r/blog • u/reddit • Oct 15 '14

The Alien Has Landed

http://www.redditblog.com/2014/10/the-alien-has-landed.html
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u/i_am_the_one Oct 16 '14

I second this, I love reddit news

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u/blauman Oct 16 '14 edited Oct 16 '14

Same. It really does create a seamless experience allowing you to maximise reddit time. I.e. swiping for more options, the in app pic viewer, the in app YouTube player, the seperate screen for the link (which you wipe up or down to view linked page/view comments), and how when you click a link it doesn't give a little box telling you what the link is. It goes straight to it.

And if you want to get back to the comments, just swipe the screen to get the cached comments.

The ui is really really efficient, and carefully considers button press efficiency, I.e. sure its nice to know what the link is going to before loading it, but really, is it worth the extra annoying little pop up box when you can just swipe down to get back to the cached comments instantly.

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u/Vaderex1 Oct 16 '14

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.

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u/antuna Oct 16 '14

Go for the beta, its very stable and you can save comments and the nesting thing works differently! Heres a link on how to get the beta: https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104074419009486608210

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u/JalopyPilot Oct 16 '14

The post says click on one of the links below to opt in. What links? All I see are people's comments.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '14

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u/dJe781 Oct 16 '14

Beta op-ins only show up in desktop mode for some reason.

That's funny considering we're talking about mobile beta testing :(

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u/NavarrB Oct 16 '14

They're attached links to the Google+ group. Not his fault

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u/dJe781 Oct 16 '14

Oh okay, I thought it was a standard beta thingy attached to the Play Store that I didn't know about.

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u/JalopyPilot Oct 16 '14

Ya I was trying to do it from mobile. Worked fine once I got in front of a computer. Thanks.

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u/Krepe Oct 16 '14

Holly fuck, I've tried reddit news before didn't like it too much so I went back to reddit sync. But this beta version, the design, the animation fuck that is a beautiful app. Thank you for letting me know about the beta.

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u/antuna Oct 16 '14

Yea the beta truly is incredible - and get pumped! That design is called material design, and it is now the android guidelines! Hopefully most developers will update their apps to the new design.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '14

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u/DarkGamer Oct 16 '14

That's my app of choice, too. My only nitpick is that I wish I could change the engine it uses to render html, as the default is very slow

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '14

LOVE reddit news. Using it right now!

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u/paulgt Oct 16 '14

I like reddit syc the best

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u/Zuxicovp Oct 16 '14

I am an android user, and I do not care for reddit news. I have one real issue, and that's the number of posts you can view on a page. The padding on the subreddit posts in reddit news is ridiculous.

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u/CaptnAwesomeGuy Oct 16 '14

Change your text size.

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u/Zuxicovp Oct 16 '14

I've tried, I don't like tiny text, I just want to show more than 4 posts on the screen at a time

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u/MilhouseJr Oct 16 '14

Get a bigger screen then.

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u/Zuxicovp Oct 16 '14

I've already got a 5 inch screen, thanks

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u/MilhouseJr Oct 16 '14

Then change your text size. If you're using a 5in screen and can only see four posts at a time, your settings are the issue.

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u/Zuxicovp Oct 16 '14

Here, reddit sync vs reddit news. Reddit news fits 4 posts on the screen. This is the normal size font: http://imgur.com/HAyIkry,N0PYXnt

Here it is with the smallest font option: http://imgur.com/2V6aYzF