No.
The old design is ugly, but it works.
The new design is prettier in a messy way, but I much prefer the original UI.
Ask HN: Do you like/use Reddit's redesign?
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Re: Ask HN: Do you like/use Reddit's redesign?
#62it is absolutely worse.
Re: Ask HN: Do you like/use Reddit's redesign?
#63Not 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…
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Re: Ask HN: Do you like/use Reddit's redesign?
#64No. Largely the dark pattern mobile "get the app" hassling. But also the sheer load time on desktop. And to a lesser extent the breaking of the "a bunch of mostly-static links with associated commentary" model. Using the site is quite unpleasant now.
And it's enough unpleasantness to keep me from going back to checking it regularly. I hope they keep it.
Re: Ask HN: Do you like/use Reddit's redesign?
#65I don't, mainly because of the slower load times, the fact that they mix in sponsored links in the current version (but not the old version), and that it's unusable in my smart phone's browser.
I've gotten into the habit of using old.reddit.com whenever I view it.
Re: Ask HN: Do you like/use Reddit's redesign?
#66No, and I always go to old.reddit.com to avoid it. It's set as my default style when logged in, and I'm happy to use an extension to redirect to the old site on Firefox too.
As for why? Well the new one is slower, fits less information on the page, keeps trying to force me to use their mobile app, etc. It just keeps getting in the way with no real benefits provided in return.
Re: Ask HN: Do you like/use Reddit's redesign?
#67Reddit keeps on putting a banner at the bottom of its pages saying "Try the redesign! It has INFINITE SCROLLING!" and I am like, guys, that's the last thing I want, I like having those little moments where I have to explicitly decide if I want more of what you have or not, that makes it easier to stop and go do something useful .
Infinite scrolling is a pet peeve of mine. When it's on a PC (and not mobile), it's a little disconcerting to not have breaks in the content, and it completely breaks scroll bar behavior if I'm dragging down the scroll bar when the next chunk loads.
I've also found that it leads to the browser using more and more memory to the point that my computer starts swapping unless I close the tab every so often.
Re: Ask HN: Do you like/use Reddit's redesign?
#68Yes. It's nice. I love how collapsing comment threads is now done with a big solid bar on the left instead of a tiny '[-]' link that you have to scroll up to find.
Re: Ask HN: Do you like/use Reddit's redesign?
#69I hate it, it's infinitely worse. Here are a few issues:
- It's much slower/bulkier. I don't want a modern machine just render webpages.
- Infinite scrolling designs are good for addiction, but not actually good for reading. If I have to reload the page, my spot is gone.
- Much less content actually fits on a page, and I suspect this is done to encourage scrolling, similar to facebook's strategy. Increase addiction, tracking, and ad impressions through engagement.
- There seem to be a lot more emojis and post flair.
- There seem to be A lot more promoted posts
There's probably other stuff I haven't noticed. Between the redesign, the enhanced user tracking, their desire to go public, and tencent's investment, it's pretty clear that it's getting to be time to abandon reddit completely.
Re: Ask HN: Do you like/use Reddit's redesign?
#70I do prefer it. It looks much nicer, the old design was very dated, let's be honest. Don't need to use a third-party extension (Reddit Enhancement Suite) to make it usable anymore.
It does seem quite buggy in places though. Especially in regards to login flow & 2 factor authentication. Seems to get stuck and gets in limbo where it acts like it's logged in but it isn't.
However, I do hate the mobile 'experience', it's borderline unusable with all the banners and attempts to get you to install their app. If the links would take me to my third-party reader like BaconReader (iOS) then it'd be more tolerable but it only works with the official Reddit app.