Comment by adeadhead on 21/04/2017 at 16:12 UTC*

1697 upvotes, 6 direct replies (showing 6)

View submission: The web redesign, CSS, and mod tools

So wait, Reddit customization is being ruined in favor of toolbox support? I'm not sure how I feel about this. Mobile support only works with the fairly feature bare official Reddit app, which doesn't really support mod features anyway.

What about subs like /r/Sweden who have a sidebar map with working links to subreddits in them? This sounds like a step in the wrong direction.

Sincerely, a mod of pics, the subreddit with CSS that no one notices.

Edit: as an actual question, will the final product be closer to selectable themes or selectable elements to add to our subreddit style, Scratch style.

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Comment by spez at 21/04/2017 at 16:20 UTC

194 upvotes, 37 direct replies

We're redesigning the site, which means the DOM (the underlying structure of the site) is going to change, which would break CSS and mod tools if we did nothing. What I'm explaining here is what we're going to do about it:

provide a new system of styling that isn't married to the DOM
provide hooks into Reddit for mod tools that is less brittle

Comment by devperez at 22/04/2017 at 00:05 UTC

5 upvotes, 1 direct replies

You're not being fair to /r/redditmobile. Sure it wasn't great on launch, but it's miles ahead of where AB was and has pretty much everything you need.

The problem is that took well over a year to happen. And /u/spez is fooling himself if he thinks they'll have a feature parity product on day 1 of the new site.

Comment by dakta at 22/04/2017 at 21:40 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Reddit customization is being ruined in favor of toolbox support?

New modmail broke everything for us, too, so I'm gonna say "no" to this speculation.

Comment by wardrich at 24/04/2017 at 17:16 UTC

2 upvotes, 0 direct replies

And beautiful subreddits like /r/ooer. WON'T SOMEBODY THINK OF THE /R/OOER?! :'(

Comment by plexomaniac at 29/04/2017 at 04:02 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

What about subs like /r/Sweden who have a sidebar map with working links to subreddits in them?