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The Apollo app had much better performance than the official Reddit app. However, the design of the app was amateurish and hideous to look at. The official Redd

The Apollo app had much better performance than the official Reddit app. However, the design of the app was amateurish and hideous to look at. The official Reddit app is actually designed by designers and it shows.

randcraw 3y ago
The Reddit website frequently resets itself back to the feed page when I'm scrolling up/down through posts. That amount of clueless disruption during routine use is a deal breaker for me. Goodbye Reddit.
minimaxir 3y ago
Apollo's design is influenced heavily by Apple's/iOS's Human Interface Guidelines: https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guideline...
dubcanada 3y ago
That’s an opinion that I’m not really sure matters for the conversation at hand. It’s not about if Apollo is good, it’s about how Apollo is being treated. You are free to use what ever you want, and that’s the point. This removes everything but the Reddit app.
to11mtm 3y ago
The official Reddit app, at least on Android, is a buggy mess from a UX experience. - Half the time, clicking on a push notification takes me to the front page instead of the post that was interesting enough to click on. And then the notification is gone, and I can't get to said post easily at that point - Sometimes, there's two articles that show up on the main screen that I want to read. I have to pick which one I want to read more, because there's a 50/50 shot that when I hit back, I will get a fully refreshed home page instead of being taken back to where it was. - Overall it feels less natural to navigate through than the Reddit web interface, let alone the 'classic' (old.reddit.com) user interface. - Probably not related to the design of the mobile app, but the hostile behavior of web reddit on mobile, constantly trying to force me into their subpar mobile app, is also irritating and painful.
phyllistine 3y ago
Swipe to upvote/downvote puts it leagues ahead of the official app already.

randcraw 3y ago

The Reddit website frequently resets itself back to the feed page when I'm scrolling up/down through posts. That amount of clueless disruption during routine use is a deal breaker for me. Goodbye Reddit.

minimaxir 3y ago

Apollo's design is influenced heavily by Apple's/iOS's Human Interface Guidelines: https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guideline...

dubcanada 3y ago

That’s an opinion that I’m not really sure matters for the conversation at hand. It’s not about if Apollo is good, it’s about how Apollo is being treated. You are free to use what ever you want, and that’s the point. This removes everything but the Reddit app.

to11mtm 3y ago

The official Reddit app, at least on Android, is a buggy mess from a UX experience. - Half the time, clicking on a push notification takes me to the front page instead of the post that was interesting enough to click on. And then the notification is gone, and I can't get to said post easily at that point - Sometimes, there's two articles that show up on the main screen that I want to read. I have to pick which one I want to read more, because there's a 50/50 shot that when I hit back, I will get a fully refreshed home page instead of being taken back to where it was. - Overall it feels less natural to navigate through than the Reddit web interface, let alone the 'classic' (old.reddit.com) user interface. - Probably not related to the design of the mobile app, but the hostile behavior of web reddit on mobile, constantly trying to force me into their subpar mobile app, is also irritating and painful.

phyllistine 3y ago

Swipe to upvote/downvote puts it leagues ahead of the official app already.