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Announcements Jun 9, 2016 at 6:37 PM

New look on Listnook mobile web: compact view

Posted by Amg137

**TL;DR:** Mobile web users will be redirected to a new compact view on m.listnook.com starting today **Hi everyone!** Over the past few months, we have worked hard to improve the Listnook experience on mobile devices with the launch of native mobile apps and a new mobile web experience. We launched a mobile web beta a little while back and thanks to the community involved, we were able to make improvements for an official launch today. Starting today, users on mobile web will be directed to m.listnook.com instead of www.listnook.com. **Easy way to opt out:** If you prefer to stick with www.listnook.com, there is a very easy way to opt out. All you have to do is click the menu button in the top right corner and select ‘Desktop Site’. The next time you come back, you will be served the desktop site by default. [Here](https://i.redd.it/a7xmc3frn52x.gif) is a short gif that demonstrates how to opt out. **What’s next?** Please give it a try and post any feedback you have — we'd love to hear how we can make it better. This is just the beginning of making the mobile web experience as seamless as possible for all of you.
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14-28 Jun 9, 2016 +1617
> If you prefer to stick with www.listnook.com, there is a very easy way to opt out. All you have to do is click the menu button in the top right corner and select ‘Desktop Site’. The next time you come back, you will be served the desktop site by default. Thanks for this I panicked when it kept switching to mobile view.
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Amg137 Jun 9, 2016 +590
Making it easy to opt out was really important to us so everyone can enjoy listnook how they prefer. That being said it would be great to get everyone's feedback what you like and what you don't so we can improve the experience
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swefpelego Jun 9, 2016 +675
I personally don't like it because it doesn't seem to give me the opportunity to *browse* content, I'm forced to look at things I might not care about and because the content is elongated and pictures/thumbnails take up so much space vertically, I am able to consume less of it like the content fiend I have become because of listnook's traditional non-mobile format. -Maybe I haven't given it a full go and this is a snap decision so take that with a grain of salt... but I think it is now a very different experience than non-mobile. Feels more like pinterest or twitter and non-mobile listnook is very different than those sites. -Also, because the titles are now black it feels like they are more comments in a continuous thread with lots of pictures in it rather than their own submissions. It's a little hard to parse username, sublistnook (which now looks like a /u/randomuser link in a comment), and title of submission overall. -[Me right now after 66 upvotes](http://i.imgur.com/mmMRruw.gif)
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Amg137 Jun 9, 2016 +89
That is the reason why we went with the compact view not the tile view. A lot of users gave us that feedback in the beta.
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D1RTYBACON Jun 9, 2016 +59
You said the ability to opt out was important to you. Will their be profile settings that allow you to request not being forced to us the mobile site. I prefer the desktop view.
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swefpelego Jun 9, 2016 +30
I don't think I've seen the tile view but these are just observations of what I see now at m.listnook.com. A little too long for me and too much unlike listnook for how I've come to appreciate it -- being mostly text I can read, check the sublistnook of, and expand if I want to check it out further (though that's with RES a lot of times). I'm primarily a desktop/laptop user though so I might not be the demographic but I do browse on my phone occasionally, but it's just too long for me and seems a lot slower to actually go through content. Just $.02! I'm sure there are people that like it more and it's definitely cool to try to enhance the experience for mobile users.
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[deleted] Jun 9, 2016 +16
I browse Listnook primarily on my phone. i.listnook.com was fine, easier on my data, much more like the desktop version. m.listnook.com is none of those.
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NeilZod Jun 9, 2016 +28
Your mobile view seemed to remove my ability to edit or delete comments. Thanks for having a way to revert the view. In addition, I had to go through several clicks to do things that normally only take one.
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Oakroscoe Jun 9, 2016 +23
Yeah, mobile versions generally suck and this one is no exception to the rule.
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mtgentry Jun 9, 2016 +6
Maybe there's a compromise btwn the two? I like not having to zoom in on the mobile version but I also like being able to see a lot at once.
