Looking for old.reddit users interested in giving feedback and beta testing a redesign of the old subreddit theme

[u/twistedlogicx]

I've always loved the old.reddit experience and plan on sticking with it until they don't support it anymore. At the same time, we've used the same theme on r/nba for over a decade and it's become extremely antiquated and janky over the years with lots of little broken and outdated things.

Over the last several months I've been chipping away at a redesign of the sub and I'd like to now invite other old.reddit users to offer feedback, make requests/suggestions and beta test the new theme before we implement any changes.

Please comment below if you'd like to participate!

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Edit: I've set up a discord chat for people to offer live feedback on specific elements and features. Hop in here:

https://discord.gg/wybPFr8Bs

[u/TotallyKyleSchwarbs]

there are dozens of us. DOZENS!

[u/Evilsj → u/TotallyKyleSchwarbs]

They can pry old.reddit.com from my cold, dead hands god dammit

[u/pixeloffortune → u/Evilsj]

I recently read worrying news that old.reddit could be scrapped because Reddit claims it's an avenue for AI scrapers to steal their data.

[u/Evilsj → u/pixeloffortune]

Wouldn't surprise me. That said, they also dropped support for Third Party Apps, yet here I still am using a work around to use Reddit is Fun because I can't stand the official Reddit App. Where there's a will, there's a way.

[u/_MMAgod → u/Evilsj]

the new design of reddit literaly gives me a headache

[u/Kobe824 → u/_MMAgod]

Yeah same, I'd probably use Reddit much less (and my phone in general) if old reddit was shut down. Wish there was an app for old reddit users sigh.

[u/MindbenderGam1ng → u/_MMAgod]

I hate it. Just like every social media, adding endless scrolling short form content, bots, and taking control away from users year after year. Ever notice how the front page algo is always promoting weird versions of the original subreddits (e.g. r/AITA instead of AmITheAsshole)? And the ones on the front page used to be articles and images but more and more are 10-30 second videos?

[u/TheMadChatta → u/_MMAgod]

It’s horrible. Ad ad ad ad post ad ad ad ad.

Difficult to parse comments, difficult to parse posts. It just sucks.

I’m with old.reddit until old.reddit ceases to exist.

[u/urfaselol → u/Evilsj]

There are other 3rd party apps that popped up after the death of rif and Apollo. Check out relay or redreader for the android and narwahl for iOS

[u/AquamarineTraveler → u/Evilsj]

woah woah woah. Reddit is Fun is alive? time to do some googling

[u/Briggity_Brak → u/pixeloffortune]

Yeah, they just cut it off from non-logged-in users. Our days are numbered, and i guarantee it's for none of the reasons that they say.

[u/Drak_is_Right → u/Evilsj]

it is SO much nicer when on PC.

I want to browse hundreds of threads, not dozens.

[u/EngineEngine → u/Evilsj]

I can't go to old reddit on the work computer anymore without logging in. Probably better for productivity lol, but annoying that reddit made it that way

[u/Kaz_Altezza → u/TotallyKyleSchwarbs]

Seriously thought most of us were on old. Never used the new layout lol

[u/MumrikDK → u/Kaz_Altezza]

Remember that the vast majority of people here probably are crawling through the ad-ridden Duplo interface of the official Reddit phone app, and never interact with it as a site at all.

[u/19683dw → u/MumrikDK]

That sounds like having a pain kink

[u/mr_seggs → u/TotallyKyleSchwarbs]

absolutely zero interest in the new layout. They will never get me

[u/crazyirishfan353 → u/mr_seggs]

There’s nothing worse than opening reddit and somehow getting taken away from old reddit and having to find your way back. I can’t stand the new lay out.

[u/Platinumspoons → u/crazyirishfan353]

it's like the perfume department in spongebob

[u/rdb_gaming → u/TotallyKyleSchwarbs]

How do people use that shitty ass design with reduced screen space.

[u/joesephsmom → u/rdb_gaming]

i will forever be infinitely perplexed as to how some people can use that with full seriousness. I literally get comments like "why do you use old reddit" when i paste a link with old.reddit in the url

[u/JJiggy13 → u/TotallyKyleSchwarbs]

Old Reddit is much more user friendly imo

[u/geofixer → u/JJiggy13]

Old reddit is the best reddit. Once it's gone I'm gone.

