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Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by ihuman »

shostack wrote: post #79
robwilliams wrote: post #59

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I agree with a lot of your points, especially comment flair and swiping gestures (I used the quick swipe left to collapse comment threads 100s of times a day). I'm not a mod so I never used those features of Alien Blue. However, I like the organization of the app more. Pictures are automatically displayed in the feed and require no clicks (gif/gyf support is badly needed, though), it has infinite scrolling, and there…

Haven't installed it yet--but are you saying that photos show full size in the feed vs. just a thumbnail requiring a click? Sounds like new ad formats are on the way...

Its an option. They default to a full size "card" , but you can make it more like the reddit websites traditional "compact" view. For the front page, press the button in the top-right to access the setting. For every other page, it is an option in the settings.

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by ProAm »

iLoch wrote: post #106
ProAm wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most people download zero apps [1] [1] http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/mobile/most-people-download-zero...

Zero on average every 3 months is a lot different than zero ever. Reddit is a website most of its users use long term, not some random app you might use once a week or once a month. Their app will be downloaded a lot, and having tens of millions of downloads on unofficial apps is proof of that.

16% of people use an app more than twice [1]

26% of apps are only opened once [2]

[1] http://www.digitaltrends.com/mobile/16-percent-of-mobile-use...

[2] http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/03/21/app.engagement.gah...

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by bsimpson »

Sir_Cmpwn wrote: post #87

In addition to the other problems raised, it's frustrating that while Reddit itself continues to be open source [1] with significant contributions from the open source community [2], neither of these new apps are (and with no signs of that changing). [1] https://github.com/reddit/reddit [2] https://github.com/reddit/reddit/graphs/contributors

Their new website is open-source and updated frequently:

https://github.com/reddit/reddit-mobile

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by mlex »

allsystemsgo wrote: post #69
samstave wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Prolly due to having limited dev/qa resources? (complete guess)

Dev? I wouldn't think so. Autolayout and size classes handle most of that.

They do if you want an interface that's similar but scaled up. Alien Blue for iPad was different though in that you had multiple columns open at once, which probably did require more dev time to handle. I'm thinking they wanted a more tailored experience for iPad and didn't have time to design/implement it. Too bad though.

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by Rabidgremlin »

alexis wrote: post #6
zamalek wrote: post #4

> This item isn't available in your country. It's an app for Reddit. Go figure. I'll be sticking with Sync (Android), which doesn't have this bewildering region restriction, has tons of features and faithfully follows Material.

We're now available in the US, Canada, UK, and Australia. Launching apps in other countries requires a little bit more diligence than just making a website available globally. I'm sorry it's not available in your country -- we're planning on getting it out everywhere.

If you rolled it out to Oz surely you can enable New Zealand to ???

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by sandebert »

Somewhat related: Does someone know what happened to the official AMA app for Android? It can't be found on the Play store anymore, but I still have it installed. I tried googling for info about it disappearing but came up empty. (It's a bit broken nowadays, questions and answers aren't loading. But I can still see the AMAs.)
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