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space_fountain Jun 9, 2016 +5
You can go into the hamburg menu and set it to compact view. Still not as compacted as desktop though
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BiffySkipwell Jun 9, 2016 +3
The original compact view still works by adding ".compact" to the end of any listnook URL. I have listnook bookmarked as [this] (https://www.listnook.com/.compact). Links followed inherit this compact from from parent. I absolutely despise the new m.listnook compact view. It is horrible. The original isnt much better, but is still more useable. I do switch to desktop view when needed.
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[deleted] Jun 9, 2016 +83
I hate how it takes away the sidebar of whatever sublistnook you're currently on. I play a lot of video games, and if I want to look something up, I usually check for a sublistnook dedicated to the game(or game series), and then check the sidebar for links to various resources(google always sends me to Wikia pages, which is one of the worst mobile experiences I've ever had, or just sends me to a specific post on the related sublistnook anyways). Additionally, the sidebar usually has things related to rules, or submission rules. These things are ignored enough as it is(as just about anybody who browses /new can tell you), so removing or hiding that information further isn't doing any favors to mod teams, especially given how popular mobile is and, as of today, mobile being forced to opt out as a default. It really should be an opt in thing. I understand wanting to get people to try it out, and ideally using it long term, but with that much information being left out, I feel there's some more work to be done before forcing people to opt out. Unless it's a clever ruse to get lurkers to sign up with an account. But it's probably not that. That would be crazy.
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Zebba_Odirnapal Jun 9, 2016 +14
Listnook really looks fine in desktop mode on mobile devices. I've used everything from the latest iPhone to a 6 year old Android tablet. Chrome... Opera... Safari... The desktop site works fine. They're not gonna drive me to use a standalone app that I can't control. The desktop version has more ad impressions, anyway. Why not stick with what works for everyone?
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Forest-G-Nome Jun 9, 2016 +6
That's why I'm curious about this. Why fix what isn't broken? They are investing a lot of resources into something with very minimal return. I mean there is even less ad space. There has to be another motive.
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thefonztm Jun 9, 2016 +66
Just fix the layout of posts/comments <-> sidebar on the desktop site and call that the mobile version, IMO. Sidebar eats the screen and messes up the comments. But you asked for critiques on the mobile side, so here goes. Galaxy S6 using default 'internet' browser. Mobile viewer destroys my ability to scan. Viewing desktop on my phone I can see 10-15 posts at max zoom from the top of my front page. Titles are legible, even the thumbnails get the job done though a bit small. Whereas on m.listnook I can only see 4 posts & tons of white space per post on screen. http://imgur.com/a/9WkOt I don't mind zoom & click on the desktop site to reach the comments. It's almost not needed, does a good job selecting what I intended even at max zoom out. Consider trying to get the density of m.listnook to be more like desktop listnook.
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AlwaysLupus Jun 9, 2016 +24
This is exactly what every single mobile listnook experiment has done wrong. I get less content than the desktop version, and its harder to parse.
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Alaharon123 Jun 9, 2016 +13
listnook is fun comes pretty close
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space_fountain Jun 9, 2016 +54
I'm sure you've already done a lot of testing, but I think what a lot of people are getting to is that it feels, even when compacted, too airy. It's a hard thing to describe, but it feels like fonts are too big and there's a lot of wasted space even if there actually isn't. Listnook's a bit of strange site in that it bucks the trends in design a lot, but I think people have gotten used to that. Ideal for me with a mobile browsing experience would be the default site with some things put in sub menus and space better used.
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yoodenvranx Jun 9, 2016 +20
> too airy Welcome to the horrible world of "beautiful" webdesign. The old mobile website is perfect because it has this two-tone color scheme and some borders which tremendously helps understanding the structure of the content. But unfortunately the collective designer hivemind decided that a modern webpage must use a lot of whitespace and padding, no colors, no borders and no other visual clues which helps to add some structure to the content. Modern websites are only designed for looks, but none of the designers ever actually uses their own products, otherwise they would realize that this barren wasteland of whitespace is a pile of dog poo.
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HuckFinn69 Jun 9, 2016 +41
I've always liked using the .compact site, even though often when I hit the back button the font size of the text will suddenly increase which is annoying. It is still better than any of the apps or the mobile site, though it would be nice if in addition to fixing the font problem, if you could edit your posts from the .compact site.
