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

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Post by herogreen »

wdr1 wrote: post #106

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.

Even if the app was perfect, I would not use it (less suported platforms, waste space, gathers more data, etc).

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

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Post by [deleted] »

kylebenzle wrote: post #93
baby wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't understand why they're doing this: 1. Why are they forcing me to use their app so much? it's just not practical: for example if I quit the app and come back it doesn't return me to the page I was looking at; worse it often doesn't display comments for me (infinite loading). 2. Why is the web redesign so bad? Who are they trying to cater for? There's just so much friction in reading comments from multiple post…

They are catering to children, literally. I've been using the site for a few years and have noticed more often than not when a set of comments seems especially naive its because I've been talking to teenager. I can't tell you the number of times I thought I was having a meaningful conversation only to find out, after asking, that the user was a kid.

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

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Post by SOLAR_FIELDS »

zests wrote: post #27
__jem wrote: post #3

Mobile is just the name of the game. I don't get it -- I can't stand browsing the web on mobile versus a laptop -- but when you look at the metrics, it's hard to argue against optimizing for that channel.

I like using web on mobile, I just want to use the desktop website though. No apps, no mobile version. Just give me the website.

You would very much enjoy browsing Reddit via i.reddit.com if you haven’t already heard of it. Lightweight, fast, minimalist, web. It’s missing some newer features like chat messaging but it gets the job done quite well otherwise. And it’s ad free!

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

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Post by benhurmarcel »

com2kid wrote: post #75
unclekev wrote: post #57

Earlier quoted context omitted.

14 year club here as well. I'd argue that the following are fundamental changes that have impacted the community in a big way: - Selling 10% of the business to Tencent/Chinese investors - Firing their community managers in 2015 and not replacing them - When I first joined Reddit it was more technology focused, now it's all pop culture and memes. Although Tech subs are still plentiful so it can still be that site. (Wi…

> The whole new design is anti-user, the site is just masses of white space, super slow, JS heavy and pretty much unusable outside a third party mobile client. The day old.reddit.com gets shut down will be a sad day. On desktop the new design is much easier to use, it took me awhile to realize, but being able to hit esc and be right back where you were in the story feed is super nice.

Also to collapse threads from anywhere; that's very nice to scan through comment threads rapidly. But still it's way too heavy for what it does.

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

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Post by benhurmarcel »

coldcode wrote: post #22
LeoPanthera wrote: post #7

Their mistake was keeping the old interface around at all. If they had just killed it off we would have complained about it for a while and then just moved on.

IF the old interface is replaced by the horrific one that shows like 5 articles I will never visit again.

You can configure the view to "classic" or "compact", and it shows the same number or more posts than the old design.

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

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Post by benhurmarcel »

slowmovintarget wrote: post #109
nvrspyx wrote: post #64

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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.

I don't get what you're mentioning. If you open a thread (in a desktop browser tab), you get the discussions just like before.

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

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Post by benhurmarcel »

baby wrote: post #76
SheinhardtWigCo wrote: post #2

When old.reddit.com dies, it’s over.

I don't understand why they're doing this: 1. Why are they forcing me to use their app so much? it's just not practical: for example if I quit the app and come back it doesn't return me to the page I was looking at; worse it often doesn't display comments for me (infinite loading). 2. Why is the web redesign so bad? Who are they trying to cater for? There's just so much friction in reading comments from multiple post…

> There's just so much friction in reading comments from multiple posts now, when I click on a post to read the comments an then outside it scroll back up to the beginning.

It's much more bearable if you always open posts in a new tab (I'm talking on desktop; on mobile use a third-party app). You can configure it in the feed settings. Then the view is very similar to old Reddit, and you keep the posts list unchanged.

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

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Post by benhurmarcel »

xvilka wrote: post #48

New Reddit interface is slow as hell for something as simple as text/images discussion board. Compare it with the speed of Hacker News, for example. They are completely incompetent.

It's true and infuriating, but I find it's similar to many modern tools by very competent companies. Have you tried Google Chat for example?
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