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I do prefer it. It looks much nicer, the old design was very dated, let's be honest. Don't need to use a third-party extension (Reddit Enhancement Suite) to mak
by benbristow 8y ago
I do prefer it. It looks much nicer, the old design was very dated, let's be honest. Don't need to use a third-party extension (Reddit Enhancement Suite) to make it usable anymore.
It does seem quite buggy in places though. Especially in regards to login flow & 2 factor authentication. Seems to get stuck and gets in limbo where it acts like it's logged in but it isn't.
However, I do hate the mobile 'experience', it's borderline unusable with all the banners and attempts to get you to install their app. If the links would take me to my third-party reader like BaconReader (iOS) then it'd be more tolerable but it only works with the official Reddit app.
- htfy96 8y agoExactly. New design makes it much easier to be used by non-advanced users like your mom or nephew. They are often ignored in the context of HN discussions and seldom voice for themselves, but they did consist a large portion of user base.
- michaelmrose 8y agoPlease explain why the new design is easier.
- htfy96 8y agoThere are much fewer visual elements after the redesign. Take the post view as an example. The new design removes my subreddits, sub description & recent viewed posts and tries to hide all other elements like share links / absolute last replied date from the page. Same as the reason for the success of iPad, People like my mom feel petrified for a UI with many choices. In the new design if you look at the screen from meters away, you can easily identify the reply box & reply button as the only prominent visual element.
- julianlam 8y agoDo you use Firefox on your mobile device? In the address bar, FF will show a "open in app" button. It looks like the Android robot.