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Try to use reddit in a browser...

jcims 6y ago
new.reddit.com - 327 requests, 8mb, 7 seconds - https://tools.pingdom.com/#5d1bf3f952400000 https://tools.pingdom.com/#5d1bf3f952400000 news.ycombinator.com - 7 requests, 22kb, .125 seconds - https://tools.pingdom.com/#5d1bf4a4f8400000 https://tools.pingdom.com/#5d1bf4a4f8400000 The hilarous thing is that if you put in https://www.reddit.com https://www.reddit.com to pingdom's measurement tool, reddit returns the old site layout. https://tools.pingdom.com/#5d1bf3c4e3800000 https://tools.pingdom.com/#5d1bf3c4e3800000 edit: Just poked around a bit to find best worst examples. Unsurprisingly CNN is the worst I could find after a few mins - https://tools.pingdom.com/#5d1bf596ffc00000 https://tools.pingdom.com/#5d1bf596ffc00000 543(!) requests, 9mb, 6 seconds. Just stroll through the list of bullshit it sucks into the front page...what a mess.
- klerpi 6y ago
  Try it with awwwards websites. A spinning wheel is almost a requirement.
  - canofbars 6y ago
    For a real A+++ website you need a loading bar. Also holy shit I just clicked on the first website I saw on that site and I'm getting about 3fps scrolling it and my desktop is a Ryzen 9 3900x with 24 threads, 48gb ram and an rx5700xt. You don't even get the excuse of "It works on my machine" because this desktop is literally as good as it gets. I just tried a couple sites and not a single one could scroll smoothly, one of them was live applying css transforms to about 30 images as I scroll.
    - foxdev 6y ago
      They're nice and smooth on my Ryzen 5 4500U/Vega 6 with 8GB of RAM. Of course the 5 seconds of artsy chaos spinner each of them has on load is still absurd. But it's fine after that. Could it be the browser? I loaded them in Firefox.
      - canofbars 6y ago
        No idea, I tried them on both firefox and chrome and things were pretty laggy. Some worse than others. I don't have problems scrolling on other sites.
- pmoriarty 6y ago
  Try old.reddit.com Also, it's possible to browser Reddit through non-web-browsing applications that use the Reddit API.
  - canofbars 6y ago
    The reddit API is a legacy feature that is on the chopping block any day now. Its only real purpose now is 3rd party clients which don't show adverts or insert tracking scripts. It has a small amount of use for bots but those are mostly a negative user experience and likely to be killed soon as well. Reddit is pushing to become facebook without your real name.
    - Sebb767 6y ago
      > without your real name. With extensive user profiles and now very visible profile pictures, I'm not sure that this isn't going to come as well.
      - pmoriarty 6y ago
        I wouldn't be surprised if they started asking for your phone number as well, as so many privacy-invading sites like to do these days.
        canofbars 6y ago
        This seems very likely. Reddit admins have mentioned that they are trying to crack down on alt accounts and banned users signing up 2 seconds after being banned. A phone number requirement would solve that easily.
  - RandoHolmes 6y ago
    The day old.reddit.com goes away is the same day I completely stop using reddit. The main interface is actively unusable for me.
  - rhizome 6y ago
    Ha ha, now we're back to secret incantations like when AdBlock first came out! You'd tell your friends and family, "Oh, you gotta get it!" for something whose "discoverability" is very, very low.
- judge2020 6y ago
  CNN Lite on the other hand - https://lite.cnn.com/en https://lite.cnn.com/en
  - Aperocky 6y ago
    OMG this is such a gem. There is someone in CNN actually understand a part of me, `mind.blown = true;`
    - AlexDragusin 6y ago
      Here's some more lean websites you might fancy on my directory (CNN Lite is in there as well) https://www.leanternet.com/ https://www.leanternet.com/
  - jcims 6y ago
    Nice!!! - 8 requests, 120kb, .3 seconds - https://tools.pingdom.com/#5d1c094582400000 https://tools.pingdom.com/#5d1c094582400000
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
  Try https://www.oilprice.com https://www.oilprice.com :)
- whywhywhywhy 6y ago
  Would love a CPU usage analysis of new reddit vs old reddit. You can feel your laptop choke under the effort it takes to render the post + 3 comments out of 200 it shows you vs the old loading the post and entire comment tree.
allenu 6y ago
It genuinely feels like being on dial-up in the old days. I frequently visit reddit using Safari on my iPad and it often takes a good 3-5 seconds for the new page to load after I tap on a link. If anything, it at least dissuades me from wasting time on the site.
aaaxyz 6y ago
Trying to open new.reddit.com on my ~4 year old phone is slow enough that I have time to get a coffee before the annoying Install Our App popup appears. Imgur is even worse; it takes multiple seconds to load a webpage whose only purpose is to display a single jpg image.
- randomdata 6y ago
  Surprisingly, new.reddit.com on my 4 year old phone took about the same amount of time as my few month old computer to load. They are both unusable.
- asddubs 6y ago
  yeah, I've navigated there several times by accident on my phone while out and about. I never got past the loading screen. at least now you can just go to old.reddit.com and don't have to request the desktop site every time
- d3nj4l 6y ago
  New reddit vs Old reddit would be an interesting experiment. What if reddit asked you which version you want on your first load? How many people would go for new?

