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I still hate the profile redesign, thankfully you can go back to 'legacy' mode somewhere hidden in the options ... but I'm afraid they will take that out soon a

I still hate the profile redesign, thankfully you can go back to 'legacy' mode somewhere hidden in the options ... but I'm afraid they will take that out soon as well.

ubernostrum 9y ago
RES has a toggle which will auto-redirect you away from any new-style profile page to the old user profile page for that user. I rely on it heavily for moderation, since the mod toolbox extension has a search function over a user's history, but it only works from the old-style profile page (or at least, that was the case when I first had to turn on the redirect).
- mynameisvlad 9y ago
  There's (currently) a toggle under Beta preferences: > View user profiles on desktop using legacy mode (by enabling this, you will view all user profiles in legacy mode) Don't know how long it'll be there for, but it should save you a bit of time since there's no redirect that has to happen.
  - ubernostrum 9y ago
    I'm not using the redesign beta.
klmr 9y ago
My big issue with the profile redesign is that the the individual items in your feed (?) aren’t links any more. You can’t Ctrl-click, right-click or scroll wheel-click them any more. There’s (as far as I can tell) no way of opening them in a new tab at all^1. Every click will take you away from the profile. Which is a shame: visually I like the redesign. But it’s unusable. I’m honestly a bit in awe at this level of active UX hostility. ^1 … unless you enable the option causing all items to be opened in a new window. Obviously that’s also not what I want.
- zeveb 9y ago
  boggle Isn't that the way everyone uses Reddit: open up link list, middle-click link, middle-click comments, middle-click link, middle-click comments, repeat ad infinitum, then read, comment, read, comment and so on? Same same with HN.
  - slazaro 9y ago
    The problem is that they're making assumptions on how people use the site and then break years and years of conventions that are used on mostly every website.
    - slig 9y ago
      These conventions are there because it's the default, not because most people use them. Here on HN and most of the old reddit users certainly use that, but I doubt that the majority of reddit today (including the team of 20 designers making the new design) care about it "middle click to open in a new tab".
      - JoshMnem 9y ago
        middle-click or ctrl-click: open link in new tab shift-click: open link in new window Overriding the default browser behavior has no benefits.
        slig 9y ago
        I agree. My point is that they aren't overriding, they're just clueless. Using `onClick` instead of a proper link solves their problem and they don't even see the new one that they just created.
- JoshMnem 9y ago
  This is a problem with a lot of sites that use too much JavaScript. The new user profiles are unusable.
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digi_owl 9y ago
There is also ps.reddit.com...

I still hate the profile redesign, thankfully you can go back to 'legacy' mode somewhere hidden in the options ... but I'm afraid they will take that out soon as well.

ubernostrum 9y ago

RES has a toggle which will auto-redirect you away from any new-style profile page to the old user profile page for that user. I rely on it heavily for moderation, since the mod toolbox extension has a search function over a user's history, but it only works from the old-style profile page (or at least, that was the case when I first had to turn on the redirect).

mynameisvlad 9y ago
There's (currently) a toggle under Beta preferences: > View user profiles on desktop using legacy mode (by enabling this, you will view all user profiles in legacy mode) Don't know how long it'll be there for, but it should save you a bit of time since there's no redirect that has to happen.
- ubernostrum 9y ago
  I'm not using the redesign beta.

klmr 9y ago

My big issue with the profile redesign is that the the individual items in your feed (?) aren’t links any more. You can’t Ctrl-click, right-click or scroll wheel-click them any more. There’s (as far as I can tell) no way of opening them in a new tab at all^1. Every click will take you away from the profile. Which is a shame: visually I like the redesign. But it’s unusable. I’m honestly a bit in awe at this level of active UX hostility. ^1 … unless you enable the option causing all items to be opened in a new window. Obviously that’s also not what I want.

zeveb 9y ago
boggle Isn't that the way everyone uses Reddit: open up link list, middle-click link, middle-click comments, middle-click link, middle-click comments, repeat ad infinitum, then read, comment, read, comment and so on? Same same with HN.
- slazaro 9y ago
  The problem is that they're making assumptions on how people use the site and then break years and years of conventions that are used on mostly every website.
  - slig 9y ago
    These conventions are there because it's the default, not because most people use them. Here on HN and most of the old reddit users certainly use that, but I doubt that the majority of reddit today (including the team of 20 designers making the new design) care about it "middle click to open in a new tab".
    - JoshMnem 9y ago
      middle-click or ctrl-click: open link in new tab shift-click: open link in new window Overriding the default browser behavior has no benefits.
      - slig 9y ago
        I agree. My point is that they aren't overriding, they're just clueless. Using `onClick` instead of a proper link solves their problem and they don't even see the new one that they just created.
JoshMnem 9y ago
This is a problem with a lot of sites that use too much JavaScript. The new user profiles are unusable.
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digi_owl 9y ago

There is also ps.reddit.com...