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Hdhssj Jun 9, 2016 +19
I like the .compact version the best too! But the text size also increases for me whenever I hit the back button, which is frustrating. Also you can't always save posts with the .compact version, not sure why?
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poolecl Jun 10, 2016 +6
.compact user also on iPhone. I've noticed the font thing too, although it's been recent for me. Maybe the last 3 - 6 months?
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Miserable_Fuck Jun 10, 2016 +18
Yeah the .compact version is way better than the m.listnook version. I swear, m.listnook loads slow as f***, feels clunky, involves waaay too much scrolling...just uhg. Feels like some UX design that was chewed on for 6 months by interns who overlooked the KISS principle and then shat out the best version they could muster. F*** that shit, .compact all the way baby!
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keplar Jun 9, 2016 +39
I flipped out, myself. I hate mobile versions of websites, and didn't see this announcement because there's no way I would read far enough in a mobile version of Listnook to find this anywhere but the top of the first page. Took me a bit to figure it out, but thankfully did find the option, hence now locating this thread and replying. Most other websites that have a mobile version seem to have their "desktop site" link in either a header or footer of each page. I would very much prefer something standard like that, so I don't have to dig through menus to keep my website looking like a website. This really ought to be a well advertised opt-in, not an opt-out.
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bradbrookequincy Jun 10, 2016 +9
No shit took me an hour before I figured it out. Im an Iphone only user of Listnook I would be done with Listnook if I had to access it through that mobile site. Just cant see enough screen at once for me.
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q_stache Jun 10, 2016 +26
It sucks. Just because I am on my phone doesn't mean I want reduced functionality. If you can find a way to keep all of the normal functions easily accessible, great. If not, you are putting out an inferior product. I would have greatly preferred if this was opt in. There may be people that want some mobile thing that is actually harder to use, but I am not one.
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bradbrookequincy Jun 10, 2016 +5
Exactly there are many of us who have no problem using a full website on our mobile. That goes for many sites because you lose so much. Listnook.com is a very robust site with ALOT going on. I could never use any mobile version.
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fsmpastafarian Jun 9, 2016 +12
I tend to moderate a lot from mobile, and as of yet I haven't seen any iOS apps that have good functionality for moderators, so I stick to a browser while on mobile. I'd love to be able to use an app, but thus far nothing has compared to the full site, even though using it on mobile is clunky to say the least. I'll admit that I panicked a bit this morning when I thought I would have to use the mobile version of the site, because it effectively would have made moderating impossible. I appreciate the ability to opt out, but would really appreciate better mod functions on the app itself.
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[deleted] Jun 9, 2016 +27
Why is the opt-out not linked to user accounts, but rather to the browser? I visit listnook in private mode, so it doesn't store whatever cookie you're using for the opt-out, meaning that opting out doesn't help -- every time I come back to listnook, I have to manually switch to the desktop site.
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jpipi Jun 9, 2016 +9
I like the desktop site on my phone because I'm used to the desktop layout. I don't like the crowded view of the mobile site though it looks well made, so I want to keep using the desktop site. My issue is that I always use private mode on my iPhone, and that separates each tab very independently. Now every time I launch a new tab and open Listnook, I have to reselect desktop mode. My links are set to go straight to desktop, but I have to choose every time I open a tab. Any chance of working on a fix for this? Maybe just as you make it m.listnook.com, you could make d.listnook.com bypass the mobile redirect?
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petrichorE6 Jun 9, 2016 +97
What I don't like is that the comments are automatically sorted as 'best' everytime I open the site on mobile. It's a very petty complaint I know, but it's my pet peeve.
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TriumphantEgg Jun 9, 2016 +35
I agree. I don't really think it's a petty complaint, I don't understand why they can't be sorted the way I want them to be, as I put in my preferences.
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MoneyChurch Jun 9, 2016 +18
Yeah, if the thread has a default sort other than 'best,' the mobile site/app should use that sort. Right now that only happens on the desktop.
