Ask HN: Is “new” Reddit completely unusable for anyone else? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Is “new” Reddit completely unusable for anyone else?

#11

Post by nkristoffersen » Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 1:22 PM UTC

I started really using Reddit when the new UI came out, plus I am 99.999% browsing on mobile.

So with that said, I don't have any problem with the new Reddit since it is what "Reddit" has always been to me.

Re: Ask HN: Is “new” Reddit completely unusable for anyone else?

#12

Post by jimhefferon » Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 1:24 PM UTC

hardmaru wrote: post #7

I can't stand the new reddit. I always browse the site with https://old.reddit.com/ Just replace www with old.

Me too, but you must know that they will turn it off at some point.

Re: Ask HN: Is “new” Reddit completely unusable for anyone else?

#13

Post by michaelbuckbee » Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 1:24 PM UTC

Due to RSI issues, I make extensive use of the Vimium Chrome extension (keyboard navigation of websites) and the new Reddit design works substantially worse than the older design.

This appears to be due to the new design loading "pages" as "layers" on the browser viewport - so you have overlapping layers all with intermixed links shortcuts.

Re: Ask HN: Is “new” Reddit completely unusable for anyone else?

#14

Post by hlandau » Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 1:25 PM UTC

The new design is godawful and unusable, especially without JavaScript. Switching to old.reddit.com is a breath of fresh air. The juxtaposition seems like an ideal case study in how bad modern web design is. I swear it's almost like web designers are trying to make things worse.

Re: Ask HN: Is “new” Reddit completely unusable for anyone else?

#15

Post by fernandotakai » Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 1:25 PM UTC

jimhefferon wrote: post #12

hardmaru wrote: post #7

I can't stand the new reddit. I always browse the site with https://old.reddit.com/ Just replace www with old.

Me too, but you must know that they will turn it off at some point.

i wonder if someone will replicate the old reddit using reddit's api. i mean, there are full featured mobile clients, i wonder if the api licensing would allow it.

Re: Ask HN: Is “new” Reddit completely unusable for anyone else?

#16

Post by joelthelion » Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 1:27 PM UTC

jimhefferon wrote: post #12

hardmaru wrote: post #7

I can't stand the new reddit. I always browse the site with https://old.reddit.com/ Just replace www with old.

Me too, but you must know that they will turn it off at some point.

I think I'll just stop regularly browsing reddit at that point. Hopefully tildes will have grown enough by then.

Re: Ask HN: Is “new” Reddit completely unusable for anyone else?

#17

Post by draw_down » Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 1:28 PM UTC

I get the “sorry” message a lot too. The mobile version of the site is unfortunately riddled with bugs big and small, to where you can tell they don’t use it themselves. But I’m not downloading their app, sorry.

Re: Ask HN: Is “new” Reddit completely unusable for anyone else?

#18

Post by joelthelion » Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 1:28 PM UTC

hardmaru wrote: post #7

I can't stand the new reddit. I always browse the site with https://old.reddit.com/ Just replace www with old.

Note that there are browser extensions that automate this, for both old and compact on mobile.

Re: Ask HN: Is “new” Reddit completely unusable for anyone else?

#19

Post by hprotagonist » Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 1:28 PM UTC

Yep.

i use https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/old-reddit-re... for firefox

and apollo on iOS.

Re: Ask HN: Is “new” Reddit completely unusable for anyone else?

#20

Post by leke » Sun, Jul 14, 2019, 1:29 PM UTC

It's fine because I just opt out of the redesign.