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The new reddit web version has all the links as buttons. You cannot open these links in a new tab. It drives me crazy and really strange that such a huge intern

The new reddit web version has all the links as buttons. You cannot open these links in a new tab. It drives me crazy and really strange that such a huge internet giant gas such glaring accessibility issues.

dekatron 3y ago
New Reddit also messes with text selection with unnecessary JS crap. Wherever you select some text, they show an "Embed" button that prevents you from dragging the text to a new tab to perform a web search. Thankfully this behaviour can be blocked with uBlock Origin by adding these rules: www.reddit.com##+js(aeld, mousedown, isSelectionOutOfRange) www.reddit.com##+js(aeld, mouseup, shouldShowButton)
- philsnow 3y ago
  > dragging the text to a new tab to perform a web search I had no idea that this worked. I don't "get" intentionally dragging if there's any alternative. I feel like one of those people who tells people that frowning takes more muscles than smiling, but: dragging seems like it requires so many more muscles to be engaged than the keyboard shortcuts for copy/newtab/paste and then enter.
  - LeonenTheDK 3y ago
    The way I see it, it's a feature that exists which some people use and prefer. Breaking it (intentionally or accidentally) just isn't something I want to see.
    - philsnow 3y ago
      For sure, I'm not saying any browser should change this behavior. C-x M-c M-butterfly and all that.
  - dekatron 3y ago
    Ha, different strokes for different folks I guess. Usually when I'm reading something, my hands are off the keyboard and I use one hand to scroll with the mouse. In this scenario, it's so much easier to double-click to select a word and drag it to a new tab instead of reaching for the keyboard.
    - philsnow 3y ago
      I totally get that. I had to check what my muscle memory would do in that situation. (Apparently) I select text, right-click, and then choose "search for <selected phrase>" from the context menu.
  - account42 3y ago
    There isn't an alternative that lets you search for the text in a new tab while staying on the current tab.
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pwdisswordfishc 3y ago
The worst thing: i.redd.it no longer returns the image alone, but wraps it in a "viewer" page. I can’t even write an uBlock filter for this, because it relies on an Accept HTTP header. Imgur does the same, but that at least can be remedied by stripping the Referer header. I wonder how long this will last. I predict Sec-Fetch-* will be abused for the same purpose. It may be already.
- josephg 3y ago
  Yep. Sometimes reddit has an image that’s either incorrectly cropped or it’s zoomed out so far that it’s unreadable. How many times do I need to click on the image before I can see it properly? I’ve counted as many as 4 taps through various awful image viewer things. Sometimes no about of tapping and zooming will render the image properly. The irony is my browser is great at showing images already - panning and zooming works beautifully. I miss Apollo. The friction with Reddit’s awful design and coding choices makes me use their site a lot less. I think that might be a good thing in the long run. It leaves me hungry for something better.
- account42 3y ago
  This behavior is becoming annoyingly common on various image hosts. Hopefully ad blockers will implement ways around this soon.
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dekatron 3y ago

New Reddit also messes with text selection with unnecessary JS crap. Wherever you select some text, they show an "Embed" button that prevents you from dragging the text to a new tab to perform a web search. Thankfully this behaviour can be blocked with uBlock Origin by adding these rules: www.reddit.com##+js(aeld, mousedown, isSelectionOutOfRange) www.reddit.com##+js(aeld, mouseup, shouldShowButton)

philsnow 3y ago
> dragging the text to a new tab to perform a web search I had no idea that this worked. I don't "get" intentionally dragging if there's any alternative. I feel like one of those people who tells people that frowning takes more muscles than smiling, but: dragging seems like it requires so many more muscles to be engaged than the keyboard shortcuts for copy/newtab/paste and then enter.
- LeonenTheDK 3y ago
  The way I see it, it's a feature that exists which some people use and prefer. Breaking it (intentionally or accidentally) just isn't something I want to see.
  - philsnow 3y ago
    For sure, I'm not saying any browser should change this behavior. C-x M-c M-butterfly and all that.
- dekatron 3y ago
  Ha, different strokes for different folks I guess. Usually when I'm reading something, my hands are off the keyboard and I use one hand to scroll with the mouse. In this scenario, it's so much easier to double-click to select a word and drag it to a new tab instead of reaching for the keyboard.
  - philsnow 3y ago
    I totally get that. I had to check what my muscle memory would do in that situation. (Apparently) I select text, right-click, and then choose "search for <selected phrase>" from the context menu.
- account42 3y ago
  There isn't an alternative that lets you search for the text in a new tab while staying on the current tab.

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pwdisswordfishc 3y ago

The worst thing: i.redd.it no longer returns the image alone, but wraps it in a "viewer" page. I can’t even write an uBlock filter for this, because it relies on an Accept HTTP header. Imgur does the same, but that at least can be remedied by stripping the Referer header. I wonder how long this will last. I predict Sec-Fetch-* will be abused for the same purpose. It may be already.

josephg 3y ago
Yep. Sometimes reddit has an image that’s either incorrectly cropped or it’s zoomed out so far that it’s unreadable. How many times do I need to click on the image before I can see it properly? I’ve counted as many as 4 taps through various awful image viewer things. Sometimes no about of tapping and zooming will render the image properly. The irony is my browser is great at showing images already - panning and zooming works beautifully. I miss Apollo. The friction with Reddit’s awful design and coding choices makes me use their site a lot less. I think that might be a good thing in the long run. It leaves me hungry for something better.
account42 3y ago
This behavior is becoming annoyingly common on various image hosts. Hopefully ad blockers will implement ways around this soon.

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