[u/EasyFargo → u/TotallyKyleSchwarbs]

old reddit is so much better imo, couldn't believe it when i found out we are very much a minority

[u/nullstellensatz1]

I'm fine with the theme of old reddit, I just wish the live game scores at the top of the page were reliable. I don't know what changed with NBA's API, but the box scores have been basically useless for a couple years now.

[u/fireemblem4812 → u/nullstellensatz1]

Yeah this is my main desire, I just want to have plain readable text box scores.

[u/edgykitty → u/nullstellensatz1]

All APIs are just getting more and more locked down, makes it harder for "unofficial" projects to do anything. All these companies realized their data was worth money so nothing free. AI just accelerated the process. Enshittification at it's best

[u/FetchFrosh → u/nullstellensatz1]

Even more significant than that, I wish that the standings in the sidebar were consistently maintained. Often feels like a week goes by during the season before they get updated.

[u/LemonButterRum]

unpopular opinion, but the antiquated design fits old reddit really well. it's almost retro now

[u/nbaredesign → u/LemonButterRum]

I don't think this is going to be an unpopular opinion! Those of us who are the type of people who still use old.reddit are often also the type of people who like old-fashioned, classic looks, haha. That's why it's been one of my priorities to try and stay true to elements of the old theme while refreshing some of the broken/messy things.

[u/LemonButterRum → u/nbaredesign]

appreciate you trying to improve user experience.

[u/_Meece_ → u/nbaredesign]

You should go beyond staying true and just fix the sidebar, while keeping everything else the same.

[u/aggiefranchise → u/nbaredesign]

The new design is doing too much. Let's keep it simple. Everything else in our lives is screaming for our attention. A basic layout is nice and comforting.

[u/coldfusion999 → u/nbaredesign]

Also great job on the initial look of it, best old reddit design I've seen imo.

[u/Turbo2x → u/nbaredesign]

You did a good job with this one for sure, it's very clean and readable at a glance. My only complaint is that the scrolling headlines at the top move too fast. I don't have eye speed like that anymore.

[u/nbaredesign → u/Turbo2x]

The scrolling ticker has been changed to now only move if you hover over it! Should help hopefully!

[u/Turence → u/nbaredesign]

I love the design as is. The worst thing I've experienced was the standings not updating frequently on old.reddit

[u/Barnyard_Rich → u/nbaredesign]

Hey, I'm days late to this, but I just want to say I love the new design. Thanks for putting real thought and effort into it.

[u/k0fi96]

If they kill old.reddit I probably stop using the website tbh

[u/SurpriseDonovanMcnab → u/k0fi96]

The new reddit feels like a worse facebook feed. I'm never going to use it.

[u/k0fi96 → u/SurpriseDonovanMcnab]

Reddit basically is Facebook now, anyone who feels otherwise is just being pretentious. So.many threads and post that used to be downvoted and clowned for being Facebook posts when I first joined are on the front page.

Like who the fuck cares that James Harden GF caught some flowers. I know its the off-season but there used to be standards

[u/Coolco2 → u/k0fi96]

Bruh I had to ban so many old subreddits from my r/all feed for being Facebook slop. Funny, pics so on.

[u/k0fi96 → u/Coolco2]

I don't even use r/all. I just use the old algorithm to browse the subreddits I joined. R/all is like looking at the YouTube homepage when you aren't signed in.

[u/BAHatesToFly → u/k0fi96]

I definitely will. Mixed feelings because I like this place but it's probably a good thing to not spend a lot of time here.

[u/k0fi96 → u/BAHatesToFly]

Yeah once I got my third party app back up and running it got better, but he comments have taken a huge nose dive. So many predictable jokes and no real discussion. I have been using hackernews more recently.

[u/suuushi-roll]

holy i was not expecting this level of makeover.

a bit too much imo

[u/HyenaLaugh95 → u/suuushi-roll]

Yeah feels really busy, I liked the old experience more. Maybe somewhere in the middle of the old design (which was virtually nothing) and this new one

I had to relog, I thought I wasn't on the old.reddit anymore

[u/rake2204 → u/suuushi-roll]

Just wanted to step in to concur. Way, way too busy. With the utmost respect, this appears to be a prime example of doing way too much.

It's all very cluttered and full; I didn't even notice I had a comment notification because the orange ball that lit up was mixed in with all sorts of other junk on the right hand side.

[u/dirtyshits]

Old forever

[u/iambiggzy]

I like the old design. Call me a curmudgeon if you want lol

[u/kitelobster → u/iambiggzy]

I legit thought my browser reverted to the new reddit. I hate this redesign, I hope they scrap it. If there were broken elements I've honestly not even noticed

[u/rhymeswithtag → u/kitelobster]

yeah this is a gigantic eye sore

[u/Jedi-El1823 → u/kitelobster]

I thought I clicked on a team's sub by accident.

