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I still browse to https://old.reddit.com https://old.reddit.com It's actually still so much better to pinch and zoom on the old site. The new one is super jank

I still browse to https://old.reddit.com https://old.reddit.com It's actually still so much better to pinch and zoom on the old site. The new one is super janky and totally broken on mobile. The app is just a pain to use anyway.

Silhouette 6y ago
At this point, I do slightly wonder whether a significant number of people are using the "new" Reddit at all, or whether it's just being kept online as a face-saving exercise. The publicly visible feedback seems to have been overwhelmingly negative and remains so, and I can't remember ever seeing anyone comment anywhere that they actively prefer the new version. I use old Reddit routinely myself. I quite often see advice to use old Reddit, such as the parent comment. I do occasionally see an indication that someone is using the new interface, for example because they used the ``` notation for code on a programming subreddit, but this seems relatively rare compared to encountering criticism or advice to avoid it.
dmix 6y ago
And on desktop auto-redirects to old.reddit.com are a must addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/old-reddit-redirect/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/old-reddit-re... https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/old-reddit-redirect/dneaehbmnbhcippjikoajpoabadpodje https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/old-reddit-redirec...
- jedberg 6y ago
  If you’re logged in to Reddit these aren’t necessary. There is in an option in the user prefs to always use old Reddit.
  - ljm 6y ago
    Even when I set that I still get redirected to the new version. I guess I've just learned to cope with the new design and all the stuff being added into it that make it even worse. This whole obsession with reducing information density and making more space for ads and huge 'cards' or pictures is pretty much a UX anti-pattern as far as I'm concerned. It's like how 'minimalism' is considered a rich-person's hobby because everything's spacious and clean, rather than small and cosy. Web minimalism takes up more space to do less, while tending to cost a lot more in terms of bandwidth used.
  - slenk 6y ago
    I've noticed that doesn't seem to always work...
  - dmix 6y ago
    I did try that for the first six months or so, but I noticed multiple cases where I was still being sent to the new one. Maybe Reddit has fixed it since then, but this plugin was way more reliable fix for me. Plus when I share a link with friends/coworkers I know with old.reddit.com urls I'm not going to be sending them to the clunky new version, if they don't happen to be logged in or have the right settings. And I've been asked how they too can use old version multiple times already. We all left Digg back in the day for Reddit for much the same reasons. And I'm usually a big proponent of modern JS frontends, assuming it's done carefully and performance-first. Reddit, like online newspapers, should be as simple as possible IMO. Like AMP minus Google.
coronadisaster 6y ago
I wish that there was a third party web-app that would be similar to https://old.reddit.com https://old.reddit.com and https://ns.reddit.com https://ns.reddit.com without the bugging... and maybe combine it's own service with reddit. And eventually drop reddit....
- RhodesianHunter 6y ago
  I'm enjoying using Boost. I'm actually using it to reply here after following this post on /r/hackernews. :)
  - coronadisaster 6y ago
    but they don't have a web-app as far as I can tell... and their webpage is HTTP only with a self-signed certificate? that isn't acceptable nowadays: http://boostforreddit.com/ http://boostforreddit.com/ ... I do this but only on my local network...
29083011397778 6y ago
Instead of pinching and zooming, you may not have already seen https://i.reddit.com https://i.reddit.com Mobile friendly, with Firefox extensions to auto-redirect on Android

Silhouette 6y ago

At this point, I do slightly wonder whether a significant number of people are using the "new" Reddit at all, or whether it's just being kept online as a face-saving exercise. The publicly visible feedback seems to have been overwhelmingly negative and remains so, and I can't remember ever seeing anyone comment anywhere that they actively prefer the new version. I use old Reddit routinely myself. I quite often see advice to use old Reddit, such as the parent comment. I do occasionally see an indication that someone is using the new interface, for example because they used the ``` notation for code on a programming subreddit, but this seems relatively rare compared to encountering criticism or advice to avoid it.

dmix 6y ago

And on desktop auto-redirects to old.reddit.com are a must addon: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/old-reddit-redirect/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en-CA/firefox/addon/old-reddit-re... https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/old-reddit-redirect/dneaehbmnbhcippjikoajpoabadpodje https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/old-reddit-redirec...

jedberg 6y ago
If you’re logged in to Reddit these aren’t necessary. There is in an option in the user prefs to always use old Reddit.
- ljm 6y ago
  Even when I set that I still get redirected to the new version. I guess I've just learned to cope with the new design and all the stuff being added into it that make it even worse. This whole obsession with reducing information density and making more space for ads and huge 'cards' or pictures is pretty much a UX anti-pattern as far as I'm concerned. It's like how 'minimalism' is considered a rich-person's hobby because everything's spacious and clean, rather than small and cosy. Web minimalism takes up more space to do less, while tending to cost a lot more in terms of bandwidth used.
- slenk 6y ago
  I've noticed that doesn't seem to always work...
- dmix 6y ago
  I did try that for the first six months or so, but I noticed multiple cases where I was still being sent to the new one. Maybe Reddit has fixed it since then, but this plugin was way more reliable fix for me. Plus when I share a link with friends/coworkers I know with old.reddit.com urls I'm not going to be sending them to the clunky new version, if they don't happen to be logged in or have the right settings. And I've been asked how they too can use old version multiple times already. We all left Digg back in the day for Reddit for much the same reasons. And I'm usually a big proponent of modern JS frontends, assuming it's done carefully and performance-first. Reddit, like online newspapers, should be as simple as possible IMO. Like AMP minus Google.

coronadisaster 6y ago

I wish that there was a third party web-app that would be similar to https://old.reddit.com https://old.reddit.com and https://ns.reddit.com https://ns.reddit.com without the bugging... and maybe combine it's own service with reddit. And eventually drop reddit....

RhodesianHunter 6y ago
I'm enjoying using Boost. I'm actually using it to reply here after following this post on /r/hackernews. :)
- coronadisaster 6y ago
  but they don't have a web-app as far as I can tell... and their webpage is HTTP only with a self-signed certificate? that isn't acceptable nowadays: http://boostforreddit.com/ http://boostforreddit.com/ ... I do this but only on my local network...

29083011397778 6y ago

Instead of pinching and zooming, you may not have already seen https://i.reddit.com https://i.reddit.com Mobile friendly, with Firefox extensions to auto-redirect on Android