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Mobile browsers should differentiate the style of links with URLs that resolve to apps. I am tired of tapping links expecting to remain in Safari and having us
by makecheck 8y ago
Mobile browsers should differentiate the style of links with URLs that resolve to apps. I am tired of tapping links expecting to remain in Safari and having useless “open in app?” prompts instead. I’m not IN an app, I’m in a browser; I want to use the browser.
And when cancelling the prompt gets you nothing, it really feels like Yelp is screaming “NO SOUP FOR YOU!”.
- Scoundreller 8y agoReddit keeps asking me if I want to download their app or Open in Safari... regardless of which browser I’m using. Not every iOS user is using Safari!!!!
- enitihas 8y agoIt does the same on Android asking to open in "Chrome", regardless of whether I am using Brave or Firefox. However, the click always opens in the current browser for me regardless of clicking on chrome.
- olyjohn 8y agoIf someone sends you a link in Hangouts on iOS, it asks you if you want to open it in Chrome or Safari. I don't have Chrome installed, and I use Firefox on my iPhone. Deleted Hangouts after that and only use Hangouts in Pidgin on a desktop.
- untog 8y agoTo be fair, iOS offers no capability to list the browsers a user has installed on their phone. So they have to assume Safari, which is a fair assumption for 90% of users, I imagine.
- Scoundreller 8y agoDoesn’t the browser string make it clear which browser is being used?
- prepend 8y agoTo be fair, asking this for every single session ignoring my answer that has been the same the past 1000 times makes it a stupid, anti-user action.
- Scoundreller 8y agoI dearly hope my bank raises a flag if I decide to choose a language other than English on the ATM. I’ve only chosen it 9134 times in a row.
- Consultant32452 8y ago"Congratulations, Scoundreller, on learning a new language. As a reward we've temporarily lifted your maximum withdrawal limit!"
- WrtCdEvrydy 8y agoNot sure if joke about you choosing english and the machine being shit or just not knowing another language to make the job more authentic.
- Consultant32452 8y agoIt's kind of a double joke. The machine is dumb because it doesn't remember what language you chose. The second part is that if his language suddenly changes, it's probably not him. Removing the withdrawal limit allows the person with his stolen credentials to get more money.
- Rjevski 8y agoJust FYI, this is controlled by the ATM itself and your language choice isn’t stored nor passed onto your bank.
- reaperducer 8y agoI'm not sure if this has changed, but I remember a Chase(?) ATM asking me if I wanted to save the setting. Maybe it's not a thing anymore?
- dnhz 8y agoGmail somehow knows. Every time I click a link, it asks to open in Safari or for me to install Chrome. I check the never ask prompt, but it always asks.
- barking 8y agoThey prompt you endlessly on Android as well with a huge "CONTINUE" button to install their app versus a tiny "or go to the mobile site" link to stay in the browser with just the last 2 words being the hyperlink. This annoying choice takes up fully 1/3 of the screen.
- oh_sigh 8y agoYup, and even when you switch to old mode it frequently reverts when you use the back button. They are intentionally making the web mobile experience horrible because they think that you'll be more engaged if you use the app.
- Scoundreller 8y agoSo now that reddit’s Death has begun, what’s our alternative?
- thanatropism 8y agoOld Reddit died with the Ellen Pao fracas. New Reddit is doing well; the new web UI is still weird for people with an Old Reddit background, but on mobile you don't confuse it with the website you loved in 2008-11 -- yet it's pretty good at what it does: entertainment for the broader public.
- wutbrodo 8y agoOld reddit died well before Pao. I still get value out of Reddit, but you just have to use it in a different way now, like any community that blows up and goes mainstream.
- WrtCdEvrydy 8y agoDigg?
- michaelmrose 8y agoWhile I think the redesign is bloated and slower its not unusable and you can opt out of it at present. Being prompted repeatedly to open in app is certainly annoying but at present most mobile users probably use one of the apps. At least for android where 85% of your global market lives there are 7 different options nearly all of which are better than viewing in mobile firefox/chrome. In short your experience is valid but since you probably represent a small percentage of the userbase reports of reddits death are still presumably greatly exaggerated. On android I like Reddit is fun Here is a thread discussing a replacement on ios https://www.reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/5w4885/ios_replacement_for_reddit_is_fun_android_app/ https://www.reddit.com/r/iphone/comments/5w4885/ios_replacem... On the lighter side old reddits code was open source and lives on in voat which at present is infested with a lot of racists and alt right. Maybe we can all move over and "voat" them out of their new home like we kicked them off reddit.
- tomnipotent 8y agoTechnically everyone on iOS is using Safari - Firefox, Chrome, and Edge all use the same rendering engine.
- abrowne 8y agoThey're not just different chrome over Safari. At least networking can be different, and Chrome at least does use it's own networking code.