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metaobject Jun 9, 2016 +20
I have terrible vision and having the ability to view the non-mobile site on a mobile device is important because it allows me to zoom in easily, when needed. Zooming in on the mobile site is disabled by default (although I can get around that) but when I zoom, it looks terrible because the size ratio of screen elements gets screwed up and it causes the readable content to be confined to small areas. Thank you for allowing users to opt-out! E: thank you kind person on the internet for the gold!
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usmclvsop Jun 9, 2016 +55
Absolutely hate the mobile site to the point that I would quit reading listnook were it the only option. Hard to quickly scan through titles because everything is so spaced out.
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_supernovasky_ Jun 9, 2016 +21
Honestly as a mobile user, I never use mobile versions of Listnook and most sites. This is because I much rather use sublistnook settings and formatting, especially since I visit a lot of subs with spoiler css.
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ConciselyVerbose Jun 9, 2016 +19
I want a profile checkbox to permanently disable the mobile site and hide the pop down "click here for mobile" button. Edit: ideally have mobile links people inconsiderately provided redirect to the full site.
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AlwaysLupus Jun 9, 2016 +9
Also, it should automatically redirect you to the desktop version of listnook, if google is mean enough to give you m.listnook.com in its search results.
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AntithesisVI Jun 9, 2016 +12
How about opting out of just specific content? I *hate* the mobile experience because it forces me to load every single picture. I have a limited data plan and that's very rude of you to presume upon me in such a way. Edit: Not to mention, a lot of it is just garbage, in my opinion which I'm entitled to in the forum of which content I prefer to be bombarded with. /edit Would it really be so hard, so much to ask, to have an option like you do with text posts, where you click a button to load/reveal the content? Like RES(Listnook Enhancement Suite). If you did that, I wouldn't immediately click away from the mobile site in fear and horror, and I might actually investigate to see what it offers.
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JimmySinner Jun 9, 2016 +44
I've been using http://www.listnook.com/.compact for years, it's got a much clearer layout. Why not just use that as the mobile site?
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ArmandoWall Jun 10, 2016 +9
THANK YOU! I knew I couldn't be the only one.
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Zebba_Odirnapal Jun 9, 2016 +45
Desktop mode. Stop forcing mobile mode. I didn't request it, yet, your server hijacked my session and forced a shitty mode upon me that I did not request. That's malicious. I hadn't found the "easy" opt out menu. Manually editing the "m" out of the URL *should* have been enough but noooo, some douchebag decided they know better than me what my browsing experience should look like. Keep this bullshit up, and I'll start spoofing my user agent.
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Has_No_Gimmick Jun 9, 2016 +60
Tbh from my perspective no mobile interface will ever work for me. I prefer the consistency of using the same interface on mobile here as I do on desktop.
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AlwaysLupus Jun 9, 2016 +18
I can't think of a single website where I prefer the mobile website to the actual website. Well I can, there's 1 and that's only because their mobile website looks identical to the desktop website, except it doesn't have advertisements. Its not you listnook, the entire internet sucks at making mobile websites.
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CalcProgrammer1 Jun 9, 2016 +9
Agreed. I just use a plugin to force a desktop user agent on mobile Firefox. Can't stand most mobile sites. I bought a big phone and lowered the DPI on it so it is more like a tablet. I want it to work like a tablet.
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point_of_you Jun 9, 2016 +5
>Making it easy to opt out was really important to us so everyone can enjoy listnook how they prefer. This is an awesome philosophy, thanks for making it easy to toggle/opt out. I prefer the desktop site on my phone because it's easy to see more or less by zooming in or out (plus I'm already familiar with it)
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agoia Jun 10, 2016 +7
Since I try to browse without cookies on my phone this did not stick. Had to force mobile browser to be in desktop mode. Automatic redirects suck. If I type in www.listnook.com I want to go to www.listnook.com, not get automatically kicked to m.listnook.com
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HelveticaBOLD Jun 9, 2016 +12
"Making it easy to opt out" would be great, but I literally had to tap the Menu button six or eight times (none of which gave any visual indication that anything was happening) before I was actually *presented* with a menu. So far what I'm seeing on mobile is a lot of grayed-out buttons which may or may not actually work, and a new interface default which I didn't want in the first place.
