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Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by tunap »

Mithaldu wrote: post #42
tokenizerrr wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep. Was going to try this app, but can't. Don't think I'll ever bother again, I'm happy with Relay for Reddit after all.

That is until they pull a Twitter and kill those clients.

Query. Is the borking of RSS feeds last couple months related? It was done so poorly(still borked despite assurances contrary)? Would be quite a convenient way to herd a bunch of RSS users to sign up PDQ to keep their TIL & ELI5 fetishes uninterupted.

I'm afraid I did the opposite, however. I don't need a new app, and again contrarily, I don't need a new feed reader. My worthless trivia supeepowers are indeed in decline. Meh.

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by wvenable »

morley wrote: post #27
ihuman wrote: post #10

With the purchase of AlienBlue over a year ago, I had high expectations for an official Reddit app. Seeing how hyped Jase (the developer behind AlienBlue) was about this app, I was expecting a less buggy version of AB with more features. Instead, what we got was a reddit app with less features. Here are my main issues with it: 1. No moderator support. With AlienBlue, we could read all of the Mod Mail, and remove post…

This new app got released minutes ago. It's not going to be perfect out of the gate. Give it some time.

Why not make AlienBlue the official reddit app? They bought it! This is a very strange course of action.

This is one of "Things You Should Never Do" http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by booop »

Wow, out for only a few hours and they're not pulling any punches with the criticism and suggestions in the comments.

Maybe in a few months we'll end up with one damn fine app.

On a sidenote, one obviously bad thing is the overuse of referral URLs and tracking redirects for every link.

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by sn0v »

ProAm wrote: post #68
compumike wrote: post #63

I believe that if you look at this moment a year from now, it will be a major inflection point, bringing reddit to a much larger audience. We're all tech savvy on this site and may not mind monkeying with the previous third-party apps, but there's a much wider audience that will be willing to use a well-supported first-party app.

The problem is no one really uses apps anymore. Especially to view a website when you already have a mobile app that does that for you (your browser). This feature is 3 years too late in my mind to be a needle mover.

> The problem is no one really uses apps anymore

This might be a bit of a generalization. People tend to use apps for websites they visit very frequently (eg more than 2-3x a day). Even more so when the mobile version of the website is rife with bugs and/or limitations.

Reddit's mobile site is passable but the third party apps blow it out of the water on both iOS and Android.

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by shirro »

I am disappointed in the Android client so far. There are several very featureful alternatives such as Relay.

I don't think it is a bad thing for Reddit to offer a free, bare minimum client. But after the Twitter experience I hope we don't see a gradual exclusion of the competition.

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by shostack »

ihuman wrote: post #10

With the purchase of AlienBlue over a year ago, I had high expectations for an official Reddit app. Seeing how hyped Jase (the developer behind AlienBlue) was about this app, I was expecting a less buggy version of AB with more features. Instead, what we got was a reddit app with less features. Here are my main issues with it: 1. No moderator support. With AlienBlue, we could read all of the Mod Mail, and remove post…

The Imgur bit is troubling. Even in AlienBlue I've noticed that when an image starts defaulting to the Standard Imgur view, and I click "Optimized", it switches right back to Standard. I'm not sure if that is Imgur intentionally trying to prevent people from not seeing their "Download our app" banners everywhere, or a bug in AB, but it is very annoying.

Ultimately, when I see an image or video thumbnail on Reddit, I don't want anything else with it. I want a direct image/video link. Ideally they'd be part of the native experience and not need to punt me elsewhere. There's really no reason Reddit shouldn't fully own those experiences beyond perhaps wanting to save on hosting/processing.

I'm also troubled by the increase of ads appearing in the feed vs. elsewhere. They are clearly watching Facebook and Twitter closely with their push towards a more curated algorithmic feed that allows for more/better ad insertion, vs. focusing on giving users more control of the feed.

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by odinduty »

apetresc wrote: post #64
minimaxir wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This app is not a one-week MVP of a side project released by a developer with zero resources. It is, however, an app with legitimate substitutes, so an incumbent must be equal or significantly greater.

I hope there continue to be legitimate substitutes. I still remember when Twitter decided to add the key limit to their API shortly after releasing their official mobile clients, for the sake of "maintaining a consistent user experience" or something like that.

>shortly after releasing their official mobile clients

???

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by Aleman360 »

minimaxir wrote: post #34
morley wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This new app got released minutes ago. It's not going to be perfect out of the gate. Give it some time.

This app is not a one-week MVP of a side project released by a developer with zero resources. It is, however, an app with legitimate substitutes, so an incumbent must be equal or significantly greater.

The definition of MVP doesn't really depend on how big the development team is.

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by shostack »

robwilliams wrote: post #59
ihuman wrote: post #10

With the purchase of AlienBlue over a year ago, I had high expectations for an official Reddit app. Seeing how hyped Jase (the developer behind AlienBlue) was about this app, I was expecting a less buggy version of AB with more features. Instead, what we got was a reddit app with less features. Here are my main issues with it: 1. No moderator support. With AlienBlue, we could read all of the Mod Mail, and remove post…

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...

Re: Reddit for iOS and Android

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Post by skeletonjelly »

pricechild wrote: post #15
alexis wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Could you expand on what diligence is required?

Yeah it's weird. They used this word again in the official announcement thread so clearly they've got a position they want their employees (and Alexis) to take, a fantastically vague corporate one at that.
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