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Reddit is even worse with their sticky footer that takes up 50% of the screen. It tells you to install their official app (which is by far the worst Reddit app

by nv-vn 9y ago

Reddit is even worse with their sticky footer that takes up 50% of the screen. It tells you to install their official app (which is by far the worst Reddit app I've found on Android) to continue. However the footer shows a big orange "Continue" button (implies that you continue through the site, the heading above this saying it will install the app is much less visible than the button's text). Below this, in tiny grey text, it says "Or go to the mobile site" (implying it will redirect to the website, which is in fact the opposite of what actually happens). This is blatantly attempting to confuse users and every time I end up on the reddit site in a mobile browser it revives my hatred for reddit: the company.

flukus 9y ago
Is the reddit app even an a real app? It feels like they just packaged their equally awful mobile site. It's really amazing that they can mess things up so badly when there are multiple apps that already do the same thing much better.
- mercer 9y ago
  It's even worse than that. Alien Blue was by far the best Reddit client I've used. They bought it and for some reason then went on to build the worst Reddit client I've used. Quite a shame because even though I've found other apps that do a good job, I still miss Alien Blue. Anyone know why they'd do this?
a_e_k 9y ago
This is why I append .compact to the desktop URL to browse with their older mobile version. I find it much more usable.
- Sir_Substance 9y ago
  You're my hero
  - hoosieree 9y ago
    And mine!
Sir_Substance 9y ago
>It tells you to install their official app (which is by far the worst Reddit app I've found on Android) to continue. Reddit's mobile website is also by far the worst website I've ever seen, bar none, for reactivity. Pressing the back button regularly takes 30 seconds to do anything, during which you get no status bar. If you mistake that lack of reaction for it not processing your request and hit back a second time, it'll go back two pages once the 30 seconds are up. Trying to go forward takes another 30 seconds. Opening multiple tabs does not work, they wait until you look at them, and /then/ start loading. I have come to the conclusion that they have deliberately crippled their own mobile site to try to force people into the app.

by nv-vn 9y ago

flukus 9y ago

Is the reddit app even an a real app? It feels like they just packaged their equally awful mobile site. It's really amazing that they can mess things up so badly when there are multiple apps that already do the same thing much better.

mercer 9y ago
It's even worse than that. Alien Blue was by far the best Reddit client I've used. They bought it and for some reason then went on to build the worst Reddit client I've used. Quite a shame because even though I've found other apps that do a good job, I still miss Alien Blue. Anyone know why they'd do this?

a_e_k 9y ago

This is why I append .compact to the desktop URL to browse with their older mobile version. I find it much more usable.

Sir_Substance 9y ago
You're my hero
- hoosieree 9y ago
  And mine!

Sir_Substance 9y ago

>It tells you to install their official app (which is by far the worst Reddit app I've found on Android) to continue. Reddit's mobile website is also by far the worst website I've ever seen, bar none, for reactivity. Pressing the back button regularly takes 30 seconds to do anything, during which you get no status bar. If you mistake that lack of reaction for it not processing your request and hit back a second time, it'll go back two pages once the 30 seconds are up. Trying to go forward takes another 30 seconds. Opening multiple tabs does not work, they wait until you look at them, and /then/ start loading. I have come to the conclusion that they have deliberately crippled their own mobile site to try to force people into the app.