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Throwaway_bicycling Jun 10, 2016 +8
What I don't like: that it's the equivalent of an H19 terminal in a retina display world. **There was nothing wrong with the desktop experience on a device where you can pan and zoom.** I mean, I have a f****** pocket supercomputer, and you are fascistically choosing my font sizes? Really? God was I ever panicked before I found the escape from stupid prison. I am totally serious here: you really had people who preferred the new look in testing?
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14-28 Jun 9, 2016 +6
I'd like to be able to hide sublistnooks that I don't care for. That's probably already possible but I don't know how to do it. Even default sublistnooks like nosleep. I'm basic. I like reading frontpage and r/all, but I want less obstacles in the way of good links.
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Lord_Data Jun 9, 2016 +7
When I was looking for the desktop site toggle, I found a "night mode" - a long requested feature here at least! So thanks for that. Any hope of night mode (i.e. inverted text on dark background) making its way to the desktop view?
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Drigr Jun 10, 2016 +5
Not a fan of being forced in. I have "request desktop site" checked, but I open links in a new tab ALL the time and it defaults to the mobile site. I have chosen to stick with the desktop site vs the mobile site or an app because it's what I'm familiar with and I like how it is. Please just give us a setting to select.
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UbdU Jun 9, 2016 +10
I don't know what this is all about. I use i.listnook.com. Please don't get rid of the i.
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[deleted] Jun 9, 2016 +26
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[deleted] Jun 9, 2016 +14
God I (and my data plan) hope so
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Suraru Jun 9, 2016 +4
The reason I prefer the desktop page is because links can turn purple, I can read the sidebar easily, and I love seeing the unRED inbox. I might be using mobile wrong to not see any of that, but I would use it over desktop if it was fixed. Currently I dislike using desktop because I downvote instead of collapsing a thread, and I think I've accidently reported a bunch of users trying to reply to comments.
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CWRUW4 Jun 9, 2016 +4
I deleted my comment because I realized somewhere along the way I had signed up for the beta "test group" but not once was I asked for feedback or given access to easily give feedback?
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This_Land_Is_My_Land Jun 10, 2016 +3
Thanks. I hate mobile sites; they're always uncomfortable and unfamiliar, and often leave out a lot of content that desktop sites have. I have no real opinion on Listnook's old mobile site, nor have I seen the new, but I just hate mobile sites in general. Many sites make it hard or literally impossible to switch to their desktop variants, and *that really sucks for me.*
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ashesarise Jun 10, 2016 +3
I don't like mobile because it is all zoomed in, and I can't zoom out. Its awkward to browse that zoomed in as I can only see a couple things at a time. Its exhausting. I like to be able to see the entire front page of a given sub at a glance, it being mobile doesn't change that. The thumbnails are way too fat and the titles should't take more than one line of text.
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AlwaysLupus Jun 9, 2016 +18
I cannot express how much I dislike the mobile view. I was pissed when I saw it again, because I thought I'd killed that beast once and for all. The worst part is that google searches on my phone tend to return m.listnook.com instead of the real site. Anyway, I turned it off (once again) and it seems to be staying off.
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[deleted] Jun 9, 2016 +17
I'm so thankful for this. The mobile version has me all confused. I prefer the desktop version.
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chalks777 Jun 9, 2016 +537
One of the things that I hate more than anything else is clicking on a http://m.* link on desktop and *not* being redirected to the desktop version. Any chance that could happen? i.e. desktop user inadvertently ends up going to m.listnook.com/some_link but should be redirected to listnook.com/some_link
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Amg137 Jun 9, 2016 +198
Thanks for sharing this, we are looking into it. I can't promise anything yet but we will try to make this change
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DiggityDug7 Jun 10, 2016 +22
Most major websites nowadays serve the correct version of the site based on the user agent. So if you navigate to a page on iOS or Android, then it sends a little user agent string with the request so the server knows which version to respond with. Using m.site.com has been widely considered a bad practice in the web community for a few years now, because people on mobile will share the link and desktop users get stuck with the mobile version instead.
