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Their new redesign is so completely awful they have to have an option to “just show the old reddit” in your settings. If they ever take that away I think I’ll

Their new redesign is so completely awful they have to have an option to “just show the old reddit” in your settings. If they ever take that away I think I’ll just stop using it, it’s that bad.

elSidCampeador 7y ago
I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way - if they ever force me to use only the new site, then I'll leave reddit for good. Or maybe just use it on my phone (Apollo for Reddit is pretty good)
romwell 7y ago
Forget the settings, just use http://old.reddit.com http://old.reddit.com always :)
tootahe45 7y ago
I stopped criticizing redesigns because i usually get over it, but the Reddit one makes the site at least 8x slower for me.
- BostonEnginerd 7y ago
  That’s been my complaint. The old server side rendered site was really fast to load. Ever since the first redesign a few years back it’s been really slow.
  - tinus_hn 7y ago
    Here’s half the page you requested, and some other ‘related’ crap.
- thirdsun 7y ago
  Same here. I doN't share msot people's outrage when it coems to redesigns, but this one only seems to have downsides. Imagine redesigning Reddit with simple HTML, CSS and only the most necessary sprinkles of JavaScript. In my opinion it's clearly a document-based website that doesn't need to pretend being a one-page-app.
isugimpy 7y ago
Serious question: What makes it completely awful? Do you have ideas that might make it a better experience, besides "just use the old UI"?
- ryanmercer 7y ago
  Everything. Literally everything. It uses a WYSIWYG input which completely breaks old.reddit formatting inputs, it constantly causes confusion as to what comment you are replying to so you get people replying to the wrong person or replying to the main post, it looks cartoony and blatantly obvious you're on a social website if you're trying to reddit on the sly, It doesn't like browser windows that aren't open full screen if you're trying to reddit on the sly, it severely restricts how much information you can have in the sidebar, etc.
winternett 7y ago
If you think that's bad, try using the browser version on mobile... It's full of annoying pop-ups to try to encourage you to use their crappy mobile app. (sadface) :(
anoncake 7y ago
I love the redesign. I used to spend way to much time on Reddit, the redesign fixed that.
- JohnJamesRambo 7y ago
  Haha I love that. Maybe I should turn on the redesign.

elSidCampeador 7y ago

I'm glad I'm not the only one who feels this way - if they ever force me to use only the new site, then I'll leave reddit for good. Or maybe just use it on my phone (Apollo for Reddit is pretty good)

romwell 7y ago

Forget the settings, just use http://old.reddit.com http://old.reddit.com always :)

tootahe45 7y ago

I stopped criticizing redesigns because i usually get over it, but the Reddit one makes the site at least 8x slower for me.

BostonEnginerd 7y ago
That’s been my complaint. The old server side rendered site was really fast to load. Ever since the first redesign a few years back it’s been really slow.
- tinus_hn 7y ago
  Here’s half the page you requested, and some other ‘related’ crap.
thirdsun 7y ago
Same here. I doN't share msot people's outrage when it coems to redesigns, but this one only seems to have downsides. Imagine redesigning Reddit with simple HTML, CSS and only the most necessary sprinkles of JavaScript. In my opinion it's clearly a document-based website that doesn't need to pretend being a one-page-app.

isugimpy 7y ago

Serious question: What makes it completely awful? Do you have ideas that might make it a better experience, besides "just use the old UI"?

ryanmercer 7y ago
Everything. Literally everything. It uses a WYSIWYG input which completely breaks old.reddit formatting inputs, it constantly causes confusion as to what comment you are replying to so you get people replying to the wrong person or replying to the main post, it looks cartoony and blatantly obvious you're on a social website if you're trying to reddit on the sly, It doesn't like browser windows that aren't open full screen if you're trying to reddit on the sly, it severely restricts how much information you can have in the sidebar, etc.

winternett 7y ago

If you think that's bad, try using the browser version on mobile... It's full of annoying pop-ups to try to encourage you to use their crappy mobile app. (sadface) :(

anoncake 7y ago

I love the redesign. I used to spend way to much time on Reddit, the redesign fixed that.

JohnJamesRambo 7y ago
Haha I love that. Maybe I should turn on the redesign.