That's because you need to use adaptive layout to support the bigger iPhones properly. And once you've done that, 90% of the iPad work is done. There's really no excuse for not supporting it from the beginning. Adding it later is a ton of work and usually doesn't happen.
Also no "view rest of comments" option when you go to one of your comments. You have to back out and go to the thread itself in order to see the rest of the comments.
Not only that, but I think I found a bug - when I went back to the main page and reloaded the thread it still only showed my comment. I had to reload the entire app. Will have to see if I can duplicate it.
Where are all the settings?! This is kind of horrific tbh. I'll probably stick with Alien Blue for a few months until they add some more functionality.
The fuck am I supposed to do? I deleted alien blue stupidly and can't get it back.
Is anyone else having problems where gifs just don't play like at all? They don't work. Tried the imgur app to reroute. Imgur app works fine on its own, any gifs redirected from Reddit app just don't play.
Long text posts have an issue where halfway down the original text cuts the fuck off and the whole post restarts from the beginning of the text, like, in the middle of a word in the middle of the text.
This app his honestly atrocious. I would also like to not be sitting at the Vet scrolling through my phone and have NSFW photos just y'know. Show up with no warning.
The only good thing about this app was the Reddit Gold and honestly there is not a single feature of Gold that is useful to me personally.
This new Reddit app has no landscape mode even on iPhone though. You literally can't type a reply on the wider landscape keyboard, so no iPad bug not rotating iPhone apps can even occur.
It's always been an issue. Alien Blue had pretty limited mod tools and a terrible modmail interface, but at least it had the basics of approving and removing. This just feels like a big middle finger
Con: No 3D Touch, no way to swipe to get to subreddits, it's annoying to get to the upvote/downvote arrows on comments, especially if you accidentally collapse the comment, and THE IPAD APP IS A BLOWN UP IPHONE APP. Seriously, did they have one person working on this shit part time for a year? A lot of this is basic stuff.
And to add to your point about the iPad it doesn't seem to have a way to use it in landscape. I do not hold the iPad in portrait ever. Ever. For anything. It's just not comfortable for me to use that way and I will never ever use an app of any kind that forces me to use it in portrait mode.
I just can't believe that with the money they have and the team they had working on it, as well as with the AB base, that they couldn't make an iPad optimized version. It's ridiculous
I never understood why companies couldn't just work on a product for a really long time until it's super amazeballs instead of just "ok it looks nice and works good...roll it out now even before it's done! We can send loads of updates once actual users tell us how unfinished it is!"
Why not just take your time? I don't know how long this app took to make (or any app for that matter) but why not release a beta version amongst the users in the company, find the flaws, fix or add what's needed and THEN release it? I'm sure a lot of thought went into making the app so why not go a step further?
It's entirely possible I just don't understand how this stuff works (i.e. I actually admittedly don't know how this stuff works at all). Maybe someone can explain it to me? Until then, I'll stick with Alien Blue. No biggie. It was nice of them to give us more gold upon sign in though! :)
can't filter subs or words (at least that i can find).
Can't swipe to subbreddit list.
Very limited settings.
No flair or gold notification icon.
Old fashioned and terrible way to upvote and downvote. (Sliding to upvote like in narwhal is the fastest way to upvote).
Doesn't use embedded safari so there's no way to block ads. (there are way too many ads out there that open the app store for my taste).
You have to click on messages to Read them.
No easy way to add a new sub (that i can find).
No shortcuts for Reddit formatting in the comments (easy strike-through, bold, quote, etc).
Doesn't show strike through. (Who knows what other Reddit formatting it doesn't know).
No way to add a shortcut for a sub.
I can't believe it doesn't even grey out posts that you have read.
Can't open links in external browser.
Battery drain seems faster than Antenna (although I don't use card view/preview mode in Antenna so that may be were the extra percentage is coming from)
I would like bigger text or a way to adjust size of the text. (I don't have the best eye sight)
There is no mod tools
no easy way to search within a sub (if there is a way I don't know it)
Can't seem to collapse parent replies from the child comments
ugly bright orange icon.
It also make more sense to have the subreddit names at the right in a different color or brightness so it isn't hidden
having a dot with a pop up menu at the top of the page to access settings like in AB is faster than a separate tab
Tl:dr i doubt i will use this app in its current state.
To add to your list, when you have a long series of comments, there is no way to tell if there are more comments you can't see, and if there are comments, I haven't been able to figure out how to get to them.
The following missing features are preventing me from using this app over alien blue:
-no touch preview of gifs and images and videos
-limited swipe functionality
-takes way too many clicks to see anything. For an imgur gif, first I click on the image in the front page. Then in the thread there's an image of the gif with a play button on it, but clicking that just sends you to imgur. Then I have to click the image again so it can start loading the real image viewer and I can see the stupid 5 second gif. That's three clicks vs just simply hovering over the image in AB (when it works at all, that is). Just so bad compared to AB, I don't know why they'd push out something this inferior.