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lizzyshoe Jun 9, 2016 +189
I find this especially annoying for Wikipedia links.
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FireMoose Jun 10, 2016 +11
If you have greasemonkey (firefox) or tampermonkey (chrome) you can use this script to deal with this problem. // ==UserScript== // @name WikiNoMobile // @namespace Wikipedia mobile redirect to desktop // @description Redirects Wikipedia mobile to desktop // @include https://en.m.wikipedia.org/* // @include http://en.m.wikipedia.org/* // @version 1 // @grant none // ==/UserScript== window.location.hostname='en.wikipedia.org';
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CrabbyBlueberry Jun 10, 2016 +3
I have one just like this, except it works in all languages: // ==UserScript== // @name Wikipedia Mobile to Desktop redirect // @namespace CrabbyBlueberry // @include https://*.m.wikipedia.org/* // @include http://*.m.wikipedia.org/* // @version 1.1 // ==/UserScript== window.location = window.location.toString().replace('m.wikipedia.org','wikipedia.org');
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HorrendousRex Jun 10, 2016 +17
You know, I originally hated the Wikipedia mobile site, but it's been improved so much that now I sort of prefer it.
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Zebba_Odirnapal Jun 9, 2016 +64
Yeah that's funny. If you can hijack sessions one way why aren't you doing it in the other direction?
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[deleted] Jun 9, 2016 +44
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nigelfarij Jun 9, 2016 +12
Wouldn't it be better just to make listnook.com responsive?
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speedofdark8 Jun 9, 2016 +10
/u/oldschoolred I second this question, its so annoying clicking mobile listnook links on desktop and not being redirected to the regular site.
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Desembler Jun 9, 2016 +8
I don't understand why we can have it one way but not the other. It seems like any website with any amount of regular traffic has an auto-redirect for mobile users but not the other way around.
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ThePowerfulSquirrel Jun 9, 2016 +3
That's so annoying. I ended up writing myself a chrome extension just so it would redirect m. and /.compact links to the normal desktop site. For some reason half the search results when I search listnook using google link to non-desktop url's.
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[deleted] Jun 9, 2016 +249
What was wrong with the old compact view? http://i.listnook.com or http://www.listnook.com/.compact
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[deleted] Jun 9, 2016 +16
yea, i feel .compact is better than m.listnook.com. I checked out this compacted m.listnook.com. still too much whitespace. c'mon! maybe listnook is backed by big pharma and the long con is to increase wear on our thumb joints so they can sell us $$$ drugs.
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Amg137 Jun 9, 2016 +133
At this time we have no plans to make any changes to i.listnook.com
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Hypersapien Jun 9, 2016 +181
Why did you abandon it, though? It's better in almost every way. It's easier to read and faster to load. It just needed a couple more features added, like a consistent "delete" button on your own comments and links to the comment pages under the "Other Discussions" page.
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dead_monster Jun 9, 2016 +78
It's abandoned because they can't inject ads into it they can with m.listnook.com. With m.listnook.com, they can sell large image ads.
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[deleted] Jun 10, 2016 +15
Yes, people want to make money off of websites with large amounts of traffic.
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Kmlkmljkl Jun 9, 2016 +14
> links to the comment pages under the "Other Discussions" page. YES. this bugs the shit out of me - instead, you have to go to the user page of whoever posted it and then go to the comments and if it's an old post or an active user you're fucked
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[deleted] Jun 10, 2016 +13
i.listnook is vastly superior. m.listnook is absolute garbage if you are used to i.listnook. That being said I'm quite enjoying the official listnook app for iphones.
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[deleted] Jun 10, 2016 +22
Please do not get rid of i.listnook.com. I absolutely hate the m.listnook.com. The compact version of m.listnook.com is not as compact as i.listnook.com. it's hard to figure out child comments on both m. interfaces.
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Blackmesa40 Jun 9, 2016 +22
Phew, thanks! i.listnook.com is the only way I can use listnook now. Been using it for years, it makes the desktop version look so cluttered! I couldn't stand it when I went on the regular listnook site.
