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I don't use any apps, I only use the website. And I almost always use it on my phone.

And I ALWAYS use the desktop version because the mobile version is a disaster. I've never tried to use it so I wasn't aware of the fullscreen popovers. I just hate the incredibly low information density.

Why should I only see two or three things on the screen at once when I can see 20? And the 20 still looks better.

I really don't understand the point of Reddit's mobile site.




For mobile I use https://i.reddit.com/.

I like the old iphone feel, seems clean, fast, and easy to use. The only thing I can complain about it that the gear option opens the menu at the bottom of a comment.


To add to that, the desktop site works* with javascript disabled, is faster that way, and has much fewer ads, but the mobile site doesn't even load under that condition.

Edit: * - works in a read-only sense, you have to turn JS on to comment or expand comments.


> I really don't understand the point of Reddit's mobile site.

So they can show more ads.


Reddit's in the process of rewriting their desktop site to use the same stack as their mobile version. So you probably won't be able to avoid it for much longer.


Please no :(

Do you have any more info on this?


This post is from last week, follow the other links at the top to see some previous ones: https://www.reddit.com/r/modnews/comments/6v65ji/reddit_rede...

You can see the beginnings of it on the new profile pages, for example https://www.reddit.com/user/kn0thing


i.reddit.com still works and has a high information density, although its JavaScript appears to be broken for expanding comment threads currently.




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