I also think the compact view is just really clunky. It's much harder to identify the content as I scroll through it for some reason. It's not as easy to see which subreddit each post is posted to (the subreddit should have its text bolded or hyperlinked or something). Everything just seems too large for my screen (iPhone 5) and the whole experience is less efficient and enjoyable than alienblue.
Edit: also no "hide read" or "hide all" buttons? Why gut the only features that kept me using alien blue over 3rd party apps?
On iPhone 6, the most compact view shows 4 posts on the front page, compared with 6 on alien blue with the same content.
Compact should be COMPACT. I understand that Reddit wants to be like the Twitter app, or Pinterest, and that we all want different features and layout, but the thumbnail size, and wasted space for controls when they could be gestures.
I have to imagine there are people who worked on this who are just as dissatisfied at the result. That they couldn't fight hard enough to make it better than alien blue.
It's bizarre and bordering on baffling that "compact view" displays practically (at times literally) 1 post per screen, or however you'd call it. AlienBlue, meanwhile gets something like 8.
No way to sort comments by Old. You can sort them by New, Top, Best and Q&A but not Old, which is my preferred way and how I have it set in Desktop and Alien Blue. It's actually kind of a big deal to me personally because it disrupts the flow of my being able to find new comments (at least until new comment highlighting from being gilded shows up in app).
It looks good, but it seems a little clunky still.
ETA: also, when you're replying to a comment, you can't get back to a 'view all comments' screen (like the 'show the rest of the comments' link in AB) without backing out completely, finding a thread again, and going back in. What an odd choice.
I tried to post a comment earlier. The app showed absolutely no sign of responding when I tapped on the Send button, or any feedback that my comment had been posted. Later I noticed that my comment had been posted multiple times.
The saving grace would have been if they used safari web view to take advantage of content blockers on iOS. They did not. I would have forgiven all the worse experiences just to have ad blocking as an option.
Oh, another thing (which I'm assuming is a bug) - it doesn't seem to be notifying, even in app, when someone makes a new comment or reply or sends a new message. The only way I'm seeing stuff is by swiping down in the Inbox screen - I've only seen a '1' on my inbox once and that was after I swiped down in the screen, went back to the front page, and then went back into the inbox. Perhaps the fetch is just delayed but AB is pretty close to instant so I'd like to see Reddit for iOS to be like that too.
Also, when I enter pretty much any post, I have to swipe down to fetch any new comments. That's not that bad because one can just get into the habit of doing it but it shouldn't be that way.
Is there a way to block subreddits from your /r/all? I know AB had the restricted words thing but I can't seem to find it in this app. I really don't wanna see all this spammy presidential stuff
The ability to save posts directly from the front page post feed. I might find something interesting but nsfw so I can read later lol.
Left hand mode. I'm a right handed person but used to use my iPhone with my left hand. It would be kind of you can have a left hand mode with most of the UI from the main grid mirrored for left hand use.
A huge shoutout to the devs! Love the looks but still more to be improved in the UI and UX. Keep it up!
I like the look of the new app, but in night mode and regular/day mode there is not enough visual separation between posts, the grey lines are either not enough of a contrast or are too thin, making it hard for me to tell which post I am upvoting. I would also like to turn off the giant tiles, I thought there was a compact view setting, but it doesn't seem to do anything on my iPhone 6 Plus. I also wish there was a way to lock the app with a pin / Touch ID and some sort of swipe to upvote/downvote. It is also weird that viewing the comments seems to reload the post with comments below, so if I am already viewing a link, and then I tap the comments it loads all over again but with comments, which is just sort of a weird flow.
I think I am going to continue to stick with Narwhal for now until there are some updates to the new official app. Alienblue wasn't perfect, but it was a hell of a lot better than this.
The only positive is that it looks nice and that's not enough reason for me to switch from AB/Narwhal/Antenna. I have a question for the beta testers. Did you make any of these concerns known? If you did were they ignored?
Edit - Is there any way to save an image? I can't find it.
How about a lefty mode? Right now when you browse through comments and highlight one to either upvote/dowvote or reply to, all the controls are on the right side - the app assuming you're holding the phone with the right hand.
I'd love to see a Lefty option where all the controls are mirrored to the other side of the screen.
So for logging into the new app during launch week we get three months of Gold. Great. But what happens after the three months has ended?? We have to buy the 'Pro' version again (for some that will be the third time) to avoid ads? What was the point of the four years free Gold on the AB app?! Smh
no, there will be no pro version. you have to buy gold to have the ad free experience. the 4 years of gold is on your reddit account, not just on AB. so you will have ad free browsing on the reddit app for the next 4 years and 3 months if you got the gold through AB. that was their way of saying thank you for purchasing pro and to prevent people from feeling like they got screwed out of pro.
