so I won't bore everybody by repeating everything. I used to love the very simplicity of old Reddit; by making i…
When, not if, they take away the old site, I'm done with reddit for good. I have plenty of alternatives at this point and I imagine that I'm not the only one who's jumping ship at that point.