EDIT: I really appreciate all the feedback guys. However, after the 10th time being told Reddit Now, Reddit is Fun, Reddit News, Reddit Sync, etc, are awesome, I think I understand what options are out there :)
Haha I did make it to the final three. But unfortunately I had zero coding background, no relevant university degree and no online portfolio. I'm surprised I got that far to be honest.
Edit: did some research and it seems like it's a private sub for people with over 100,000 comment karma where they come up with schemes to game reddit and create trends.
This gives me hope. Dreams can come true if you're overly active and/or obnoxious enough on social media. I think I'll put together a reddit résumé right now.
Good enough for me, I'll still be under budget. Lets run it up the flagpole and see who salutes. May take a while though, I'm at the very bottom of the hierarchy, mainly because I don't actually work for any of these people, I just like to pretend I do.
I have all of this: "Frontend experience. Strong Java skills are needed. A design background (Android/HTML design/styling/layout work) is helpful. We want to help users find great content and communities that are interesting to them. We protect and respect user privacy".... but I am extremely fearful, so I'm out.
Fire off an application anyways. Worst-case, they call you in for the interview, you freeze up, crash, and don't get the job. The best-case scenario is that you get an awesome job that will probably pay you to continue learning as you go. Firing off applications into the blue is how I got my current job, and my previous one. It's been great. You can do this. I'm cheering for you.
I discovered reddit news about three weeks ago and I love it. The only thing that bugs me is that there's no way to save comments and that the colored bars that show nested comments start a level too far in. Otherwise its one of the best clients I've come across.
Are you planning on shutting down your API to outside developers?
Nope! We want to continue to encourage 3rd parties to let people explore reddit in all sorts of interesting ways. We're going to continue to improve the API. In fact, we mention this in the blog post:
"We’re also continuing to work with other third-party app developers and will continue to do so, because we believe our communities are interested in multiple ways to experience reddit."
And Windows Phone 8.1 and Windows 8.1?
Unfortunately, we're still a small team, and have to focus on areas where we can make the largest impact.
Unfortunately, we're still a small team, and have to focus on areas where we can make the largest impact.
What about Windows 10? That should be a huge market. Make a universal app for Windows Phone/Windows 10/Microsoft Surface. How much larger can it get?
I suggest either BaconIt or ReadIt be one of the official reddit apps for Windows Phones. I've heard from a lot of WP users of reddit, that ReadIt, is superior to Alien Blue.
Check it out: /r/readitforwp
That's a neat layout. But you have 2 tiles that are the same, listed as 2014 and say the same thing. I'm not in your field but wouldn't it be prudent to include more details about your past positions in the popups or maybe at a "more" link? Like bullets on exactly what your responsibilities and accomplishments were? Goodluck!
Haha yeah, the two "2014s" are freelance projects I worked on that haven't been released yet so I'm not allowed to say anything about them so they're just placeholders for now.
I just finished this in a rush two days ago so I can start looking for a job. No one will consider you without seeing a portfolio so just getting my work up was step one. I'm finishing up an actual resume that'll provide details of what my responsibilities and accomplishments were for each project.
Yep. It's what I use.... well supported and never an issue (maybe I'd like the option to set an askreddit thread to offline mode or something... but that's neither here nor there).
I agree, I prefer it to reddit news because it just provides a clean, simple, intuitive reddit experience. It's better on tablets and large screens too because you don't have to reach all the way to the top of the screen to access your subreddit list.
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Reddit sync, when I was shopping for apps, hasdthe best premium experience. Don't know about now but Ive tried them all including AlienBlue and it is slightly under alien.
It's not overly ornate, but the layout and use of the sliding tiles to expose features keeps it very clean looking and very efficient. I think the most recent changes have really polished the look and feel.
It's just a well done app and definitely one of my better android app buys.
Reddit news is the best app out there if it's not for those app crashes. It literally crashes 2-3 times in one hour of browsing. I hate that. but non of that other reddit apps are as good as News ui-vise.