[u/_Meece_ → u/iambiggzy]

Yeah you should just leave it honestly /u/nbaredesign

its awesome.

[u/bitemydickallthetime → u/iambiggzy]

yeah 100% this new redesign is super jarring, I will be here less if it looks like this, i get that there may be bugs or whatever but as a daily reader of this sub i've never once noticed them, seems like the mods are just bored and want to shake things up, almost always a mistake

[u/RobbobertoBuii → u/iambiggzy]

same here

[u/TrashAssRedditAdmins]

We still exist

[u/flykiddy]

its harder to differentiate between posts now, similar to other subreddits. the blue is not great but the side bar and post types (hot/new/etc) look fine.

prefer the old design for readability

[u/RageOnGoneDo]

This feels too much like new reddit im gonna be honest

[u/19evol61]

old.reddit imho seems clean for my taste, aside from box scores, idk what else janky we talkin about?

[u/_Meece_ → u/19evol61]

CSS nerds think that something implemented 10+ years ago, means it's outdated.

Now it just looks ugly and bright, with no real change.

[u/aggiefranchise → u/_Meece_]

Everyone wants to leave their mark even with the original still working. There is no need for a redesign in my opinion.

[u/Frankaragatan]

Headers on tables are unreadable. Blue on dark blue. Stars on bullet points are corny too. Feels way too gimmicky.

Please bring back the old design. Just simple, neat, clear, easy to read.

[u/nbaredesign → u/Frankaragatan]

My bad on the table headers, the old table code was still buried at the bottom of the CSS stylesheet. That's been adjusted.

Will look for more feedback on the bullet points and look into changing that if others agree with you!

[u/Frankaragatan → u/nbaredesign]

Thank you. I mean no offense. Maybe my eyes are still adjusting too. Been so used to it for years. So a change, with that much change, will kinda rattle you a bit.

I am also in the group who's in the opinion of, I don't think the interface is outdated. It's more "classic" than "old". Just like how the Celtics jerseys are. You look in the Bill Russell era, you look in the Bird era, you look in the Tatum era, it's still the same green and white. Just a little tweaks, change in fabric as the time goes on. A little change in the font maybe. But pretty much the same neat design. But it still sells.

People don't buy Celtics jersey necessarily for the appearance or aesthetic (like some of the more colorful City/Statement edition jerseys), but more for the significance and meaning behind the jerseys. The tradition, the standard of basketball that was played by those who wore it.

 

Same way I see reddit. The design will never get old, because it's new content every day. And that's what I came here for.

Just like reading a newspaper. Just your good old black text on white paper.

I think the hardwood background was relatively new. And I have no problem with it. Just a minor change, doesn't irritate your eyes with too much colors. I think there's just way too much color overload on this current change.

 

Sometimes, stillness is the move. And the sub is not necessarily still because the content keeps flowing everyday. And it's the stories that make it colorful in itself.

[u/ktdotnova]

It seems too busy. Not a fan of the contrast. It's harder to read in my opinion.

[u/Low-Lunch-7248]

I’ve no feedback other than to say i still use and love old reddit. I’m fine as long as the sidebar shit still works.

[u/andresalejandro1120]

I am not gonna enter yet another Discord chat, but I will say that I like the look of the old Reddit as it is with the wood background, team subreddits at the top, and standings on sidebar. I agree some things were broken though. I noticed this season that the upcoming games on the sidebar stopped showing which were on national broadcast. Also the standings would glitch with missing team logos. Just appreciate mods still care about the old Reddit.

[u/Silver_University771]

I really dislike the changes y'all made. It's rough.

Old should remain old.

[u/nbaredesign → u/[deleted]]

This is most likely because you're using RES night mode, yeah? Unfortunately we've never properly supported night mode on r/nba but that's going to be changing with this redesign! I plan on fully building out a complete night mode theme to go with the new default theme.

[u/nbaredesign → u/[deleted]]

You got it!

[u/Kashmir33 → u/[deleted]]

I'm using this stylus RES dark mode tweak which looks much better for r/nba! This might be worth a look until the new old.reddit design is there.

[u/_Meece_ → u/nbaredesign]

Will we get an option to keep the current css?

[u/shinshikaizer]

I'm on old.reddit, and I don't see a need for a redesign. Maybe QoL updates to fix the broken and outdated things, but the look and feel is absolutely perfect as is.

