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Re: Reddit is slowly killing the old interface? native image galleries are invisible

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Post by 8note »

millstone wrote: post #68
buzzerbetrayed wrote: post #53

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I want to agree, but don't. Javascript is nice. Leave a comment on HN, then push back to go out to the home page. Wait, you're back at your comment. This flow is obviously not ideal, and would be prevented with a little Javascript.

The old web placed HTML and CSS as primary, and used JS for incidental tasks like form validation, or fixing up the back button. The big idea was "graceful degradation": sites were expected to work without JS, at the cost of (say) a server-side error instead of immediate feedback. Modern reddit does not gracefully degrade: it requires JS to click buttons, to load images, to scroll, etc. Old reddit still works well wi…

The old web was optimized for devices that may or may not be able to run much JavaScript or of they did, it was a patchwork of different APIs from different browsers.

The new web caters to advertisers, and rightly assumes that everyone has a browser that follows JavaScript standards.

Re: Reddit is slowly killing the old interface? native image galleries are invisible

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Post by 8note »

throwawaysea wrote: post #44

Between Reddit’s heavy-handed censorship, rampant site wide political biases, their terrible new UI, the dark patterns forcing users to the app, unexplained bans of subreddits, overzealous mods, and deletion of discussions of Reddit alternatives ( https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/hib1oj/... ), it is time for them to go the way of the dodo. Here’s a list of alternatives: https://www.reddit.com/r/Re…

https://youtu.be/r3snVCRo_bI

If you're going to make an X alternative, you have cater to it's core audience. In Reddit's case, it's the power users (folks who post all the content) the moderators, and the commenters.

If you don't give them stuff Reddit won't, you won't do well. A new platform has to be significantly better for all of those groups or it doesn't have a chance

Re: Reddit is slowly killing the old interface? native image galleries are invisible

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Post by blackrock »

sksnskkcahan wrote: post #96
ffpip wrote: post #63

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Apollo for Reddit is a great app made by a solo dev! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apollo-for-reddit/id979274575 That is until they become even more greedy and ban third party apps. Probably by the end of next year. The reasons will be 'privacy of users' and 'letting users access reddit via a unified interface'. Or some bs like that

As an ad-supported service, I wouldn’t be surprised if Reddit refuse to serve clients that don’t show ads. On the other hand, I don’t think their API that Apollo is using includes ads. Same deal with third-party Twitter clients. I wonder if their are examples of similar ad-supported services that included ads in the API, and required the developer of the third-party client to implement ad support?

Reddit should make an API feature to allow the 3rd party app, the ability to display the ads. Then, Reddit will do profit sharing of each ad shown. This would give the 3rd party app incentive to maintain the app.

Re: Reddit is slowly killing the old interface? native image galleries are invisible

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Post by throwawaysea »

meowster wrote: post #59
throwawaysea wrote: post #44

Between Reddit’s heavy-handed censorship, rampant site wide political biases, their terrible new UI, the dark patterns forcing users to the app, unexplained bans of subreddits, overzealous mods, and deletion of discussions of Reddit alternatives ( https://www.reddit.com/r/RedditAlternatives/comments/hib1oj/... ), it is time for them to go the way of the dodo. Here’s a list of alternatives: https://www.reddit.com/r/Re…

I click on the top alternative, Parler, and the root page redirects to some advertising page about the site. Whereas if I go to the root page of reddit, I get content. I think that's a huge turn off for alot of people. Show interesting content, and let the product speak for itself. If you go to Hacker News, you see content, you don't see a page explaining why Hacker News is great. I just closed the Parler website rat…

Parler is ranked highly because it was recently popularized on centrist and conservative media as an alternative to Twitter. That rank is misleading - it’s not necessarily the best because it is newer than some of the others, and it isn’t meant to be a direct Reddit alternative as much as a Twitter alternative. Some of the others like Ruqqus or Saidit are more of Reddit’s direct competitors.

Re: Reddit is slowly killing the old interface? native image galleries are invisible

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Post by wdr1 »

One of my biggest gripe is forcing Reddit to their mobile app, which is filled with bugs. I've had a bot posting a daily Calvin & Hobbes strip for seven years. The comic is posted as a gif, and so many people using the Reddit mobile app have complained, I basically had to write a FAQ for it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CalvinBot/comments/bdxb6h/why_are_p...

It's been over a year & the bug is still there.

Re: Reddit is slowly killing the old interface? native image galleries are invisible

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Post by klyrs »

alexmcc81 wrote: post #17
alasdair_ wrote: post #11

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I agree. The new UI is utterly obnoxious on mobile - they keep trying to force me to use the app, including making it impossible to read the rest of a forum without using the app instead. It's horrible.

If you're on Android, I can't recommend RedReader enough [1] . It's open source and customisation (also installable via F-Droid). I browse with a compact display and thumbnails turned off. [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.quantumbad...

No. I do not want to install an app to read a website. That is what my browser is for.

Re: Reddit is slowly killing the old interface? native image galleries are invisible

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Post by slowmovintarget »

nvrspyx wrote: post #64
morcheeba wrote: post #15

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It's obnoxious on a giant screen, too. I get 10 headlines on the old version, but the new version only shows me one story -- so much scrolling.

I prefer the old version too, but have you tried using the classic or compact layout option on the new version? I personally use the classic layout and have been much less frustrated with it. https://imgur.com/a/SBifQIB

The problem is the conversation threads. You can't read them in the new format. They constantly elide them so you have to click on them and it jumps around on the screen.

In the old view, I can read a page full of threaded comments on a thread I've clicked into. In the new layout, you get maybe five comments, and a scroll to the next thread. It is awful.

Re: Reddit is slowly killing the old interface? native image galleries are invisible

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Post by e_proxus »

klyrs wrote: post #108
alexmcc81 wrote: post #17

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If you're on Android, I can't recommend RedReader enough [1] . It's open source and customisation (also installable via F-Droid). I browse with a compact display and thumbnails turned off. [1] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.quantumbad...

No. I do not want to install an app to read a website. That is what my browser is for.

While I agree with your sentiment, Reddit is becoming less and less a website over time.
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