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SturgeonsLaw · 2020-07-05 07:12:29+00:00

I'll forever use old.reddit.com

Between that subdomain, RES and a custom userstyle, Reddit is quite a pleasant experience.

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pier25 | karma 12682 | avg karma 2.35 · | 2021-06-02 20:43:13+00:00

I agree.

old.reddit.com + RES is still the best Reddit experience.

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pier25 | karma 12682 | avg karma 2.35 · | 2022-06-16 13:06:43

old.reddit.com + RES is still the best Reddit experience

cvrjk | karma 150 | avg karma 5.0 · | 2020-09-04 11:13:18+00:00

If you have an account you can set this as the default. old.reddit.com + RES works really well for me. I really hope old.reddit.com does not go away.

patleeman | karma 192 | avg karma 2.02 · | 2022-02-16 14:28:51

I'm so accustomed to old reddit that I don't think I could ever switch. old.reddit.com and old reddit redirect browser extension helps make it seamless.

pier25 | karma 12682 | avg karma 2.35 · | 2021-08-24 14:25:53

Same.

old.reddit.com + RES is still the best Reddit.

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andrei_says_ | karma 6527 | avg karma 2.62 · | 2018-06-11 17:01:32

I got in the habit of typing old.reddit.com. Much much better, especially with RES.

zouhair | karma 1696 | avg karma 2.3 · | 2023-06-11 23:14:16

And when you use RES[0] there are hundreds of other tweaks for the old.reddit.com that makes it a million time more easy to use.

[0]: https://redditenhancementsuite.com/

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dewey | karma 14519 | avg karma 4.26 · | 2020-09-01 17:27:30+00:00

What's the benefit of that over just using old.reddit.com?

rhodozelia | karma 290 | avg karma 1.49 · | 2021-05-19 02:34:35+00:00

I use old.reddit.com

satisfaction | karma 73 | avg karma 0.92 · | 2020-08-19 13:41:20+00:00

I still use old.reddit.com. new reddit is sooooooooo slow

Diederich | karma 5989 | avg karma 3.48 · | 2023-06-01 13:42:26

I exclusively use old.reddit.com and it seems pretty good.

dan1234 | karma 4634 | avg karma 4.92 · | 2021-02-11 09:23:43+00:00

I find old.reddit.com to be the better experience on tablet/desktop, especially with the custom subreddit themes disabled.

beeskneecaps | karma 338 | avg karma 2.45 · | 2021-12-15 21:38:56

old.reddit.com with redditenhancementsuite.com extension is still the best way to browse. I'm impressed that they've kept the old UI for so many years. The usage must be significant to keep it around.

trextrex | karma 684 | avg karma 4.25 · | 2021-06-03 12:46:35+00:00

The old Reddit UI is still available under the old.reddit.com domain. I use browser extensions to automatically redirect to the old saner UI every time I visit Reddit.

kgwxd | karma 9256 | avg karma 4.87 · | 2021-03-04 10:05:47

old.reddit.com is good if you're not logged in. But if you create an account and disable a ton of things like:

allow subreddits to show me custom themes, show user flair, show link flair, allow my data to be used for research purposes, allow reddit to log my outbound clicks for personalization, let other users see my online status, Use new Reddit as my default experience, and everything under "set personalization preferences"

And enable "compress the link display" which in turn disables thumbnails. It's basically just like HN.

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CincinnatiMan | karma 620 | avg karma 2.72 · | 2023-06-13 15:57:54

Reddit is perfectly usable on the browser with old.reddit.com

swarnie_ | karma 383 | avg karma 0.54 · | 2020-06-11 09:16:33+00:00

old.reddit.com along with the RES plugin and an ad blocker almost make the site usable.

I have no idea how people use the new layout with a standard browser.

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wazoox | karma 8647 | avg karma 2.64 · | 2020-09-04 10:12:38

You can simply set your preferences to always use old.reddit.com, and it works fine.

LeoNatan25 | karma 3174 | avg karma 2.35 · | 2023-06-16 10:36:25

old.reddit.com is what most people want anyway, maybe with the added gallery controls they added.