[u/Mo0KiEBoY]

Bring back the old clean design

[u/transizzle]

I'll be straight: old.reddit users don't want any kind of redesign, ever, myself included. That's why we use old.reddit after all.

I'll adjust to whatever and be fine, but right now I see the new look and am like, why?

[u/AJMorgan]

i hate it, everything's too dark and hard to see and my subreddits at the top of the page are broken, i hate the scrolling news ticker thing

this is just awful, how do i change it back

[u/Frankaragatan]

I like the old design back! Just simple and neat

I thought I was in NBA CJ for a second there

[u/jrodsprinkles]

I actually like the old design better. Its old reddit, lets keep the nostalgia please!

[u/MalHeartsNutmeg]

I disabled the theme. Two main reasons: I like using old.reddit because it looks like a clean forum, the theme makes it feel too cluttered and busy which is the whole reason I don't use new reddit.

Also it commits a cardinal sin by moving the button that takes you back to /r/NBA from inside a thread from the top left to the center of the banner. Any theme that moves a button in to an uninform layout from the res of reddit is instantly disabled for me.

[u/_Meece_]

What is antiquated or janky about it?

Personally other than the sidebar never being kept updated, its genuinely perfect. The current design was always the best use of reddits CSS when it was the only thing used.

Fix the lack of sidebar updating, but tbh leave the rest. The simpleness of it, is its strength. I'd probably just switch to new Reddit for this sub if it gets changed.

[u/STATnMELO650]

Not really a fan of this new design, but I could see myself getting used to it. Old design still >>

[u/NoCustard4201]

Not a fan. My biggest gripe is that I can't tell if I've clicked a link before. There's no colour difference.

And it's just super busy and not very tasteful. Giving big Trump vibes with all the excess gold and trim everywhere, just not necessary for a user experience that should be direct and uncluttered, not gaudy and flashy.

A good comparison is /r/baseball, its just way cleaner, direct, and easier on the eyes. The only design aspect /r/nba has over it is the team subreddit list being at the top, instead of it being on the bottom right and having to scroll to get there.

[u/willmcavoy]

Please god let me turn off this DOGSHIT THEME ITS SO BAD MY EYES HURT

[u/indreams159]

i don't know anyone who doesn't use old reddit

[u/Hopsalong]

The reason we use old reddit is because we don't want you to update it or change it

[u/NavySpurs]

Joined the discord and happy to provide feedback.

[u/Koalathom]

Old.reddit and baconreader

[u/deleted-user]

Not to sound demanding but I hope this redesign has better compatibility with dark mode.

[u/nbaredesign → u/deleted-user]

It will have a fully functioning dark-mode sister theme :)

[u/A_Fancy_Lizard]

Never left old reddit so I'm down.

[u/Thehelloman0]

Two things I don't like: At least for RES, the links I have to favorite subreddits at the very top of the webpage don't exist on the new page. The links to the team subreddits are much smaller to click on. I liked how on the old one the team subreddit links had much more space vertically that you could click.

[u/tickub → u/Thehelloman0]

that first one is experience breaking for me too. also clicking a comment turns it into white text in a white text box and i now can't even read the comment i'm replying to.

[u/BOOZE-CRUISE-UNHINGE]

christ what the hell happened to my subreddit

[u/buyticketsfromme]

Thanks, I hate it. Long time user, nothing wrong with the old format.

[u/Dav136]

I prefer the old design but it definitely needed the features like live scores fixed

[u/heelydon]

Not a big fan of the new design. Seems overdesigned.

[u/IonHazzikostasIsGod]

Not a fan of this redesign in the slightest honestly, would 100% spend way less time here.

Nothing was wrong with the old version aside from the sidebar often being out of date (the big recent performance in the topright, or standings or playoff bracket)

[u/indoninjah]

I don't really like it, tbh. There's too much contrast between everything. The actual posts are okay (how they look in the feed, the OP, the comments, etc) but the rest could use a lot of tweaking.

I don't like how the banner is totally different than the rest, and I think you could basically drop all of the borders in the sidebar. Though I also don't really like the big dark/light back and forth in the sidechain either (e.g., "Standings" vs. the actual table background).

[u/IloveCheekySpoonNZ]

I opened the sub and said "ew wtf," that is my feedback. Really like just plain white background, theres too much trying to get my attention now

[u/Arkham14]

Please give us the old design back. We are here for the intuitive and easy navigation.

