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At least we can continue to use old.reddit.com for now on desktop. On mobile, I refuse to use their own app since it's hot garbage and stick to Apollo, which wo
by jakebasile 8y ago
At least we can continue to use old.reddit.com for now on desktop. On mobile, I refuse to use their own app since it's hot garbage and stick to Apollo, which works pretty well so far.
- wyldfire 8y agoUnfortunately the way that comments are rendered depends on which view you use. There's probably a subset that works for both but many [new.]reddit.com users won't realize that their post doesn't render correctly for old.reddit.com. Given this design, I suppose one must suffer: [new.]reddit.com adoption or the experience for old.reddit.com.
- 0xffff2 8y agoCould you elaborate? I've managed to avoid the redesign completely, and I haven't noticed any comments that appear to be rendered incorrectly.
- wyldfire 8y agoThe one that keeps coming up is how 'code' is rendered. Old reddit uses four leading spaces for a code block and IIRC new reddit uses triple-backtick. It's probably slightly different, not-quite-100% compatible markdown dialects. Admittedly it's a problem more common on the more technical subreddits.
- 0xffff2 8y agoAh. I have noticed that one actually, but I chalked it up to someone confusing Github/SO/Reddit markdown. Didn't realize that Reddit itself was inconsistent.
- pier25 8y agoYeah thank god. Even if it's uglier, I much prefer the experience of using old website than the React redesign. Not because it's a single-page app, but because it's slower and has many usability problems.
- jules-jules 8y agoYep, as soon as they stop offering the old design I am out.
- 0gz 8y agoFor now. Other issues with old.reddit is that it blocks web.archive bot, and their new design doesn't work for web.archive.org's captured content. It shows white page when page loaded.