I was wondering when this day would arrive. "I" was pretty much the only way I used Reddit on my phone. IMO the new layouts (both 'old' and 'new') are far inferior - lower information density, ads, and more. This likely marks the start of a significant reduction in my Reddit consumption.<p><i>edit</i> Seems like it was rolled out with this update: https://old.reddit.com/r/reddit/comments/11zso11/an_improved_web_experience/
Might be a good time to give a shout-out to teddit (<a href="https://teddit.net" rel="nofollow">https://teddit.net</a>), which you can even self-host if that kind of thing floats your boat.
I don't hate the current reddit visual design, I hate that the site is just completely broken and unnavigable unless I use old.reddit. Maybe this update fixes that?
You have to use old and compact together. /thread.<p><a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/news.compact" rel="nofollow">https://old.reddit.com/r/news.compact</a>
Does anyone know of a way to prevent `old.reddit.com` from reloading every time you click/tap "back"?<p>1. Visit home page.
2. Click link; read.
3. Press "back".
4. The homepage takes 1-5 seconds to reload, messing up your reading position and all stories.<p>I just want the page to remain exactly as it was the last time I saw it...
Interestingly i.reddit.com works with my computer browser, but not my phone. It seems it's only forwarding if you have a mobile user agent.<p>I guess this means that I can still browse i.reddit.com with if I change my user agent, but maybe a better decision is to unglue myself a little more off my phone.
You can still add "./compact" to the end of the URL to access it.<p>Example: <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/.compact" rel="nofollow">https://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/.compact</a><p>Works with old.reddit.com too.
I feel the same way. For me, the worst part about new mobile is the overlay that appears on every page reload to force me to use their mobile app. And it's noticably slower to load.