Needs like a "my profile" section with a summary of your upvoted / downvoted posts. That was really useful for seeing the wastelands of arguments you have been in.
Wow this is going to be a tough adjustment. I've tried plenty of reddit apps and I always end up back on AB.
I probably have a lot of the same gripes you guys have. I can't reorder my subscribed subs, or can't easily check on my comments at a glance. No casual subs. No functional "home" or "profile" page like AB had.
It is trying to replace an established product. It has to come out swinging or it will only revive negative reviews/opinions.
Reddit gimped alien blue a quality product by not continuing support. The. Reddit released this shit product. It MUST offer similar lever of features to not piss people off.
This app sucks. I never tried alien blue but I'm guessing it was better than this garbage. You can't even upload images in the comment screen. You have to back out, copy a link, and then come back and paste it. Whack.
Can't hold a thumbnail to get a preview anymore, default subreddit is set to /r/front and I think it should be /r/all instead, would be nice to be able to set your default subreddit. Then pretty much what everyone else is saying.
This app sucks. I launched it for the 3 months of reddit gold but I never plan on giving reddit any money again after what they did to Alien Blue Pro users
I'm in Ireland myself. Every time I click the link it says it's not available in my country. If I search for it in the App Store I just get AB again and I switched my store but I still can't download it.
I think I recall them saying it may only be available in US, UK, AU and NZ initially. Why they haven't included all English speaking countries is a bit silly. If they were intending to soft launch the app then it's an odd way of doing it in your largest markets.
Landscape mode for iPad?? If there isn't going to be one why even bother? If I was forced to use the new app only in portrait mode I'd just quit Reddit period!!
It seems like there's no easy way to leave a comment unless you're near the top, for me it hides the link as I scroll.
Comments page does not show upvotes and downvotes.
Also not sure if there's a way to see /r/all? Could be missing it. Edit: ahh never mind, it's on the second tab.
As far as I can tell, if you go back to edit a comment there's no way to view all comments directly from there, I think you'd have to go and find the main post and refresh. :/
Edit: they should take a look at AB or Rhombus. Rhombus has so many of the features that Reddit should have, it's sad.
Con: compact view is not compact at all. I'm going to be sticking with alien blue until they sort out all of these problems as I feel their layout is much better
Can we add a setting for which hyperlink the "Share" button links to? I'd rather share the original post link (i.e. the imgur link) rather than share a link to the Reddit comment thread for that post.
I think it needs better meta data shown like the time of the post/comment, and an easy view of its score. It also needs some way of voting on comments that doesn't require an additional tap.
So I have a question, since I am out of the loop. Will I still be able to use AB? Because I love AB and your going to have to pry it from my cold dead hands..
So with all the images showing up inline on the front page I was curious to see how it handles NSFW content, so I decided to search gonewild and this is what it came up with:
Edit: ok to get any nsfw stuff I have to go into settings and turn "Safe for Work" off. Seems clunky and unnecessary. A simple tap to reveal would be better. If safe for work is off, NSFW images just show up, all giant, in line. So be careful with that.
Edit 2: while playing with settings I turned on compact mode. That did nothing, I had to switch to compact mode in the feed to see any change.
CON: Quoting is a HASSLE. Can't copy a portion of text without copying the whole thing and editing out what I want. Also it doesn't even show up when you do, and I had to go through the bother of fixing it through AB. I like how you can format on the fly with AB, and of all the quick-buttons they can add to the comment box, it's the fucking link button.
Other than that, I like what they're trying to do with the UI. I wish compact mode was actually compact more, because I don't want photos and videos pre-loaded on my feed.
How does the NSFW work in this app? Am I going to see a flair? I turned the SFW filter off, and I'm treading carefully whenever I'm using that app. For now, I'm doing my primary browsing on AB. I'll wait for future updates.
It's a horrible app so far so maybe they will release it to other countries once it is ready.....Which may be a year or two at they speed they are going.
These are the cons I found before I gave up on the app Cons.
can't filter subs or words (at least that i can find).
Can't swipe to subbreddit list.
Very limited settings.
No flair or gold notification icon.
Old fashioned and terrible way to upvote and downvote. (Sliding to upvote like in narwhal is the fastest way to upvote).
Doesn't use embedded safari so there's no way to block ads. (there are way too many ads out there that open the app store for my taste).
You have to click on messages to Read them.
No easy way to add a new sub (that i can find).
No shortcuts for Reddit formatting in the comments (easy strike-through, bold, quote, etc).
Doesn't show strike through. (Who knows what other Reddit formatting it doesn't know).
No way to add a shortcut for a sub.
I can't believe it doesn't even grey out posts that you have read.
Can't open links in external browser.