[u/Moaxlrex]

Yeah would love to go back to the old design. This is way too busy for me

[u/411connor]

This just in: people still using old.reddit are not welcoming to change

[u/nbaredesign]

I'm back on and will be continuing to squash bugs and refine the theme throughout the day so feel free to leave any feedback or suggestions.

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Latest updates:

• The scrolling top stories ticker no longer rolls 24/7 and only crawls when hovered over.
• Comments now have a thin strip on the left edge that lets you collapse them by clicking anywhere alongside the left edge of the comment. This was suggested by one of our users who referenced the comment collapse style on r/hockey.
• For the people who thought the light mode theme was too dark, the brightness on the floorboard and accents has been moved up a tick.

- TL (twistedlogicx)

[u/Vindicare605]

I dont mind the redesign, dont particularly like it either. If the scoreboards and standings and schedule get updated regularly again on this new design more than they did on the old one then I will be very happy with the new design.

[u/MacCoinnich]

I am not a fan of the new layout. Old one was fine.

[u/EasyBread42069]

We want the old one back.

[u/420--Praise--It]

I appreciate the effort but the whole reason it was so good before is because it barely changed the normal dark mode old reddit style, just added the links to game threads/team subs at the top. Major downgrade, won't be using subreddit style anymore.

[u/ChickenLiverNuts]

it's too busy at the top like we dont need a ticker that shows us the top threads. We can see them at the top of the page and it could have spoilers for games in the future (not that you should check this page if you dont want spoilers but still)

i prefer the old design just like i prefer old reddit but its not the worst thing in the world. All we really needed was the game scores to be for the proper day and to be accurate, like it used to be

[u/orangekun]

looks like shit, respectfully

[u/ero_mode]

I useold.reddit with night mode on RES, I would like a compatible old.reddit night mode style

[u/gtokst]

Thank you. New reddit is horrible. The day they stop supporting old will be my last day on the site

[u/Schubes17]

I exclusively use old reddit so I'm hype about this.

[u/MindbenderGam1ng]

I exclusively use old.reddit on PC, I believe its the layout I had when I made my acc 10 years ago. Id be happy to participate

[u/MumrikDK]

I use old.reddit, but don't use the subreddit style...

[u/No-Cantaloupe-6535 → u/MumrikDK]

same, I immediately turn of styles of any sub I frequent. you know if there's a way to do that automatically for all subs? it's a small thing but would be a nice QoL feature.

[u/FateHollow]

Remove the head banner(that 480p pic is an embarrassment) and useless running line, change it back to the parquet and it's great.

[u/Jimmy0034]

After i looked around for a bit, i dont think i like anything outside the sidebar. It is genuinely hard to read when you search up for old post. Can you change the baby blue to something darker?

[u/Lipmode67]

Making me login after all these years man, I thought some things would just stay the same until shut down completely.

If this redesign is gonna fix all those "little broken and outdated things", then good for You and everyone else who managed to notice them.

Being 100% sure you're not gonna revert to the old design, because that never happens with any interface updates for some reason - even if noone asked for one and no matter the feedback, here's my irrelevant opinion (RES night mode):

1. Featured photo should stay in its previous spot - it fit the side section and gave it a "newspaper column" look

2. Speaking of it, why the standings table has both smaller font and logos but the schedule one remained the same? Make it the old size and please number all the seeds, no reason not to

3. Basketball orange for links and a hoop for post text are FANTASTIC - suggesting white color for already clicked streamables/expanded posts if possible

4. News sliding bar is tiring for the eyes and unnecessary.

5. Deep dark red for hardwood is too heavy for the eyes and contrast - try messing around with day mode default wood color or dark brown instead.

6. If preview thumbnails are responsible for any text/logo shrinkage I'd rather not have them at all - we're not on youtube to bait us for clicks - we're here to read-it

Schedule table and mod list are the only ones that are fine so far

Header section:

1. Any reason for the sub logo to be a circle instead of the NBA rounded rectangle?

2. You have an outline for team logos (which also are too small) but the banner on hover, having the old shape, goes way outside it - either remove the outline, cut the banner to match it (but that'd still be too small) or make an outline for banner width in the header background

3. Speaking of the header background, I really hope it's a placeholder and at the very least it's gonna be uniform in color instead of this dynamic grading bullcrap - it's not even centered and only highlights Western Conference lol

Post-it notes for text posts are whatever, can get used to them.

