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Your bonus is my primary reason for using the service. Invidious, old.reddit.com, Gmail HTML Mode, are perfect examples of the great user experiences we've lost

Your bonus is my primary reason for using the service. Invidious, old.reddit.com, Gmail HTML Mode, are perfect examples of the great user experiences we've lost in the pursuit for New Shiny. Directly comparable with their "modern" counterparts. It would be nice if websites started to offer a cut-down version as an option, especially for users in 3rd world countries.

overengineer 3y ago
Is there a browser extension to switch to lightweight versions of web apps like these?
- sphars 3y ago
  Yep, check out LibRedirect: https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension
  - m3affan 3y ago
    The hero we need
asdfman123 3y ago
The reddit redesign was just downright horrible and for some reason it’s stayed and we all have to live with it.
- MaxikCZ 3y ago
  You can set to use old.reddit.com in account preferences, and I haven't seen new redesign since I reinstalled windows. That being said, the day the redesign gets pushed off, thats the day I stop using reddit.
  - littlestymaar 3y ago
    old.reddit.com works very poorly on mobile. There used to be i.reddit.com, for that purpose, but they removed it a month ago or so… I wonder how long old.reddit.com will remain.
    - xdennis 3y ago
      Well, I don't want to sound too cynical, but the whole internet works poorly on mobile. Users have less control over their OS and browser so the experience is much shittier even if you ignore styling which isn't sized for mobile.
    - sphars 3y ago
      If you don't care about logging into Reddit, you can try Libreddit or Teddit as read-only frontends. Bonus is you can use them without JS if that's a concern to you. Libreddit especially works better on mobile IMO Of course these will probably only work until reddit changes their API, as they announced recently
    - MaxikCZ 3y ago
      on mobile I use "Reddit is fun" app and I gotta say its actually better to browse than old reddit on PC

overengineer 3y ago

Is there a browser extension to switch to lightweight versions of web apps like these?

sphars 3y ago
Yep, check out LibRedirect: https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension https://github.com/libredirect/browser_extension
- m3affan 3y ago
  The hero we need

asdfman123 3y ago

The reddit redesign was just downright horrible and for some reason it’s stayed and we all have to live with it.

MaxikCZ 3y ago
You can set to use old.reddit.com in account preferences, and I haven't seen new redesign since I reinstalled windows. That being said, the day the redesign gets pushed off, thats the day I stop using reddit.
- littlestymaar 3y ago
  old.reddit.com works very poorly on mobile. There used to be i.reddit.com, for that purpose, but they removed it a month ago or so… I wonder how long old.reddit.com will remain.
  - xdennis 3y ago
    Well, I don't want to sound too cynical, but the whole internet works poorly on mobile. Users have less control over their OS and browser so the experience is much shittier even if you ignore styling which isn't sized for mobile.
  - sphars 3y ago
    If you don't care about logging into Reddit, you can try Libreddit or Teddit as read-only frontends. Bonus is you can use them without JS if that's a concern to you. Libreddit especially works better on mobile IMO Of course these will probably only work until reddit changes their API, as they announced recently
  - MaxikCZ 3y ago
    on mobile I use "Reddit is fun" app and I gotta say its actually better to browse than old reddit on PC