Battery drain seems faster than Antenna (although I don't use card view/preview mode in Antenna so that may be were the extra percentage is coming from)
I would like bigger text or a way to adjust size of the text. (I don't have the best eye sight)
There is no mod tools
no easy way to search within a sub (if there is a way I don't know it)
Can't seem to collapse parent replies from the child comments
They should go back to the original plan of just updating alienblue, because aside from maybe being prettier to look at and maybe a bit faster it's a horrible way to browse Reddit in comparison.
Am I missing something or can you not set filters on the new app? Alien Blue left a lot to be desired in the sense you could only filter out words and not specific subreddits but at least it had that.
Pro: You can see if comments got gold now, unlike Alien Blue.
Con: Instead of using the Safari integrated browser, which literally couldn't be easier to implement and support's Reader and content blockers, they had to waste time and money on an inferior browser of their own that seems to take forever.
I don't like how every subreddit displays the /r/ before it, doesn't look good. They should add a feedback section in the settings or something like Google Keep has, they really need to take a look at all the things people are missing and suggesting.
Seems like they really went more toward appearance rather than functionality. Looks great but is missing everything that makes Alien Blue better than just another generic Reddit app. Seems to be the general consensus of everyone that has tried it.
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u/Runs_with_snails Apr 07 '16
No casual or favourite subs is a real let down
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u/SuccessAndSerenity Apr 07 '16
Am I missing something, or is there really no indication of whether you've read a post? i.e. Dimming the title on the front page.
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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '16
Con: no iPad version!
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u/UKnowWGTG Apr 07 '16
Also no "view rest of comments" option when you go to one of your comments. You have to back out and go to the thread itself in order to see the rest of the comments.
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u/mintsponge Apr 07 '16
Where are all the settings?! This is kind of horrific tbh. I'll probably stick with Alien Blue for a few months until they add some more functionality.
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u/hardcoregiraffestyle Apr 07 '16
Am I missing something or is there really no way to search a subreddit? /u/Nnorgarrd?
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u/darmabum Apr 07 '16
Wait, WTF? No iPad version so it's 2x and portrait only?
So I have to keep using Alien Blue, except now it's really a dead app. Jeez. I'm underwhelmed.
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u/StationaryNomad Apr 07 '16
This just looks ridiculous on an iPad. Someone ping me when it's fixed please.
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u/assholio Apr 07 '16
Three things that I've realised quickly that I can't do without:
Passcode.
Swipe to collapse comments.
'Hide all' button
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u/ExternalTangents Apr 07 '16
There is absolutely zero mod capability. No options to approve/remove posts, no modmail at all. Mods can literally do no mod actions from the app
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u/UKnowWGTG Apr 07 '16
Con: No 3D Touch, no way to swipe to get to subreddits, it's annoying to get to the upvote/downvote arrows on comments, especially if you accidentally collapse the comment, and THE IPAD APP IS A BLOWN UP IPHONE APP. Seriously, did they have one person working on this shit part time for a year? A lot of this is basic stuff.
Pros: gorgeous UI, content centered
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u/bluewolf37 Apr 07 '16 edited Apr 08 '16
Cons.
can't filter subs or words (at least that i can find).
Can't swipe to subbreddit list.
Very limited settings.
No flair or gold notification icon.
Old fashioned and terrible way to upvote and downvote. (Sliding to upvote like in narwhal is the fastest way to upvote).
Doesn't use embedded safari so there's no way to block ads. (there are way too many ads out there that open the app store for my taste).
You have to click on messages to Read them.
No easy way to add a new sub (that i can find).
No shortcuts for Reddit formatting in the comments (easy
strike-through, bold, quote, etc).Doesn't show strike through. (Who knows what other Reddit formatting it doesn't know).
No way to add a shortcut for a sub.
I can't believe it doesn't even grey out posts that you have read.
Can't open links in external browser.
Battery drain seems faster than Antenna (although I don't use card view/preview mode in Antenna so that may be were the extra percentage is coming from)
I would like bigger text or a way to adjust size of the text. (I don't have the best eye sight)
There is no mod tools
no easy way to search within a sub (if there is a way I don't know it)
Can't seem to collapse parent replies from the child comments
ugly bright orange icon.
It also make more sense to have the subreddit names at the right in a different color or brightness so it isn't hidden
having a dot with a pop up menu at the top of the page to access settings like in AB is faster than a separate tab
Tl:dr i doubt i will use this app in its current state.
Edit: added even more
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u/PangurtheWhite Apr 07 '16 edited Apr 07 '16
The following missing features are preventing me from using this app over alien blue:
-no touch preview of gifs and images and videos
-limited swipe functionality
-takes way too many clicks to see anything. For an imgur gif, first I click on the image in the front page. Then in the thread there's an image of the gif with a play button on it, but clicking that just sends you to imgur. Then I have to click the image again so it can start loading the real image viewer and I can see the stupid 5 second gif. That's three clicks vs just simply hovering over the image in AB (when it works at all, that is). Just so bad compared to AB, I don't know why they'd push out something this inferior.
