What are the actual complaints with the new design? I've been using it on and off and I can't say I've noticed any major issues. Though I'll admit most of my browsing is one on the mobile app these days.
First and foremost it's unnecessary and is not fixing anything.
Second, it forces learning a new layout and system. I don't understand instead of gradual changes in UI to improve experience they went with whole new thing.
Third, it's slow, bloated, and really hard to navigate through. Old version can display more pertinent information per screen resolution.
In a nutshell, hinders user experience without any noticeable improvement.
Finish product is bad design because initial idea was bad design to begin with (i.e. the idea to fix nothing and break everything).
I like the aesthetic changes to the UI, it definitely looks more modern and less cluttered. But it's the severe cut in features that annoys me.
* No way to easily access personal multi-reddits
* Saved/Hidden/Blocked have disappeared
* A lot of information in the subs sidebar doesn't show up anymore (things like related subs, wiki and so on). Now it's limited to rules and welcome message.
The multi-reddits thing is especially problematic to me. If you've subscribed to many subs, it becomes unmanageable without them.
I get obnoxious multi-second lag when entering text into a comment box on my phone, even on a thread that only has a couple comments. It's... befuddling how this made it to production and remains. And no, I don't want to use your stupid app. I'm not a fan of loading 1000's of shitty apps on my phone when a simple web page is sufficient.
Somehow the scrolling is also broken on their mobile site, and that can't be by accident. Is it some sort of javascript middle finger to urge users to move to their app? I've never experienced scrolling issues like that on any other site, ever.
That they make their mobile site intentionally unfriendly and frustrating is infuriating.
I get scroll lag on the redesign with my desktop computer. But that seems to have been resolved as I just checked.
Still, the interface is much clearer on old Reddit, new Reddit really shows the optimization of watching pictures and videos instead of articles and comments.
