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Alien Blue is simply the best, there is no replacement for it (so far). I was able to find sidebar rather quickly, when I wanted to look at it. Maybe most of yo

by greyman 12y ago

Alien Blue is simply the best, there is no replacement for it (so far). I was able to find sidebar rather quickly, when I wanted to look at it. Maybe most of your visitors just doesn't care enough about a sidebar? :-) (Also, such an arrow would be confusing imho, because it would suggest it is for entering the subreddit. Sidebar is reachable from the context menu, and that is sufficient.)

broodbucket 12y ago
They probably don't care enough about a sidebar because they don't know about it or it doesn't come to mind. How many users are going to go to a subreddit and think "I really need to go check out the sidebar!"? Most of the time it's there to try and improve the posting quality. If using a mobile app is a user's primary method of viewing reddit, how would the sidebar even enter their minds? The sidebar being reachable from the context menu is nowhere near sufficient, and since this is now an official reddit app, they should care enough to promote a feature that improves the quality of reddit.
- mercer 12y ago
  One solution would be to show the 'sidebar' at the top of whichever reddit you're browsing. Of course, considering the size of some sidebars, this might necessitate a 'sidebar' targeted specifically at Alien Blue users (which is now quite feasibly, I suppose).
  - nnnnni 12y ago
    Better yet, have something that looks like this at the top of the subreddit view: [ Sidebar > ] When the user clicks it, Alien Blue would show the sidebar. The sidebar view would have this at the top to make it easy to return to the post view: [ < Posts ]
- ionforce 12y ago
  It's a cultural thing. You shame them by saying hey low content poster, you should consult the sidebar more often. Sidebar. Sidebar. Sidebar. BOOK DEPOSITORY. And then hopefully people will get it through their skulls. The sidebar is where useful content is. Of course this will not affect drive by users and people who have no desire to improve themselves.
oxide 12y ago
diode for android does everyhing AB does. hyperbole.

by greyman 12y ago

broodbucket 12y ago

They probably don't care enough about a sidebar because they don't know about it or it doesn't come to mind. How many users are going to go to a subreddit and think "I really need to go check out the sidebar!"? Most of the time it's there to try and improve the posting quality. If using a mobile app is a user's primary method of viewing reddit, how would the sidebar even enter their minds? The sidebar being reachable from the context menu is nowhere near sufficient, and since this is now an official reddit app, they should care enough to promote a feature that improves the quality of reddit.

mercer 12y ago
One solution would be to show the 'sidebar' at the top of whichever reddit you're browsing. Of course, considering the size of some sidebars, this might necessitate a 'sidebar' targeted specifically at Alien Blue users (which is now quite feasibly, I suppose).
- nnnnni 12y ago
  Better yet, have something that looks like this at the top of the subreddit view: [ Sidebar > ] When the user clicks it, Alien Blue would show the sidebar. The sidebar view would have this at the top to make it easy to return to the post view: [ < Posts ]
ionforce 12y ago
It's a cultural thing. You shame them by saying hey low content poster, you should consult the sidebar more often. Sidebar. Sidebar. Sidebar. BOOK DEPOSITORY. And then hopefully people will get it through their skulls. The sidebar is where useful content is. Of course this will not affect drive by users and people who have no desire to improve themselves.

oxide 12y ago

diode for android does everyhing AB does. hyperbole.