Comment by [deleted] on 17/04/2024 at 20:10 UTC

162 upvotes, 13 direct replies (showing 13)

View submission: What We’re Working on in 2024

Are you guys working on fixing the trash UI for mobile browser users? This is the most unusable website I frequent to the point I don't even check reddit because it is so slow and most the time it has "server errors".

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Comment by Simco_ at 18/04/2024 at 01:25 UTC

65 upvotes, 1 direct replies

The only UI updates will be trying to make ads more insidious and features that encourage spending.

Comment by tekanet at 18/04/2024 at 09:00 UTC

51 upvotes, 6 direct replies

Mobile UI is just there to push you to the app

Comment by silverbolt2000 at 18/04/2024 at 07:16 UTC

17 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Yep! In summary:

• Stories always open in a new browser tab leaving you with dozens of open tabs after browsing, slowing the mobile experience and making it hard to navigate.
• The list view refreshes at regular intervals making it impossible to keep track of what you’re reading.
• Comment threads are hard limited to just 3 levels, making it nearly impossible to follow a conversation thread before you lose all context and ensuring any comment more than 3 levels deep is ignored.
• The annoying pop up asking you if you want to read Reddit on the mobile app or continue in the browser. Enough!

There’s more, but it’s probably not worth creating an exhaustive list because Reddit aren’t going to do anything about it anyway. 😒

Comment by WangMagic at 18/04/2024 at 09:31 UTC

12 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Are you saying you don't like popup notifications every time you open up a sub?

Comment by ashamed-of-yourself at 17/04/2024 at 23:30 UTC

11 upvotes, 0 direct replies

if you're on iOS, i recommend the SinkIt extension for Safari

Comment by username_taken0001 at 22/04/2024 at 22:06 UTC

3 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Just use old.reddit.com in works much better and is cleaner in both full and in mobile browsers. No need for app.

Comment by turboevoluzione at 18/04/2024 at 13:23 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Yeah, for instance there was a convenient expand button at some point but they removed it for no reason.

Comment by Iohet at 23/04/2024 at 04:51 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I just use old.reddit on mobile since they killed 3rd party apps

Comment by Bradalax at 23/04/2024 at 07:02 UTC

1 upvotes, 1 direct replies

since the whole API thing and loss of third party apps (RIP Apollo!), the only place I check Reddit now is on my PC and old.reddit. I can't bring myself to use any mobile access! My Reddit use dropped dramatically when that happened.

Comment by Mirac123321 at 23/04/2024 at 13:35 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

or the damn data consumption of the app. No other social media app eats through my mobile data like Reddit (and I already tried every setting I could to reduce it)

Comment by rnarkus at 23/04/2024 at 14:24 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Old.reddit with an extension works pretty great for mobile

Comment by PleiadesMechworks at 24/04/2024 at 16:11 UTC

1 upvotes, 0 direct replies

I use old.reddit on firefox for mobile because it lets me use RES and stops reddit trying to show me anything I don't want (which is all their "innovations")

Comment by [deleted] at 17/04/2024 at 20:25 UTC

-6 upvotes, 1 direct replies

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