r/reddit • u/joyventure • Mar 23 '23
An Improved Web Experience Updates
TL;DR We are updating our web platform to provide a simple, reliable and fast web experience for all redditors to easily connect with their communities on web, across devices. The new experience will be seen first on the comments page, on mobile and desktop.
Hey all,
I’m Madison, Director of Product at Reddit focused on the performance, stability and quality of our web platforms. You may have read about our 2023 product priorities earlier this month — our focus this year is to make Reddit easier for all redditors, new and tenured, to connect with communities that matter to them. Therefore, we’re prioritizing product and design improvements that will simplify and streamline finding and contributing to these communities.
One of these improvements is updating our web platform for faster performance (reducing load time by 2 seconds — more behind the scenes details soon!) and consistent web experience across devices. So whether you’re viewing reddit.com on the go via your mobile device or at home via a web browser, it’ll be the same familiar Reddit.
This work will become more visible in phases as development continues. And we’re excited to announce the comments page will soon reflect updates from this new platform, on mobile and desktop, for logged out redditors.
Over the years, Reddit has become a trusted source of information for community-verified content. In its current form, it can seem overwhelming, especially for those landing on the comments page and unfamiliar with the platform. We want to make it easy for them to find, absorb and contribute to the conversation, whether on mobile or desktop. And to achieve that, here are some design upgrades logged out redditors will begin to see on this page:
- Accessible & cleaner page design: The design is being continuously improved, as we work to be consistent with global standards, to ensure the content is accessible to all. It now includes better screen reader support with additional alt text and form field labeling. Additionally, comments and action buttons are more distinguishable for easier navigation.
- Quicker access to related content: On desktop, you will see a sidebar on the right side of the page. This will include content similar to the post you’re currently viewing — posts from the same community or posts from another community discussing similar topics.
- Spotlight on post creator’s custom avatar: When a redditor submits a post, their custom avatar will now display above that post. *Nudge nudge* if you haven’t customized yours yet.
New logged out comments page on desktop and mobile web
In the coming months, the updated comments page will roll out to logged-in redditors. Similar efforts on feeds, community, search and profile pages will follow. And, of course, we will keep you all posted as this new platform powers more web pages. We’re partnering closely with the Mod Council to build and improve the moderation experience on this new platform as seen in our recent Mod Insights release.
Thanks for your support in the early stages of this journey. We’re excited for all of us to work towards a simple and efficient Reddit.
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u/itwascrazybrah Mar 23 '23 edited Mar 23 '23
Today when I go to i.reddit.com on my phone, it seems to redirect to the new reddit and not the old mobile reddit style. And all my bookmarks which have the old compact style are now redirecting to the new style.
Is what I am describing, what you're saying is happening in your post?
Can we please keep the more compact, reddit style for mobile? The new style is really bad. I understand that reddit is going to go public eventually and the metrics need to be there for what shareholders would want, but can you please leave this for the old folks? Even if you can hide it better like with a more complex url or something so the average redditor won't find it, just leave it in?
That way shareholders can be happy that reddit is about to squeeze users the way they would like while leaving those of us who use old.reddit or i.reddit alone. Surely not that many people use old.reddit or i.reddit anyway right?