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Yep. Once they disable old.reddit.com, I’ll stop using it for good.

miki123211 6y ago
I hate old Reddit (and HN links to old Reddit) precisely for accessibility reasons. Not sure why people are complaining about the new one so much, but it's definitely better accessibility-wise.
- PurpleFoxy 6y ago
  Because it’s incredibly slow, buggy and loaded with trackers and pop ups.
  - ReactiveJelly 6y ago
    I only hate it because it's less dense. The left and right margins are gigantic. Every headline takes about twice as much space, so it takes longer to read the same amount of headlines and pick out anything worth reading. Maybe it makes sense on a newer phone, or fullscreened on a desktop. I usually run Reddit at 1000x1000 on a desktop, so it looks like crap.
- thatswrong0 6y ago
  It's just awful, and has hardly improved since launch. It loads way slower (sometimes seconds vs. consistently hundreds of milliseconds), scrolling feels sluggish, and old.reddit.com shows significantly more content and comments in less space - not to mention the content width maxes out at 740px when my viewport is ~1920px. On top of this, despite obviously being designed for it, the mobile experience is borderline unusable and still obviously trying to push you towards the app. If I want to read a comment thread on new reddit, half of the comments will be hidden behind "x more replies" or "continue this thread". When I click that link, it might scroll me to a random ass article suggestion rather than the actual comment. Then, when I click back, it will scroll me to the top again, and it will reload all of the comments. Or, alternatively, it'll beg me to make an account and not even let me view the comments. Yuck.
  - giantrobot 6y ago
    https://i.reddit.com https://i.reddit.com You can also append ".compact" to the end of a normal Reddit URL. I think Reddit's UX anti-patterns need to be taught alongside the Digg v4 follies as ways to ruin a website.
    - thatswrong0 6y ago
      On desktop I just use "Old Reddit Redirect" extension :) But yup, I wholly agree with your point. The redesign feels like a mix of product managers trying to get promoted + boosting "engagement" numbers at the expense of all else. Or perhaps we are the odd ones out - I'm sure there's been a huge growth in new users Reddit since the redesign and I doubt that new users are hankering for a different experience now that they're used to it.
      - solveit 6y ago
        I'm convinced that most people just hate text and that everything we're complaining about is just part of a larger move of the entire internet away from text.
        giantrobot 6y ago
        I don't know if it's so much a move away from text but instead an addition of other media. Short form text (tweets) and images enable "snacking" and infinite scroll just feeds the dopamine machine. That's what a lot of people want out of the web. I don't think there's any less demand for long form text content on the web. It's growth just isn't ever going to eclipse the snack sized content. In the case of Reddit, there's still plenty of long form text links and discussions in the comments. The current UX doesn't make that as prominent by default but it's there. The Reddit snackers make more money because they see way more ads. As long as there's an affordance for long form text content Reddit has utility for me. If they go full TweetBook and kill the likes of i/old Reddit then I'm out. I guess I'll try to get a lobste.rs invite or something.
- ryanlol 6y ago
  Yeah, porn is much more accessible on new reddit.
- pretendscholar 6y ago
  Old reddit gives far more information about each submission on the page and is lighting fast. Nu-reddit wants to be an instagram style mobile first feed app and you can only see one submission at a time. Clicking on the comments is maddening because it doesn't even show all the comments before ending and suggesting other posts from the subreddit. If I wanted to see them then I would click on the subreddit hyperlink. Additionally it only shows the first node of depth for each op content so I can't follow the conversation without clicking again.
  - ionwake 6y ago
    When I read the comment that you replied to, I found it so absurd that I am impressed you replied with an informative statement. I hope to achieve your level of kindness and patience.
    - pretendscholar 6y ago
      If you read through my comments I make flippant borderline ban-worthy posts all the time. I'm no saint on this front I was just trying to articulate to myself what I don't like about new reddit.
  - Hawxy 6y ago
    > Nu-reddit wants to be an instagram style mobile first feed app and you can only see one submission at a time. FYI there's a layout selector at the top that can make it look like the old layout. The "insta" layout is just the default.
- tarboreus 6y ago
  What? Have you tried to use new reddit with a screen reader?
aSockPuppeteer 6y ago
https://teddit.net/ https://teddit.net/ JavaScript/ad free non-interactive Reddit. You can setup a feed by going to Reddit for a multireddit link then change it to teddit.net/
- nullandvoid 6y ago
  +1 I've made the switch over the last few weeks great site. Bypasses the annoying sign up to view replies to threads / app download spam
- pen2l 6y ago
  Ouch, this website needs some padding adjustments.
- 93po 6y ago
  I've been exclusively using only this for weeks now. Really like it.

