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joelacus / RedditEnhancer

A browser extension to tweak the user interface on Reddit
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Feature Request: Add settings for New New Reddit #29

Closed valantur closed 7 months ago

valantur commented 11 months ago

Reddit looks different (again) and it would be great if future developement adds custominzation options for the new look:

reddit new look
joelacus commented 11 months ago

I've been dreading this haha. I think this new new UI is only for when you're not logged in, and when you are logged in it uses the old new UI, but I guess eventually they will switch everyone to it, so I should be prepared for that. I'll have to find a way to detect which UI reddit is using, and then modify the features to work with it. It may take a while to get every feature working, but I will make a start on it.

DejayRezme commented 8 months ago

Not sure how productive this comment is, but I'm also curious on how the increasingly "hostile" internet can be "solved".

I've been using this (https://github.com/tadghh/reddit-redirect) to redirect automatically to "new.reddit.com" (the new new is sh.reddit.com) since that new look somehow is horrible. Before it was apparently random users being "volunteered" for beta testing (even though I had opt out of beta set) according to https://new.reddit.com/r/help/. Apparently they are calling it the new mobile web experience but on PC! I need to click 3 times just to switch their new comment box to markdown mode.

I've been searching and apparently the only sensible way forward is

  1. leave reddit and use fediverse (fracturing the social media userbase)
  2. use an app that scrapes the html while logged in or
  3. use a browser plugin to alter the "new mobile web experience" to something better.

Maybe 2 and 3 can be combined to share a codebase to have a mobile / pc app and browser plugin. The problem would be that it would have to constantly update when reddit change it's source. Or maybe base in on old.reddit and restyle it to be more reactive and nicer.

The general trend I'm experiencing is that the older I get, websites get worse and worse user experience. It happened to youtube too. It's probably a mix between increased demands for better quality, stagnation in social media developer teams and increasingly profit driven management decisions.

joelacus commented 8 months ago

I've just finished working on another project, so I can now turn my attention back to this one.

"new.reddit.com" and "sh.reddit.com" is good to know thanks, I could add an option in the extension to redirect to whichever version the user prefers.

New changes can be frustrating. I can't make a mobile app, but I can help with option 3 for sure. I'll have to reverse engineer the new new codebase though to rewrite the extension features to support it. Although looking at the code, it seems easier to work with than the previous version. I'll try to support all relevant features for the new new version, and if there are any features specificity for the new new version you can think of, let me know.

I've not used the new new version much, but it feels a bit more lightweight than the previous version which is good at least. I still need to play with it more though to see how the UI/UX has changed, for the better or worse!

DejayRezme commented 8 months ago

Although looking at the code, it seems easier to work with than the previous version.

Well that is good news! Reddit also seems to actively work on issues: https://sh.reddit.com/r/help/comments/18igcrp/addressing_mobile_web_feedback/ Probably it makes sense to wait a while to see what reddit changes on their own.

I haven't done a really useful comparison and I'm not good at layout stuff, so these two are on top of my head:

My personal main gripe is the comment editor box, they don't respect the "Default to markdown" option in preferences. Hopefully reddit will fix it. I wish reddit would implement something similar to Typora or MarkText, there is no reason to do it this badly.

Another thing is that when zooming in the new.reddit looses the sidebar at 140% zoom while sh.reddit looses the sidebar at 170%. That depends on your browser size and window scale of course. So an option to toggle the sidebar would be awesome. That would help with the rather biggish appearance. And some options to change font sizes, and the toxic dark green they use as a dark mode.

joelacus commented 7 months ago

Hey, sorry this has taken a while, but I've just published a new update, and it's a big one! Most of the features now support New New Reddit! I still have a few more to work on, but I thought I should release what I've already done now.

I've also added an option to auto redirect pages to Old, New or New New Reddit. (top right of the extension). I've noticed however, if you are not logged in, Reddit will insist you use the New New version, even with "new.reddit.com". So this will fight the extension and you'll get stuck in a loop! I'll see if I can find a way to break it. Seems to work fine though if you are logged in, for now at least.

I don't think I can fix the "Default to markdown" option sorry, it seems like a bug Reddit has to deal with I'm afraid. However, toggling all the sidebars, and the sidemenu is supported now, and you can change the post and comment font sizes in the new Accessibility section. I still have some more colour options to add, but you can change the header bar and post colours for now. See the changelog in the extension or this repo for all the changes.

I'll close this issue now, but please feel free to open a new issue if you find any problems, or think of anything else I can add in the next version, thanks! :)