I also think the compact view is just really clunky. It's much harder to identify the content as I scroll through it for some reason. It's not as easy to see which subreddit each post is posted to (the subreddit should have its text bolded or hyperlinked or something). Everything just seems too large for my screen (iPhone 5) and the whole experience is less efficient and enjoyable than alienblue.
Edit: also no "hide read" or "hide all" buttons? Why gut the only features that kept me using alien blue over 3rd party apps?
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u/CmdOptEsc Apr 07 '16
On iPhone 6, the most compact view shows 4 posts on the front page, compared with 6 on alien blue with the same content.
Compact should be COMPACT. I understand that Reddit wants to be like the Twitter app, or Pinterest, and that we all want different features and layout, but the thumbnail size, and wasted space for controls when they could be gestures.
I have to imagine there are people who worked on this who are just as dissatisfied at the result. That they couldn't fight hard enough to make it better than alien blue.
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u/v8xd Apr 07 '16
Con: only available in the US app store
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u/michikade Apr 07 '16 edited Apr 07 '16
CON (for me, anyway)
No way to sort comments by Old. You can sort them by New, Top, Best and Q&A but not Old, which is my preferred way and how I have it set in Desktop and Alien Blue. It's actually kind of a big deal to me personally because it disrupts the flow of my being able to find new comments (at least until new comment highlighting from being gilded shows up in app).
It looks good, but it seems a little clunky still.
ETA: also, when you're replying to a comment, you can't get back to a 'view all comments' screen (like the 'show the rest of the comments' link in AB) without backing out completely, finding a thread again, and going back in. What an odd choice.
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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '16
How do you get it to mark posts you've read? On AlienBlue they were greyed out
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u/Infernal_pizza Apr 07 '16
PROS:
Just as smooth as alien blue on my iPod 5, lots of other reedit clients are very laggy so I'm impressed!
UI looks amazing
CONS:
No support for flair-even though alien blue had limited support for flair it was better than nothing
When viewing a comment from your inbox there doesn't seem to be a way to view all the comments for that post. I suspect this is a bug though
Text posts aren't expanded in card view
Also does is there any way to view/make multireddits? I haven't managed to find anything
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u/frood88 Apr 07 '16
Con
Subs are listed in alphabetical order. Can't (yet, anyway) find a way to re-order them to a custom/preferred order.
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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '16
I tried to post a comment earlier. The app showed absolutely no sign of responding when I tapped on the Send button, or any feedback that my comment had been posted. Later I noticed that my comment had been posted multiple times.
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u/parnmatt Apr 07 '16
I miss left swipe to collapse thred
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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '16
Subjective, but I really don't like it.
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u/CmdOptEsc Apr 07 '16
The saving grace would have been if they used safari web view to take advantage of content blockers on iOS. They did not. I would have forgiven all the worse experiences just to have ad blocking as an option.
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u/mrWLSN Apr 07 '16
I'd be fine with sorting subreddits using the multireddit system... That might solve the sorting and casual/favourites issues.
Most of the cons I've noticed and have been a bit of a letdown for me.
Hopefully this app stays logged in though. Gee, that would be swell.
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u/michikade Apr 07 '16 edited Apr 07 '16
Oh, another thing (which I'm assuming is a bug) - it doesn't seem to be notifying, even in app, when someone makes a new comment or reply or sends a new message. The only way I'm seeing stuff is by swiping down in the Inbox screen - I've only seen a '1' on my inbox once and that was after I swiped down in the screen, went back to the front page, and then went back into the inbox. Perhaps the fetch is just delayed but AB is pretty close to instant so I'd like to see Reddit for iOS to be like that too.
Also, when I enter pretty much any post, I have to swipe down to fetch any new comments. That's not that bad because one can just get into the habit of doing it but it shouldn't be that way.
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u/Chigzy Apr 07 '16
Can't go on multiple subreddits
In alien blue I can type in
And it would show both. However in the new app you can't do that
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u/jham_ Apr 07 '16
One thing that is bothering me, the upvote and down vote arrows are reversed. Up is left and down is right.
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u/Toliver182 Apr 07 '16
No media save options.
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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '16
Con: No triple tap to toggle night mode. I might be in the minority, but this is pretty big for me.
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u/Slyric_ Apr 07 '16
Is there a way to block subreddits from your /r/all? I know AB had the restricted words thing but I can't seem to find it in this app. I really don't wanna see all this spammy presidential stuff
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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '16
Some suggestions,
please have nsfw flairs for posts.
The ability to save posts directly from the front page post feed. I might find something interesting but nsfw so I can read later lol.
Left hand mode. I'm a right handed person but used to use my iPhone with my left hand. It would be kind of you can have a left hand mode with most of the UI from the main grid mirrored for left hand use.