I hate old Reddit (and HN links to old Reddit) precisely for accessibility reasons. Not sure why people are complaining about the new one so much, but it's definitely better accessibility-wise.

PurpleFoxy 6y ago
Because it’s incredibly slow, buggy and loaded with trackers and pop ups.
- ReactiveJelly 6y ago
  I only hate it because it's less dense. The left and right margins are gigantic. Every headline takes about twice as much space, so it takes longer to read the same amount of headlines and pick out anything worth reading. Maybe it makes sense on a newer phone, or fullscreened on a desktop. I usually run Reddit at 1000x1000 on a desktop, so it looks like crap.
thatswrong0 6y ago
It's just awful, and has hardly improved since launch. It loads way slower (sometimes seconds vs. consistently hundreds of milliseconds), scrolling feels sluggish, and old.reddit.com shows significantly more content and comments in less space - not to mention the content width maxes out at 740px when my viewport is ~1920px. On top of this, despite obviously being designed for it, the mobile experience is borderline unusable and still obviously trying to push you towards the app. If I want to read a comment thread on new reddit, half of the comments will be hidden behind "x more replies" or "continue this thread". When I click that link, it might scroll me to a random ass article suggestion rather than the actual comment. Then, when I click back, it will scroll me to the top again, and it will reload all of the comments. Or, alternatively, it'll beg me to make an account and not even let me view the comments. Yuck.
- giantrobot 6y ago
  https://i.reddit.com https://i.reddit.com You can also append ".compact" to the end of a normal Reddit URL. I think Reddit's UX anti-patterns need to be taught alongside the Digg v4 follies as ways to ruin a website.
  - thatswrong0 6y ago
    On desktop I just use "Old Reddit Redirect" extension :) But yup, I wholly agree with your point. The redesign feels like a mix of product managers trying to get promoted + boosting "engagement" numbers at the expense of all else. Or perhaps we are the odd ones out - I'm sure there's been a huge growth in new users Reddit since the redesign and I doubt that new users are hankering for a different experience now that they're used to it.
    - solveit 6y ago
      I'm convinced that most people just hate text and that everything we're complaining about is just part of a larger move of the entire internet away from text.
      - giantrobot 6y ago
        I don't know if it's so much a move away from text but instead an addition of other media. Short form text (tweets) and images enable "snacking" and infinite scroll just feeds the dopamine machine. That's what a lot of people want out of the web. I don't think there's any less demand for long form text content on the web. It's growth just isn't ever going to eclipse the snack sized content. In the case of Reddit, there's still plenty of long form text links and discussions in the comments. The current UX doesn't make that as prominent by default but it's there. The Reddit snackers make more money because they see way more ads. As long as there's an affordance for long form text content Reddit has utility for me. If they go full TweetBook and kill the likes of i/old Reddit then I'm out. I guess I'll try to get a lobste.rs invite or something.
ryanlol 6y ago
Yeah, porn is much more accessible on new reddit.
pretendscholar 6y ago
Old reddit gives far more information about each submission on the page and is lighting fast. Nu-reddit wants to be an instagram style mobile first feed app and you can only see one submission at a time. Clicking on the comments is maddening because it doesn't even show all the comments before ending and suggesting other posts from the subreddit. If I wanted to see them then I would click on the subreddit hyperlink. Additionally it only shows the first node of depth for each op content so I can't follow the conversation without clicking again.
- ionwake 6y ago
  When I read the comment that you replied to, I found it so absurd that I am impressed you replied with an informative statement. I hope to achieve your level of kindness and patience.
  - pretendscholar 6y ago
    If you read through my comments I make flippant borderline ban-worthy posts all the time. I'm no saint on this front I was just trying to articulate to myself what I don't like about new reddit.
- Hawxy 6y ago
  > Nu-reddit wants to be an instagram style mobile first feed app and you can only see one submission at a time. FYI there's a layout selector at the top that can make it look like the old layout. The "insta" layout is just the default.
tarboreus 6y ago
What? Have you tried to use new reddit with a screen reader?

aSockPuppeteer 6y ago

https://teddit.net/ https://teddit.net/ JavaScript/ad free non-interactive Reddit. You can setup a feed by going to Reddit for a multireddit link then change it to teddit.net/

nullandvoid 6y ago
+1 I've made the switch over the last few weeks great site. Bypasses the annoying sign up to view replies to threads / app download spam
pen2l 6y ago
Ouch, this website needs some padding adjustments.
93po 6y ago
I've been exclusively using only this for weeks now. Really like it.