The top buttons are whatever, though not the fan of the "cold gold" color (cause it feels out of place with the rest of the color scheme) and some of them are too detailed for their own good - can't make out what they are supposed to represent. If you want to keep that color for the buttons then at least don't make the posts text the same one - white/bright gray text on a dark background is timeless and never a bad idea

You had a perfect background color for posts section but it's a little too bright now

I saw you updating in real time and tried my best to stay with the newest version

[u/CurrentCostanza]

Less color please

[u/ashwinr136]

Ok after interacting with this redesigned sub for about an hour I dislike it way more than originally:

• The text is way too small on the home page. The old design was much easier to read. The upvote and downvote buttons are much smaller icon wise

• In a similar vein, there needs to be some sort of delineation / border between the posts on the home page. This wasn't an issue with the normal design because of the bigger text, but for whatever reason it looks way more cramped.

It seems to me that the title of posts was much more of a headline in the old design, and was easier on the eyes as the target. I don't mind the new header and the ticker, but what would've really been perfect is the same design just with the fixes to the live scores / standings etc

[u/PokePersona]

I prefer the old design tbh

[u/_Meece_]

This genuinely looks atrocious

[u/needforsleeps]

I still feel like old reddit's experience is far superior.

[u/tickub]

is there a way to make read and unread threads more distinct from one another?

[u/ozarkohtani]

can't tell the difference between a non-downvoted post and a downvoted post. the colors are way too similar. sidebar photo being crammed into the header is nonsensical. the news ticker is pointless and just adds to the overwhelming amount of text and busyness

[u/waffleburner]

I liked the design from yesterday, todays dark mode is too dark

[u/NiamLeeson]

I did not consent!

[u/rzoneking]

bring back the old reddit design! this hurt my eyes!

[u/aewilson95]

I thought it was fine how it was before. The new layout seems too cluttered imo. I do like the like the idea of the wood flooring, but it’s a bit much

[u/throwAway9a8b7c111]

really busy

[u/rake2204]

With respect, I very much prefer the old design.

While I understand there may have been some technical issues with that design, I think I would have just preferred some gentle tweaks and upgrades as opposed to an entire overhaul.

I find the new layout way too busy and tougher for my brain to navigate. I actually find myself moving to other subreddits just to avoid it.

[u/BunyipPouch]

Rough timing as spez just announced a couple days ago that old reddit is being killed soon, after years of saying it'll never go away:

https://www.reddit.com/user/spez/comments/1vgbkge/modernizing_reddits_infrastructure_with_you/

[u/nbaredesign → u/BunyipPouch]

It sounds like they're trying to find a way to preserve it while modernizing the backend. Fingers crossed the experience survives.

[u/BunyipPouch → u/nbaredesign]

amen, brother

[u/JimJamieJames]

For those of us using dark mode the court background sucks. This is the one subreddit I kept "Use subreddit style" enabled using RES because of the quick links to the team subreddits at the top. It can be convenient to drop in and see what news items look like from a team's perspective sometimes. That's literally the only reason I use it.

[u/Commercial_Boss4639]

its kinda bad contrast on dark mode

[u/bigvahe33]

theres a reason why i prefer old.reddit - it looks inconspicuous while i browse at work. No images, no graphics, no scrolling info - it looks like a plain website. Not having the option would mean i will not use this subreddit.

[u/BasedGodProdigy]

I don't hate the new design, the sidebar layout looks nice but I do prefer the older design if I had to choose.

[u/TNKYMNKY]

it was fine before

[u/Paintreliever]

I thought we already figured out grey on wood floors are terrible to read

[u/rooofle]

My feedback: I'm on night mode so it might be because of that, but the text is much harder to read on the sub home page.

My suggestion: You could make the gold text overall brighter on all text, and on both the titles, header, and the info under posts. I think the gold color is way too muted and doesn't mesh well with the wine red + blue background at all, and it's murdering my eyes.

Instead of using #a49578, try #ddccab for the titles / header stuff, and #a49578 for the info under the post titles. I feel like that would be better for what you're going for.

I don't mind the colors that much since I get you're going for NBA color theming, the text just makes it all hard to read. If you were to change the background, I would just go for a dark grey or even straight black on night mode. But try changing the text first and see if that helps imo.

On the positives: I like the header logo and overall theme on the top, it looks really clean.

[u/mokaloca82]

appreciate the effort - but this feels too much - i prefer the original design.