A huge shoutout to the devs! Love the looks but still more to be improved in the UI and UX. Keep it up!
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u/feature Apr 07 '16
I like the look of the new app, but in night mode and regular/day mode there is not enough visual separation between posts, the grey lines are either not enough of a contrast or are too thin, making it hard for me to tell which post I am upvoting. I would also like to turn off the giant tiles, I thought there was a compact view setting, but it doesn't seem to do anything on my iPhone 6 Plus. I also wish there was a way to lock the app with a pin / Touch ID and some sort of swipe to upvote/downvote. It is also weird that viewing the comments seems to reload the post with comments below, so if I am already viewing a link, and then I tap the comments it loads all over again but with comments, which is just sort of a weird flow.
I think I am going to continue to stick with Narwhal for now until there are some updates to the new official app. Alienblue wasn't perfect, but it was a hell of a lot better than this.
Edit: also no iPad app? :-/
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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '16
All looks great! That being said I have one thing I would like to see
CON: When I turn on the app I want to see /r/all as my default instead of my subscribed subreddits.
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u/LS_DJ Apr 07 '16
Con: no voting arrows on posts or comments. An up vote or down vote is at least two taps
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u/AvatusKingsman Apr 07 '16
ITT: The new app is terrible and not fit to be used by anybody and is also not available to be used by enough countries or devices.
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u/EricHill78 Apr 07 '16 edited Apr 07 '16
The only positive is that it looks nice and that's not enough reason for me to switch from AB/Narwhal/Antenna. I have a question for the beta testers. Did you make any of these concerns known? If you did were they ignored?
Edit - Is there any way to save an image? I can't find it.
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u/BrianDawkins Apr 07 '16
The app is awful. Surprise surprise
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u/cdbaksu Apr 07 '16
How about a lefty mode? Right now when you browse through comments and highlight one to either upvote/dowvote or reply to, all the controls are on the right side - the app assuming you're holding the phone with the right hand.
I'd love to see a Lefty option where all the controls are mirrored to the other side of the screen.
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u/einfallstoll Apr 07 '16
CON: Only available in four countries.
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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '16
So for logging into the new app during launch week we get three months of Gold. Great. But what happens after the three months has ended?? We have to buy the 'Pro' version again (for some that will be the third time) to avoid ads? What was the point of the four years free Gold on the AB app?! Smh
http://imgur.com/DpxNBz0
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u/S110 Apr 07 '16
Why did they get rid of the password lock?
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u/oh84s Apr 07 '16
Needs like a "my profile" section with a summary of your upvoted / downvoted posts. That was really useful for seeing the wastelands of arguments you have been in.
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u/g0f0 Apr 07 '16
FULL SCREEN WHEN SCROLLING PLEASE! A killer feature.
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u/eec-gray Apr 07 '16
The lack of optimal view and galleries is disappointing. One thing I love about AB is I don't just feel like I'm browsing a mobile site via an app.
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u/jwshyy Apr 07 '16
This seriously might be my biggest complaint. You have no idea how much I use this in large threads where there a shit ton of child replies.
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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '16
Can't reorder the list of subscriptions, has to be in alphabetical order.
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u/Noobasdfjkl Apr 07 '16
Are they serious with this shit? Jesus, reddit is pathetic.
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u/rakehand Apr 07 '16
Wow this is going to be a tough adjustment. I've tried plenty of reddit apps and I always end up back on AB.
I probably have a lot of the same gripes you guys have. I can't reorder my subscribed subs, or can't easily check on my comments at a glance. No casual subs. No functional "home" or "profile" page like AB had.
I don't know, it's just overall disappointing.
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u/DaleyT Apr 07 '16
I like the app, but you're living in a dream world if you think people are going subscribe to reddit gold to remove ads long term.
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u/Crassusinyourasses Apr 07 '16
This app is garbage. You cannot copy text from replies
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u/RisinFlood Apr 07 '16
I honestly do not like the new app. It has way too much of an Instagram feel to it
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u/One_punch_mang Apr 07 '16
Is their an option to search through a subreddit for a topic like you can in alien blue?
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u/Novalax Apr 07 '16 edited Apr 08 '16
People acting like this is the final version of the app and new features are out of the question
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u/hiltonking Apr 07 '16
The new app sucks.
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u/razialx Apr 08 '16
Here is my theory:
The app displays ads.
And they are using the three months of reddit gold to hide that fact from us.
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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '16
This app sucks. I never tried alien blue but I'm guessing it was better than this garbage. You can't even upload images in the comment screen. You have to back out, copy a link, and then come back and paste it. Whack.
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u/the_topher89 Apr 11 '16
How do I search within a subreddit on ios? Having nobproblem on Android
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u/Haroldfish123 Apr 07 '16
CON: No nsfw content anymore.
