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Well you just forced me into old Reddit. Why do people like that clunky interface?

hackmiester 5y ago
It’s a losing battle with this crowd. I finally just wrote a user script that deletes the “old” from the URL for me.
elric 5y ago
IMO the "new" interface is a serious downgrade. Especially on mobile: it keeps nagging you to switch to the mobile app and is rife with dark patterns, including pretending some subreddits are only accessible through the app.
Miner49er 5y ago
I think you're the first person I've ever seen who prefers the new interface. It's extremely unpopular, at least on HN.
- Jcowell 5y ago
  Add +2 thought it’s mainly for dark mode (and no I will not install an extension)
Semaphor 5y ago
> Why do people like that clunky interface? Why do people like the super slow new reddit? Is a slightly shinier site really worth several 100ms delay for actions taken? FWIW, I’d switch to new in a heartbeat. Better Markdown, more customization, looks cleaner (and I’m always logged in, so the account thing is not an issue). But not with the crappy speed it currently has.
- judge2020 5y ago
  At least with adblock it actually loads pretty fast, the issues are the annoyances, and man I didn't know how bad it was. It dimmed the entire page to try to ask me for notification access: https://i.judge.sh/EUnAO/2_koa6cB9q.png https://i.judge.sh/EUnAO/2_koa6cB9q.png Then it wants to ask me about topics i'm interested in: https://i.judge.sh/RF58W/N_17B22eMD.png https://i.judge.sh/RF58W/N_17B22eMD.png Then, without ublock, below the fold, almost all of the content on the page is an advertisement https://i.judge.sh/bfACD/6_Kl9IneDr.png https://i.judge.sh/bfACD/6_Kl9IneDr.png
  - Semaphor 5y ago
    I run everything with uBlock Origin and uMatrix (maybe it’s like amp where it slows down if you block something…), it’s most certainly still far slower than old. I recently gave it a try again and it either got worse or I had forgotten just how bad it was.
krageon 5y ago
> clunky As opposed to what? The smooth new interface? Reddit is a cesspit of poor design, but at least the old theme did it without getting in the way.
exodust 5y ago
> Why do people like that clunky interface? For me, more posts fit on the screen in old reddit. In this case, it's 10 posts in old reddit vs 6 in new, (desktop monitor). No infinite jank-loading and nudging more content I never requested into view as I scroll. Similarly I don't want to find a new book stuck to the back cover of the book I just finished reading. In old reddit I can open comments in new tab, scroll to last comment, then close tab. I don't always do that, but I like the option. In new reddit, the separator is a single line "More posts from the GooglePixel community"... Not even a horizontal line. I sometimes miss the end of one thread, and don't realise I'm reading comments in the next. Each to their own. I'd stop using old if new was better.
f1refly 5y ago
Clunky, as opposed to the new design: * "No, you can't see this community, download the app" * "this post is nsfw, download the app" * (popup at the bottom of the screen) "do you want to use the app?" * when reading comments, suddenly the chain stops and completly unrelated posts are shown * if you want to read a comment chain deeper than three, you have to open each subcomment individually. Naturally, pressing back won't take you to the right position after following a chain * all of the above is slower than even youtube, making it the worst web experience right after IBM's presentation of the plex font
Sunspark 5y ago
I love the old interface. The new one is impossible for me to use. I can't read a thing on it.

It’s a losing battle with this crowd. I finally just wrote a user script that deletes the “old” from the URL for me.

IMO the "new" interface is a serious downgrade. Especially on mobile: it keeps nagging you to switch to the mobile app and is rife with dark patterns, including pretending some subreddits are only accessible through the app.

Miner49er 5y ago

I think you're the first person I've ever seen who prefers the new interface. It's extremely unpopular, at least on HN.

Jcowell 5y ago
Add +2 thought it’s mainly for dark mode (and no I will not install an extension)

Semaphor 5y ago

> Why do people like that clunky interface? Why do people like the super slow new reddit? Is a slightly shinier site really worth several 100ms delay for actions taken? FWIW, I’d switch to new in a heartbeat. Better Markdown, more customization, looks cleaner (and I’m always logged in, so the account thing is not an issue). But not with the crappy speed it currently has.

judge2020 5y ago
At least with adblock it actually loads pretty fast, the issues are the annoyances, and man I didn't know how bad it was. It dimmed the entire page to try to ask me for notification access: https://i.judge.sh/EUnAO/2_koa6cB9q.png https://i.judge.sh/EUnAO/2_koa6cB9q.png Then it wants to ask me about topics i'm interested in: https://i.judge.sh/RF58W/N_17B22eMD.png https://i.judge.sh/RF58W/N_17B22eMD.png Then, without ublock, below the fold, almost all of the content on the page is an advertisement https://i.judge.sh/bfACD/6_Kl9IneDr.png https://i.judge.sh/bfACD/6_Kl9IneDr.png
- Semaphor 5y ago
  I run everything with uBlock Origin and uMatrix (maybe it’s like amp where it slows down if you block something…), it’s most certainly still far slower than old. I recently gave it a try again and it either got worse or I had forgotten just how bad it was.

krageon 5y ago

> clunky As opposed to what? The smooth new interface? Reddit is a cesspit of poor design, but at least the old theme did it without getting in the way.

exodust 5y ago

> Why do people like that clunky interface? For me, more posts fit on the screen in old reddit. In this case, it's 10 posts in old reddit vs 6 in new, (desktop monitor). No infinite jank-loading and nudging more content I never requested into view as I scroll. Similarly I don't want to find a new book stuck to the back cover of the book I just finished reading. In old reddit I can open comments in new tab, scroll to last comment, then close tab. I don't always do that, but I like the option. In new reddit, the separator is a single line "More posts from the GooglePixel community"... Not even a horizontal line. I sometimes miss the end of one thread, and don't realise I'm reading comments in the next. Each to their own. I'd stop using old if new was better.

f1refly 5y ago

Clunky, as opposed to the new design: * "No, you can't see this community, download the app" * "this post is nsfw, download the app" * (popup at the bottom of the screen) "do you want to use the app?" * when reading comments, suddenly the chain stops and completly unrelated posts are shown * if you want to read a comment chain deeper than three, you have to open each subcomment individually. Naturally, pressing back won't take you to the right position after following a chain * all of the above is slower than even youtube, making it the worst web experience right after IBM's presentation of the plex font

Sunspark 5y ago

I love the old interface. The new one is impossible for me to use. I can't read a thing on it.