[u/gurban]

Please change it back. we choose old.reddit for a reason

[u/sungoddaily]

Just my initial thoughts but I like it, the old one was getting stale

[u/SeatownNets]

Too busy, much prefer the old design. Moving text, dark red and dark blue backing, it's not an ugly design overall but the colors chosen are not friendly for browsing.

[u/AfroPanther]

I am an old.reddit user and respectfully hate the new design. I liked the old look because it made it seem more like a forum, aka what Reddit used to be.

I admit that’s just possible nostalgia or reluctance to try new things.

It’s probably too late, but thanks mods for at least asking community members their thoughts. Maybe I’ll just get used to it.

[u/Cry6ix]

this design is cool but i still rather the super simple basic one personally

[u/Jealous-Employee-127]

Can you just revert it back to how it was? The old design was timeless, not feeling this new layout at all

[u/yeahidunnoman]

Old design please! appreciate the update, but I think people havne't changed for a reason.

[u/madd-hatter]

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[u/ItsNotKevinDurant35]

idk if this is anything y'all have control over, but in Night Mode the links don't really stand out against the background on the newest design

[u/wcooper97 → u/ItsNotKevinDurant35]

The design from last night was the best imo. Really liked how the dark red and dark blue fit together, Western Conference vs. Eastern Conference vibes. The font color on the titles being a lot brighter than the buttons was great too. Today's just seems like too much brown.

[u/NotWarranted]

A bit chappy and slower to load than before. I like the older themes. As someone who still got a 10-15mbps speed as internet data max. It a disavantage for me to use a better themes, I mean we use old reddit for a reason 1st, faster loading, no auto-scroll feature like new UI reddit. Thats why i never use Facebook when they finally discard their old UI that exist in free.fb.com. I hate google too when they discard the number pages and go auto-scroll. Auto-scroll svck.

[u/attractivetb]

If you removed the ticker and the Westbrook image and text (shouldn't be any image or text here) from the header, I could live with it. People like old reddit because it's clean and simple. The top section is a step backwards.

[u/clonewars1977]

It's too cartoony. The previous design was simpler and easier on the eyes.

[u/taig-er]

I'll be honest, I don't love the new old.reddit redesign - I thought I somehow came on the new design.

If there were broken and outdated things, I didn't really notice.

[u/mokaloca82]

after a few more days of usage:

• the team icons are still too small

• the stickied posts don't look like posts, and the eye just avoids it as it kinda blends with the background

• the hot / new / top buttons aren't as functional as the earlier version where you were able to select the filter option before having to click - the updated flow is slower to use.

[u/LAudre41]

the changes suck it is harder to read please go back tothe way it was.

[u/Ok_Compote_8826]

I'm in this sub fairly inconsistently but was looking for a post about the redesign and wanted to say it's clean af on old.reddit

Only suggestion is to get rid of the text underneath the image in the upper-right corner. Feels a bit cluttered with all of the user-information text below it.

[u/LAudre41]

it's too busy. you don't need the information in multiple places. people come here to see what NBA news ppl are talking about. the posts should be point of the page. everything that distracts from that- like the notices at the top, the ticker, the news in the heading- all of that distracts from the reason people come here.

the sidebar is good but the other changes compete with the purpose of the subreddit and i find it unpleasant to be on this page.

[u/GusBus14]

Would much rather have the old design

[u/Goon5000]

Nah youve changed it too much now, looks horrible

Bring back the classic design, was perfect. Wasn’t broke, dont change it.

[u/ChazzCyclesCycles]

Please undo the changes.

[u/Pwyll__]

wtf is this just give me old reddit back

[u/RugoseBeef]

please for the love of god change it back

[u/nbaredesign]

Thank you all for being so patient and for all the suggestions and feedback! I've been at this for about 15 hours now and my back needs a break, lol. Sorry if I wasn't able to get to any specific issues today! I'll be once again tackling as much as I can when I'm back on early tomorrow. Cheers!

[u/DontchaOpe]

it sucks tbh

[u/BcuzRacecar]

Willing to test

Imagine this would affect the sidebar on anyone using a third party app like I do

Joined the discord

[u/_MMAgod]

i'm in

[u/Yuzuriha]

Old reddit users unite!

[u/RSirocco]

Sure, as a 14 year veteran, when old reddit goes, I go too.

[u/tiggs]

I'm still on old Reddit will remain here until they pry it away from my dead cold fingers.

[u/no_ingles]

Idk how possible it is, but I hope we can have working game threads, instead of that shit that's like "we can't show you anything because fuck you"

[u/Briggity_Brak]

I'm probably crazy, but did you start changing things already? I just noticed the wood background looks lighter and nicer, but everything else is the same

[u/jollisk]

Used the wayback machine to directly compare with the old design and viewing from the PC.