- wlesieutre 8y agoDon't you want to view it in the official Reddit app for the best experience? No, no I don't. And the official reddit app is not the best experience.
- Scoundreller 8y agoIt’s a matter of time before they acquire the top app or two and block the rest.
- Klonoar 8y agoEh I doubt the Apollo guy would be interested in selling, but I've been surprised before.
- jorvi 8y agoThey could bully him into selling, same way as Twitter has slowly strangulated 3rd party clients.
- a_wild_dandan 8y agoGuess it's a matter of time before I stop using Reddit then. I already ran to Relay as an escape from Reddit's astonishingly garbage mobile browser experience. Next stop is the door.
- replies_to_all 8y agoReddit's great idea was giving users full power over individual subreddits. I'm taking the good and building a Reddit-like site for sharing media links. My first attempt is just audio books doing doing one for music and movies too. (HN hates me and won't let me post a link).
- hyperpallium 8y agohttps://reddit.com/.compact https://reddit.com/.compact https://i.reddit.com https://i.reddit.com
- chapium 8y agoUse old.reddit.com
- Scoundreller 8y agoBut that takes you to do the desktop site. Not ideal.
- ghostbrainalpha 8y agoI prefer the alternative not-using.reddit.com
- vatueil 8y agoThere's also https://i.reddit.com https://i.reddit.com for mobile.
- chrissnell 8y agoI actually wrote some ad blocking rules to remove all of these Reddit annoyances. I've been meaning to submit them to one of the mobile-focused Adblock lists. Here are the elements that you need to hide. I like 1 BlockerX for this: .snackbar .xpromopopup .topbutton .xpromopill
- wetpaws 8y agoYou are doing God's work
- tyingq 8y agoI like "promo pill". That's exactly what it feels like.
- davemp 8y agoI leave these on to remind me how far reddit has fallen and to generally avoid the site.
- chiefgeek 8y agoGod, Reddit was the bomb 8-9 years ago!
- nhauz 8y agoWish I could add those to mobile Safari :P
- chefkoch 8y agoThere is a setting in the hamburger menu to stop the pop up. I was annoyed for too long before i googled the nag screen.
- wutbrodo 8y agoThis is such an incredibly irritating feature. Fwiw, if you're logged in, you can turn it off with an account preference toggle.
- humbleMouse 8y agoWell to be fair the reddit app is wayyyyyy better than the web interface and works amazingly well.
- ilikehurdles 8y agoIt constantly nagged me to re-enable notifications and link redirection out of the app is spotty. Not to mention ads were more frequent. I use the old interface on all devices and I find it superior.
- humbleMouse 8y agoI have literally never had any issues and I have all notifications turned off. I have never had any issue using their link redirection. I'm using an iphone 7 and never update my OS or any of my apps.
- bromuro 8y agoI also like the app more than the website, and the new website over the old one.
- beenBoutIT 8y agoEvery iOS user using any iOS browser is in reality using Safari's WebKit dressed differently.
- tootie 8y agoTry https://i.reddit.com https://i.reddit.com. It's super barebones and hasn't been updated in years, but it's also super light and fast and still works just fine.
- chocolatkey 8y agoDespite its early iPhone-era skin which may not appeal to all, this is a great find. And so fast compared to the new mobile. Thanks
- thsowers 8y agoEvery browser on iOS including Chrome has to use Safari's render engine
- celticninja 8y agoWhatever I click on those options doesn't donejaat I want, which is to stay on the page im already on. The site is total garbage if you are not logged in to use the personalised settings and it's all over the day old.reddit.com is turned off
- andreareina 8y agoTry reddit.com/.compact
- notimetorelax 8y agoI like to use Safari on iOS because it supports ad blocking. Not sure if Chrome now supports it. But I see no reason to switch...
- sureaboutthis 8y agoIn most cases, reddit should be avoided at all costs anyway so you now have another excuse not to go there.
- ng12 8y agoDo you not get to pick? Android gives you a popup (e.g. Yelp app or Chrome) with an option to save your answer.
- _asummers 8y agoRecently switched to iOS and really miss that simple feature. Share intents are much, much better in Android.
- untog 8y agoIf they did that then companies like Yelp would immediately switch to using JavaScript to change the URL, if they aren't already.
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- Scoundreller 8y agoMy guess is that it’s harder to block ads on an app. And apps can track more details about you, yielding more revenue (or potential revenue to an acquirer). Investors probably ascribe more value to apps-based services than web-based.
- radicalbyte 8y agoThey want your contact list, location, email inbox etc etc, I assume.
- gruez 8y agohttps://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.reddit.frontpage https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.reddit.fro... yep.
- pmiller2 8y agoHammer, meet nail. This right here is likely the true reason. Also, it's easier to access stuff like location history.