33 upvotes, 6 direct replies (showing 6)
View submission: The web redesign, CSS, and mod tools
I'm questioning what the ulterior motives are here. I don't buy into the "it's not supported on mobile and it makes things slow" explanation one bit.
Comment by reseph at 21/04/2017 at 20:04 UTC
18 upvotes, 1 direct replies
The more they can standardize, the more areas they can consider placing ads without overwriting subreddit information?
Comment by dietotaku at 21/04/2017 at 22:13 UTC
10 upvotes, 1 direct replies
i do experience slow-down on CSS-heavy subreddits, but it's never bothered me enough to want to override that customization.
Comment by xiongchiamiov at 21/04/2017 at 22:38 UTC
6 upvotes, 0 direct replies
The majority of redditors access the site through mobile devices; it's a pretty big deal that they have a completely different experience.
And as someone who has experience in the matter, having to consider the thousands of custom subreddits styles makes making any front-end facing change to reddit take many times longer.
Comment by Altiondsols at 25/04/2017 at 20:16 UTC
3 upvotes, 2 direct replies
Does anyone actually use the mobile app? Literally every smartphone has multiple decent options for browsers, why on earth would you not just use that?
Comment by Drunken_Economist at 21/04/2017 at 22:42 UTC
2 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Not that it makes the *site* slow, it's that it's impossible to quickly develop new features/functionality when the community-made functions are baked into the DOM
Comment by [deleted] at 25/04/2017 at 14:39 UTC
1 upvotes, 0 direct replies
Wasn't there drama a while ago with subreddits hiding adds with CSS?