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Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by dredmorbius »

oehpr wrote: post #199
dkns wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah but I don't want to use another app for that. I already have app for browsing Reddit - it's called web browser and I'd like to keep using it rather than downloading yet another app that does basically the same.

If I can offer a suggestion. If you have android then I'd recommend you switch your browser to firefox and follow these steps (not sure if iOS has firefox, or if it does, if these steps will work on it): 1. download uBlock origin for it (yep, same add on, works in android firefox) 2. browse to reddit, an interstitial should pop up nagging you to use the app. 3. open up the menu and select uBlock origin at the bottom,…

I use Stylus to much the same effect, modifying, or occasionally wholesale replacing, site CSS.

That can be used in conjunction with uMatrix to discard the site's own CSS.

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by dredmorbius »

josteink wrote: post #82
vesinisa wrote: post #4

Sadly, the reddit website has become a travesty - especially on mobile. A huge "DOWNLOAD THE REDDIT APP" banner obscures literally 30% of the page. There is a teeny-tiny "view on mobille site" link in small, low-contrast text that can be used to dismiss the annoying banner. Due to its size and user-hostile design, the Reddit banner is even worse than most news sites that try to push their newsletter/app/subscription…

> the reddit website has become a travesty - especially on mobile. A huge "DOWNLOAD THE REDDIT APP" banner obscures literally 30% of the page. Somewhere under preferences you can disable this bullshit forever. The website is still a travesty though.

Not:

1. That I've found.

2. For unauthenticated sessions.

I hit Reddit via Incognito mode frequently. That goddamned nag shows up every goddamned time.

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by steveklabnik »

vesinisa wrote: post #4

Sadly, the reddit website has become a travesty - especially on mobile. A huge "DOWNLOAD THE REDDIT APP" banner obscures literally 30% of the page. There is a teeny-tiny "view on mobille site" link in small, low-contrast text that can be used to dismiss the annoying banner. Due to its size and user-hostile design, the Reddit banner is even worse than most news sites that try to push their newsletter/app/subscription…

Even worse, the app loses features of the site that are super super important, like the "duplicates" tab.

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by Izkata »

joemi wrote: post #181

I don't get it. What exactly is changing? From the screenshots from the reddit post about it, it looks.... like reddit. There's posts and the posts have upvote/downvote buttons, and there's a link to the comments that shows how many there are. Am I missing something? The OP article doesn't actually have any screenshots of changes, and I made it several paragraphs into the article still not understanding what is chang…

Not sure what reddit post you're referring to, but the images on Wired make it look like Facebook, not Reddit: https://www.wired.com/story/reddit-redesign/

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by strifey »

joemi wrote: post #181

I don't get it. What exactly is changing? From the screenshots from the reddit post about it, it looks.... like reddit. There's posts and the posts have upvote/downvote buttons, and there's a link to the comments that shows how many there are. Am I missing something? The OP article doesn't actually have any screenshots of changes, and I made it several paragraphs into the article still not understanding what is chang…

You should be able to interact with the redesign directly at https://new.reddit.com. The main complaints I've seen leveled at the redesign are: user profiles becoming more like Facebook profiles, the new chat functionality missing core features, and the newly created "best" ranking becoming the default.

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by virmundi »

Aoyagi wrote: post #33
jacques_chester wrote: post #31

Mobile phones. Again. It's always mobile phones that ruin good websites these days. They optimise for swipe, scroll and tap. Look, like, emoji. They don't optimise for text. In fact they are increasingly hostile to it. The Tinderfication of online dating has been a depressing race to the bottom. The internet was never going to be as great as we thought it was. No other technology has been. Folks thought the telegraph…

And yet so few of the designers consider dark/black colour themes, which are not only more easier on the eyes, but also notably save the battery.

Dark themes are worse for the eyes, https://ux.stackexchange.com/questions/53264/dark-or-white-c...

Don't know about battery life. I guess if it's AMOLED, https://www.greenbot.com/article/2834583/how-much-power-does...

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by chaoticmass »

noxToken wrote: post #174
chaoticmass wrote: post #158

I miss being able to collapse comments by pressing the minus-sign button.

The long bar (beneath the upvote/downvote buttons) that shows what level the current comment is at collapses comments by clicking it. Very unintuitive, and I only found it by accident.

ah, thanks... but yes, very unintuitive.

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by joemi »

strifey wrote: post #215
joemi wrote: post #181

I don't get it. What exactly is changing? From the screenshots from the reddit post about it, it looks.... like reddit. There's posts and the posts have upvote/downvote buttons, and there's a link to the comments that shows how many there are. Am I missing something? The OP article doesn't actually have any screenshots of changes, and I made it several paragraphs into the article still not understanding what is chang…

You should be able to interact with the redesign directly at https://new.reddit.com . The main complaints I've seen leveled at the redesign are: user profiles becoming more like Facebook profiles, the new chat functionality missing core features, and the newly created "best" ranking becoming the default.

Not sure why, but that link just brings me to the normal homepage (as it's looked for years).

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by criddell »

dkasper wrote: post #179
notatoad wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Correct, sort of. They are still owned by Conde Nast's parent company

Reddit is not owned or controlled by Conde Nast or Advance Publications anymore, however they are still a large shareholder.

Advance owns more than 50% of the stock. That pretty much gives them control, doesn't it?

Re: Reddit's redesign could kill discussion subreddits

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Post by Fifer82 »

joemi wrote: post #218
strifey wrote: post #215

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You should be able to interact with the redesign directly at https://new.reddit.com . The main complaints I've seen leveled at the redesign are: user profiles becoming more like Facebook profiles, the new chat functionality missing core features, and the newly created "best" ranking becoming the default.

Not sure why, but that link just brings me to the normal homepage (as it's looked for years).

This confused me as well. See Izkata below your comment with a wired link to screenshots.

But I see the old reddit as well.

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