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I like, how the "improvements" for Reddit are negative, lol
by k__ 5y ago
I like, how the "improvements" for Reddit are negative, lol
- sergiomattei 5y agoI'm usually very pro-SPA, but Reddit messed up theirs so bad, it's plain unusable. Most interactions using a 2018 iPad Pro w/ Safari take seconds to execute. This device can handle anything I throw at it except reddit.com. The new web app is a plain regression.
- phpnode 5y agoI feel like they're pretty strongly incentivised to not improve it. They want to push people to the app, and they have enough traction and community lock-in that they're not really worried about losing traffic
- nice__two 5y agoThis is indeed the correct reason. The app is much more usable. That’s why I switched to teddit.net. It’s much faster, resembles the old Reddit layout and supports dark mode.
- masklinn 5y agoTBF the entire concept of an SPA for Reddit is insane to begin with. There are no complex split-second interactions or anything. It’s a case study in what does not benefit in any way from spas. I have pretty much the same thoughts about discourse, which I loathe.
- 8note 5y agoI imagine the ads benefit from it.
- a_wild_dandan 5y agoThe Reddit redesign is far and away the most sluggish, unresponsive major site I've ever used. It brings my fancy $3,000 laptop to its knees. The sad thing is, the front end stack they use (React/Redux) is great. But it's an abysmal example of the tech. I turned on re-renders in the React devtools, and this is what it looks like: https://i.imgur.com/Sm1U24M.gifv https://i.imgur.com/Sm1U24M.gifv Makes me sad.
- fastball 5y agoOh no that is bad.
- Leszek 5y agoAuthor here: ah well, you win some, you lose some. This is just v1 that's shipping with M91, we've already made improvements since then and there's plenty more low hanging fruit to pick, heuristics to tweak, etc.