new.reddit.com - 327 requests, 8mb, 7 seconds - https://tools.pingdom.com/#5d1bf3f952400000 https://tools.pingdom.com/#5d1bf3f952400000 news.ycombinator.com - 7 requests, 22kb, .125 seconds - https://tools.pingdom.com/#5d1bf4a4f8400000 https://tools.pingdom.com/#5d1bf4a4f8400000 The hilarous thing is that if you put in https://www.reddit.com https://www.reddit.com to pingdom's measurement tool, reddit returns the old site layout. https://tools.pingdom.com/#5d1bf3c4e3800000 https://tools.pingdom.com/#5d1bf3c4e3800000 edit: Just poked around a bit to find best worst examples. Unsurprisingly CNN is the worst I could find after a few mins - https://tools.pingdom.com/#5d1bf596ffc00000 https://tools.pingdom.com/#5d1bf596ffc00000 543(!) requests, 9mb, 6 seconds. Just stroll through the list of bullshit it sucks into the front page...what a mess.

klerpi 6y ago
Try it with awwwards websites. A spinning wheel is almost a requirement.
- canofbars 6y ago
  For a real A+++ website you need a loading bar. Also holy shit I just clicked on the first website I saw on that site and I'm getting about 3fps scrolling it and my desktop is a Ryzen 9 3900x with 24 threads, 48gb ram and an rx5700xt. You don't even get the excuse of "It works on my machine" because this desktop is literally as good as it gets. I just tried a couple sites and not a single one could scroll smoothly, one of them was live applying css transforms to about 30 images as I scroll.
  - foxdev 6y ago
    They're nice and smooth on my Ryzen 5 4500U/Vega 6 with 8GB of RAM. Of course the 5 seconds of artsy chaos spinner each of them has on load is still absurd. But it's fine after that. Could it be the browser? I loaded them in Firefox.
    - canofbars 6y ago
      No idea, I tried them on both firefox and chrome and things were pretty laggy. Some worse than others. I don't have problems scrolling on other sites.
pmoriarty 6y ago
Try old.reddit.com Also, it's possible to browser Reddit through non-web-browsing applications that use the Reddit API.
- canofbars 6y ago
  The reddit API is a legacy feature that is on the chopping block any day now. Its only real purpose now is 3rd party clients which don't show adverts or insert tracking scripts. It has a small amount of use for bots but those are mostly a negative user experience and likely to be killed soon as well. Reddit is pushing to become facebook without your real name.
  - Sebb767 6y ago
    > without your real name. With extensive user profiles and now very visible profile pictures, I'm not sure that this isn't going to come as well.
    - pmoriarty 6y ago
      I wouldn't be surprised if they started asking for your phone number as well, as so many privacy-invading sites like to do these days.
      - canofbars 6y ago
        This seems very likely. Reddit admins have mentioned that they are trying to crack down on alt accounts and banned users signing up 2 seconds after being banned. A phone number requirement would solve that easily.
- RandoHolmes 6y ago
  The day old.reddit.com goes away is the same day I completely stop using reddit. The main interface is actively unusable for me.
- rhizome 6y ago
  Ha ha, now we're back to secret incantations like when AdBlock first came out! You'd tell your friends and family, "Oh, you gotta get it!" for something whose "discoverability" is very, very low.
judge2020 6y ago
CNN Lite on the other hand - https://lite.cnn.com/en https://lite.cnn.com/en
- Aperocky 6y ago
  OMG this is such a gem. There is someone in CNN actually understand a part of me, `mind.blown = true;`
  - AlexDragusin 6y ago
    Here's some more lean websites you might fancy on my directory (CNN Lite is in there as well) https://www.leanternet.com/ https://www.leanternet.com/
- jcims 6y ago
  Nice!!! - 8 requests, 120kb, .3 seconds - https://tools.pingdom.com/#5d1c094582400000 https://tools.pingdom.com/#5d1c094582400000
LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago
Try https://www.oilprice.com https://www.oilprice.com :)
whywhywhywhy 6y ago
Would love a CPU usage analysis of new reddit vs old reddit. You can feel your laptop choke under the effort it takes to render the post + 3 comments out of 200 it shows you vs the old loading the post and entire comment tree.

allenu 6y ago

It genuinely feels like being on dial-up in the old days. I frequently visit reddit using Safari on my iPad and it often takes a good 3-5 seconds for the new page to load after I tap on a link. If anything, it at least dissuades me from wasting time on the site.

aaaxyz 6y ago

Trying to open new.reddit.com on my ~4 year old phone is slow enough that I have time to get a coffee before the annoying Install Our App popup appears. Imgur is even worse; it takes multiple seconds to load a webpage whose only purpose is to display a single jpg image.

randomdata 6y ago
Surprisingly, new.reddit.com on my 4 year old phone took about the same amount of time as my few month old computer to load. They are both unusable.
asddubs 6y ago
yeah, I've navigated there several times by accident on my phone while out and about. I never got past the loading screen. at least now you can just go to old.reddit.com and don't have to request the desktop site every time
d3nj4l 6y ago
New reddit vs Old reddit would be an interesting experiment. What if reddit asked you which version you want on your first load? How many people would go for new?