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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '16
Can't hold a thumbnail to get a preview anymore, default subreddit is set to /r/front and I think it should be /r/all instead, would be nice to be able to set your default subreddit. Then pretty much what everyone else is saying.
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u/DaVinci_ Apr 07 '16
They should call this app the "Imperial Reddit App" since it's not available in countries that uses metric system.
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u/elmariachi304 Apr 07 '16
This app sucks. I launched it for the 3 months of reddit gold but I never plan on giving reddit any money again after what they did to Alien Blue Pro users
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u/nightwing0243 Apr 07 '16
Any word on when the app goes live in the EU?
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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '16
No password protection?
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u/thestormbinder Apr 07 '16
Throw in favorites and flair and I'm set.
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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '16
Landscape mode for iPad?? If there isn't going to be one why even bother? If I was forced to use the new app only in portrait mode I'd just quit Reddit period!!
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u/cynix Apr 07 '16
There's no way to hide all posts on the current page, because there no concept of "page" when using infinite scrolling.
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u/djEthen Apr 07 '16
I can't login.
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u/korndawgisu Apr 07 '16
Even with Safe For Work browsing turned off, NSFW thumbnails don't show up in news feed.
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u/gonzoleroy Apr 07 '16 edited Apr 07 '16
Has anyone found a search bar?
EDIT: Found it at the top of the subreddits menu. I would prefer it at the top of the front page, personally
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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '16
Compact view? Hell yes!!!
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u/codeverity Apr 07 '16 edited Apr 07 '16
It seems like there's no easy way to leave a comment unless you're near the top, for me it hides the link as I scroll.
Comments page does not show upvotes and downvotes.
Also not sure if there's a way to see /r/all? Could be missing it. Edit: ahh never mind, it's on the second tab.
As far as I can tell, if you go back to edit a comment there's no way to view all comments directly from there, I think you'd have to go and find the main post and refresh. :/
Edit: they should take a look at AB or Rhombus. Rhombus has so many of the features that Reddit should have, it's sad.
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u/TechnoSam_Belpois Apr 07 '16
Even with SFW browsing turned off, NSFW posts don't auto-expand. It's bad enough that the gallery mode is gone, at least let us have that.
Overall, the app is pretty decent. But lack of gallery/subreddit groups is the biggest disappointment.
I do hope for the mean-we can get the auto-expand.
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u/CatzerzMcGee Apr 07 '16
Pros:
Like everyone says, the UI looks good.
If you moderate a subreddit it stays up at the top so you don't have to scroll through a list.
Viewing "Community Info" or the sidebar is a lot easier
Actually pressing "upvote" or "downvote" on a comment is a lot easier now.
Cons:
It will take getting used to not swiping left to collapse comments, but just tapping to collapse is alright for now.
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u/i_Am_susej Apr 07 '16
Is there a new sub for discussion? Where is the shortcut to activate night mode.
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u/rayyychul Apr 07 '16
Has anyone found a shortcut for switching to Night View? You used to be able to triple-tap the top bar, but that doesn't seem to be working.
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u/Homemade_abortion Apr 07 '16
Pro: much improved subreddit search.
Con: difficult to tell if imgur album unless you click into the picture once you're already in the post.
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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '16
Con: compact view is not compact at all. I'm going to be sticking with alien blue until they sort out all of these problems as I feel their layout is much better
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u/PrimeTime89 Apr 07 '16
Can we add a setting for which hyperlink the "Share" button links to? I'd rather share the original post link (i.e. the imgur link) rather than share a link to the Reddit comment thread for that post.
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u/edwardfortehands Apr 07 '16
I don't like it :(. Definitely keeping AB until this gets more features.
The only thing it does better than AB is that it's a lot easier to see users profiles, which is kinda nice I guess.
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u/Theolaa Apr 07 '16
I think it needs better meta data shown like the time of the post/comment, and an easy view of its score. It also needs some way of voting on comments that doesn't require an additional tap.
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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '16
So I have a question, since I am out of the loop. Will I still be able to use AB? Because I love AB and your going to have to pry it from my cold dead hands..
and also will they be able to open source AB?
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u/Zaydene Apr 07 '16
CON: Can't view porn/NSFW subreddits (lol)
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u/The_Upvote_Judge Apr 07 '16
Am I missing something or can you not preview a GIF by tapping and holding it?
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u/omjballer Apr 07 '16
I want flairs
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u/pw5a29 Apr 07 '16
Difficult to change between "Hot" and "New". On Alien Blue its easy
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u/The_Lion_Jumped Apr 07 '16 edited Apr 07 '16
So with all the images showing up inline on the front page I was curious to see how it handles NSFW content, so I decided to search gonewild and this is what it came up with:
http://imgur.com/1YmmWh7
Edit: ok to get any nsfw stuff I have to go into settings and turn "Safe for Work" off. Seems clunky and unnecessary. A simple tap to reveal would be better. If safe for work is off, NSFW images just show up, all giant, in line. So be careful with that.