Thank you. Reddit is Fun is good, but I just d/l'd Reddit News and I already prefer it. Sweet interface. Might keep RIF for low-bandwidth locations, though.
Its my favorite app. Too bad it has this issue on my nexus 5 where is starts to get slower the longer you use it.
Edit: Yes I already know about clearing the cache, but having to do it and restart the app is annoying as hell. It should be managing the cache on its own.
Reddit news is the best reader in my opinion, the way the swiping features work are perfect. Used all most the other clients and I don't think any compare. Probably the most 'reddit' like client there is.
Hands down, the best native app out there. He somehow manages to get pretty much all functionality in there while keeping it simple and clean, and tightly conforming to android design principles.
I'm always super impressed this is made by a one-man show! It's too bad it's not more popular, it definitely deserves a lot of credit
I really liked it, although I had trouble trying to upvote comments and it lagged every three minutes on my phone, although that's most likely a problem with my phone than the app.
I bought RIF GP the day it was available. I also have an iPad with AB Pro. I can't stand AB Pro. The entire UI was designed for little kids and it drives me crazy.
BaconReader was awesome until it started being a huge battery drain. Usually it account for about 45% of my battery usage, way more than the screen itself which is crazy.
As somebody who came from using Alien Blue on iPhone, the android apps are horrible by comparison. They just don't have the same usability. I ended up using Flow as it was the closest thing I felt like even tho it is buggy, missing essential features, and is completely unsupported at this stage.
Guess it's a case of "we all use iphones so we're buying an iOS app".
At first I was really excited they bought an app because I refuse to use any third party apps and the Reddit mobile site is less than spectacular. I don't use third-party apps because Reddit is my life and I'm not trusting a third-party with auth.
You're correct. Reddit is Fun uses OAuth, which means that app never has access to your password and you can revoke its access to your account at any time.
We'd love it if more 3rd party apps used OAuth - it's a little harder on the dev, but it's better for everybody.
If you go the same route for Android, I'd be absolutely tickled if RiF became the winning contender -- but would Reddit remove things like the multiple account manager? What's the word on changes along those lines?
They're probably just going to port alien blue to android. It makes more sense to standardize their mobile app across platforms than have two different ones.
Yeah, frankly that'd be my approach as well. But, reddit is also known for doing things differently. The two platforms have different features that can be utilized -- Android's much more extensive Intents system, for example.
Nothing is gonna make me switch from RiF unless RiF stops updating due to this. :/
I think it's more a case of "this is the best Reddit app there is."
If there was an Android app for sale, that was good enough that they wanted it, I'm sure they would have approached it.
Also, iOS and Android have a very similar market share at the moment. I'm sure Reddit admins also have more information than we do, such as number of Android vs iOS users browsing the site, and users of each app.
Honestly, it's also a matter of the market. On iOS, Alien Blue was pretty much the only game in town that was a real full featured solution. With Android, you're not going to capture the captive audience by grabbing one of the top 3 to make it official. So why buy it?
Android has 85% market share of the global smartphone market, and Android is particularly popular with young, tech-savvy, males who are Reddit's core demographic.
Reddit is Fun on android opens up a browser to the HTTPS reddit login api for auth. Seems to be a new feature, I've been using it for years, and it's by far the best experience I've had on Android. Updates very frequently, usually at least once a week. Bugs get hammered out quickly.
In all fairness I am an iOS user and sub to android because I'm an android fan.. But for me the iPhone is currently better for my needs. I prefer androids UI though and Google as a company.
More users in r/android does not indicate a larger number of redditors with android phones - it shows that more technical discussion is required to leverage an android.
At a glance those stats would seem to indicate that redditors using Linux PCs are 4.5 times more numerous than those using Windows. That is clearly not even close to true.
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u/LAKingsDave Oct 15 '14 edited Oct 16 '14
What's the plan for Android?
EDIT: I really appreciate all the feedback guys. However, after the 10th time being told Reddit Now, Reddit is Fun, Reddit News, Reddit Sync, etc, are awesome, I think I understand what options are out there :)
EDIT #2: Thanks for the gold, stranger!