1685 upvotes, 7 direct replies (showing 7)
View submission: The web redesign, CSS, and mod tools
Oh god no.
CSS on subreddits allows for incredible amounts of flexibility and ingenuity: I'm quite proud of using what it provides to make a cute little "interactive game" on /r/boopthecube, as well as adapting code from the logout button to make a random quote generator on /r/StevenUniverse. And elsewhere, just look at the beauty of /r/ooer for a classic example of CSS being used to its *beautiful* maximum potential.
I can't support this, not unless the system which replaces CSS allows for just as much creativity -- and that's very, very unlikely. If I have any advice on how to best do this, it's to give moderators a framework or a language they can use, which can be applied in ways beyond the original intent, rather than restraining them to a few input boxes like the subreddit settings. (Or, y'know, not remove CSS at all.)
EDIT: Oh, and support for emote systems please!!
EDIT2: How could I forget /r/StevenUniverse's CSS-based spoiler filtering system? Hides certain posts based on flair, for filtering out different levels of spoilers. Please, *please* allow for something like that in whatever's planned.
Comment by [deleted] at 22/04/2017 at 15:32 UTC
104 upvotes, 2 direct replies
And what's the risk of breaking CSS? Redesigning reddit (begging for viewport for custom mobile designs) just means porting or redesigning existing stylesheets.
Comment by amsterdam_pro at 25/04/2017 at 16:46 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Tldr: spez and fellow janitors ruin Reddit again for no goddamn reason
Comment by Norci at 26/04/2017 at 14:43 UTC
6 upvotes, 2 direct replies
just look at the beauty of /r/ooer for a classic example of CSS being used to its beautiful maximum potential.
That's exactly why custom CSS needs to go - subreddits that abuse it to create such monstrosities. It's not fun, it's not cool, it's just pain in the ass and ruins reddit experience for many newcomers, especially considering how inconsistent CSS is between different subs.
Visiting a new sub is like visiting a new website, with buttons being completely different and located in new places, it's completely understandable why Reddit wants to ditch CSS.
Comment by SansDefaultSubs at 22/04/2017 at 20:56 UTC
17 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Digg V4 incoming.
Comment by OtakuSRL at 24/04/2017 at 00:40 UTC
3 upvotes, 0 direct replies
and that's very, very unlikely.
Nearly impossible (unless of course it's still CSS access with less features being blocked, hah! (Obviously it isn't))
Comment by kooky_koalas at 27/04/2017 at 23:54 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
If you have trouble they will " do it for you". Nice veiled threat there.
What are the chances this is about serving ads? Hmmm.
Comment by cha5m at 27/04/2017 at 06:53 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The steven universe css is absolutely insane. Thanks for pointing it out.