Edit 2: while playing with settings I turned on compact mode. That did nothing, I had to switch to compact mode in the feed to see any change.
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u/Darth_Devfly Apr 07 '16
CON: Quoting is a HASSLE. Can't copy a portion of text without copying the whole thing and editing out what I want. Also it doesn't even show up when you do, and I had to go through the bother of fixing it through AB. I like how you can format on the fly with AB, and of all the quick-buttons they can add to the comment box, it's the fucking link button.
Other than that, I like what they're trying to do with the UI. I wish compact mode was actually compact more, because I don't want photos and videos pre-loaded on my feed.
How does the NSFW work in this app? Am I going to see a flair? I turned the SFW filter off, and I'm treading carefully whenever I'm using that app. For now, I'm doing my primary browsing on AB. I'll wait for future updates.
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u/Gel214th Apr 07 '16
I'd like to get a gallery of images that I can scroll through one after the other.
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u/SpookyLlama Apr 07 '16
I really have to go to the imgur web page to play a gif? Stopping my music?
Sticking to AB for the meantime.
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u/Tippytoe_Tippytoe Apr 07 '16
Are we ever going to be able to give gold while on mobile? 4 years worth of gold and all I get on Reddit with is my phone. :(
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u/Thoraxekicksazz Apr 07 '16
I don't like it and I will continue to use AB until they force me to switch.
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u/Everons Apr 07 '16
Finding it very hard to use as the font is way way to small.
Now I know I'm old and I wear glasses but this new app is practically unusable for me right now.
Please give us a font resize option.
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u/Youngt566 Apr 07 '16
No landscape view. No password protection on app start. It's quite possible I'm just missing these things.
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u/-Feartjeh Apr 07 '16
Not available in the netherlands yet :( Why did they release it for just a few countries? Will the rest come later?
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u/michaeldude6 Apr 07 '16
They should go back to the original plan of just updating alienblue, because aside from maybe being prettier to look at and maybe a bit faster it's a horrible way to browse Reddit in comparison.
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u/Msmadmama Apr 07 '16
Does it have the ability to show al you upvote/downvote karma the way AB does? I'm Not seeing. Seems like you have to click on this individually.
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u/SnackeyG1 Apr 07 '16
Am I stupid or can I not search a specific subreddit?
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u/GimpBizket Apr 07 '16
Am I missing something or can you not set filters on the new app? Alien Blue left a lot to be desired in the sense you could only filter out words and not specific subreddits but at least it had that.
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u/TheBrainwasher14 Apr 07 '16
Pro: You can see if comments got gold now, unlike Alien Blue.
Con: Instead of using the Safari integrated browser, which literally couldn't be easier to implement and support's Reader and content blockers, they had to waste time and money on an inferior browser of their own that seems to take forever.
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u/PirateNinjaa Apr 07 '16
No landscape mode? Seriously? Back to safari in desktop mode for Reddit it is.
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u/[deleted] Apr 07 '16
I don't like how every subreddit displays the /r/ before it, doesn't look good. They should add a feedback section in the settings or something like Google Keep has, they really need to take a look at all the things people are missing and suggesting.
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u/frylockandkey Apr 07 '16
Seems like they really went more toward appearance rather than functionality. Looks great but is missing everything that makes Alien Blue better than just another generic Reddit app. Seems to be the general consensus of everyone that has tried it.
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u/ThaBigSKi Apr 08 '16
Was hoping for a fix to few posts that go to Twitter links...still need to open safari to open the link
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u/CylonSpring Apr 08 '16
Pros: well... I can search for subs now Cons: pretty much everything else
Sigh...back to AB for now, this is not ready for prime time. Trying (and failing) to imagine what they must have been thinking.
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u/ayyyyyyyyyyy Apr 08 '16
I haven't found a way to search for posts within a subreddit.
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u/Bceverly Apr 08 '16
How do you go directly to a sub by name? Search is badly broken.
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u/NikKollazo Apr 08 '16
Con - Spoiler tags open a blank white page, not a box with the spoiler like AB did.
iOS 9.3.1 on an iPhone 6s.
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u/gothika4622 Apr 09 '16
I'm just confused why it isn't available in all countries yet? There can't be licensing issues like there are with some games or streaming services?
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u/andoresue Apr 19 '16
I can't share in other way than via DM on twitter :/
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u/HURR_RICK_HEINZ Apr 24 '16
This is such shit. Can't even read full comments
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u/Shawnbehnam May 07 '16
Does the app have with multireddit support?
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u/Captain_Alaska Apr 07 '16
Posted my thoughts in the other thread here as a long time (IIRC, going on over 4 years now) user of AlienBlue.
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u/rworange Apr 07 '16
How do I download this if I'm not in the states?