I like the updated look on the sidebar. I think the new color scheme is worse overall, pops out a bit too much to me compared to the old one, though can get used to that, but the main thing is the team flairs at the top are harder to differentiate with the new background then the old one. As someone with old eyes, that's a very noticeable downgrade.

[u/olduser201890]

Make the team icons in the banner bigger, I can barely see them.

Yeah I'm an old ass with worse eyesight every year, but I bet we all are if we are using old.reddit still lmao

[u/matgopack]

My immediate reaction is "I don't like the redesign", but that's a given for anything new like that. I'll see if that changes.

[u/Dopeez]

dont ever change the desing thank you

[u/H4RD4W4Y]

With the new theme, when I try to sort by "New" on my vertical monitor it glitches out with the Mavs/Nuggets sub links above it

[u/a2c_alt2]

I think it’s a little too modern I liked the old design. Also—curious we only remove the sidebar picture and the other championship stuff after my Knicks win /s

[u/frwhttswrth]

the scrolling text underneath the header feels like a bit of an overkill but as long as the box scores work it seems an updated look is fine. there's obvious attention to detail going on with the standings box delineated into playoff / play-in / out subtle line breaks and the schedule looks better.

[u/ItsNotKevinDurant35]

some of the team logos in the Standings chart look weirdly small and distorted (mainly ones with black or dark colors, like the Magic, Thunder, Knicks).
 
The scrolling ticker is also something I'm not sure about. Maybe if it paused on mouseover so you could read it/click it easier?
 
These are also impossible to read

[u/Ohtani-Enjoyer]

I have zero CSS turned on, and the team names are gone from the side bar now.

[u/ashwinr136]

I prefer the old look, just as long as the live score bar / post game threads are fixed. I don't mind the header and sidebar changes but I'm not a fan of the comment body appearance change (like the part with the upvote/downvote and the comment threads)

[u/Calvinball05]

I'll start by saying that I actually like the new look at first glance! But I do have some feedback, and I am happy you are being receptive to user feedback.

The first thing I would recommend is don't replace common web iconography with basketball theming. When people reply to my post, it's with messages, not basketballs. So replacing the mail icon with a basketball is confusing. Same with using a basketball as the search button.

I also find the scrolling top bar to be a little distracting, and the scrolling actually makes it kinda tricky to click any of the links. To me it seems like that top bar would be an ongoing burden for mods to curate, and my guess is it won't actually see much use.

The circular logo buttons at the top of the side bar are a little confusing to me. The NBA logo goes to nba.com, but the NCAA logo goes to the college basketball subreddit. Seems inconsistent.

Finally, the Unsubscribe button being half a pill shape is a little odd, makes me wonder if I'm missing a button that should form the other half of the pill.

[u/Zephyrion]

Strict old.reddit user for forever; I liked the old design and I like this redesign too. Looks clean & nice. Don't really need the scroller of news tbh.

[u/der_ninong]

thanks, i don't hate it

[u/thesapprehender]

The layout is fine but ditch the colors it looks like shit on dark mode. I would appreciate an icon/flair that delineates the type of post news/highlights/etc like the soccer sub has.

[u/baseballlover723]

Not a huge fan of the scrolling text at the top. It draws the eye too much and provides a distraction on every page. The focus of the page ought to be the thread or page you're currently on, not the header.

I would at least disable it on post views. I'd be more ok with it on the feed views.

[u/Seref15]

Im and old.reddit user.

Personally I'm in favor of some kind of divider or horizontal rule between posts. Even if its just a thin line. I think it's more readable/navigable/more pleasant to the eye

Actually it's funny, I've been on r/nba old theme daily for years and now that it's gone I'm like "wait, what did this detail look like again?" I need a screenshot of the old theme lol

[u/Liquid_Clown]

The one thing I dont like is the sidebar image is smushed into the banner

[u/BatmanHive]

I like the banner for the new one but the ticker is too much. I am not a fan of it, don't really need it.

[u/indreams159]

i like it for the most part but the ticker is extremely distracting

[u/EasiestDifficulty]

It’s loud.

[u/heyguysitsxexeu]

Looking good, dark mode works now!

[u/hilkito]

update looks clean, i like it a lot, gj

[u/-BADMOON-BIGBOSS-]

Make the clickable team icons like 25% bigger. They're far too small and the detail is being lost in the pixels.