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[deleted] Jun 9, 2016 +138
Thank you! Still the best mobile view. Everytime the site asks if I want to use the new view I say no.
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[deleted] Jun 9, 2016 +28
I love this view. I wish they'd have invested time and money into fixing some quirks of it up instead of trying to make a mobile Facebook type version of Listnook. EDIT: I also want to appreciate that they've been asking for feedback for a while, and a lot of the feedback has been to stop their current Facebook clone path and get back to a site more like the version you linked, but they have their own plans and ideas.
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Hypersapien Jun 9, 2016 +49
That's admin speak for "We aren't maintaining it any more, but we're going to leave it there."
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Necroluster Jun 10, 2016 +21
.compact is superior. Easy to get an overview and navigate. For the love of all you hold holy, DO NOT change it one bit!
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gamblingman2 Jun 9, 2016 +72
Please leave .compact alone. I don't like your new versions. If I wanted Facebook I'd be on Facebook.... and I'm not because it sucks. Don't be facebook.
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[deleted] Jun 9, 2016 +12
I just want text and minimalist design. Remove everything that isn't functional. Nothing cute or animated, super-simple design... Just let me read!!
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whatcouchman Jun 10, 2016 +5
Just wanted to add that I also prefer .compact to the various mobile iterations I've seen. Everything stands out a bit more and I haven't had any issues with casual listnooking on it. Sure I switch sublistnooks by typing them in the address bar but the ones I view the most fill the drop down menu anyway.
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Hdhssj Jun 9, 2016 +39
.compact version is best version!!!
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[deleted] Jun 9, 2016 +7
I notice lately that I'm getting errors trying to use i.listnook with https, what can I do to get around these certificate problems?
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Skjie Jun 9, 2016 +10
And what is the plan for it? Will listnook be getting rid of it?
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[deleted] Jun 9, 2016 +90
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Amg137 Jun 9, 2016 +94
I think that would be a great change, and we have it on our todo list. It should be released fairly soon
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tjwarren Jun 9, 2016 +165
Please make this an option, rather than the only behavior. Having a page take up more and more RAM as you scroll, and periodically losing your place when clicking "back", make endless pages more hassle than there they're worth (for me, anyway). Thanks!
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SquareWheel Jun 9, 2016 +4
It shouldn't need to take more ram if implemented properly. DOM nodes can be edited to remove out of view content, and the push history API allows the URL to be updated so you don't lose your place. Still, it's hard to do well. [Discourse](https://www.discourse.org/) is a good example. Twitter is a bad example.
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RuleNine Jun 9, 2016 +16
I second this. If you're more than a couple of pages in, it's really tedious to get back to your spot.
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dsdsds Jun 9, 2016 +8
Especially if it refreshes when you move back and everything is in a different order.
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The0x539 Jun 9, 2016 +7
Not that I'm personally against infinite scrolling with any remote level of vehemency, but [relevant xkcd]( https://xkcd.com/1309/).
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Sharpbarb Jun 9, 2016 +12
My personally prefer the pagination. I hope "never ending listnook" is opt-in.
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[deleted] Jun 9, 2016 +143
Why do sites like this try to keep pushing us to a mobile version? I understand that not everyone is using a Apple/Samsung smart phone, but why not let us CHOOSE to go to the mobile version rather than make us?
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[deleted] Jun 9, 2016 +17
[back in 2015 Google said it would start prioritizing mobile compatible sites](http://www.inboundmarketingagents.com/inbound-marketing-agents-blog/bid/361535/Google-to-Start-Penalizing-Non-Mobile-Sites). You get a bump down if you aren't mobile optimized. I know most of us go to listnook.com, and there are not similarly spelled competitor site. But as an ad based website, like listnook is, you need to stay at the top of google results.
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Amg137 Jun 9, 2016 +57
One of the highest priority to us was to make opting out as easy as possible because we understand that users have different preferences. We want you to enjoy Listnook the way you like to
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SirAzrael Jun 9, 2016 +20
This is very appreciated. With the recent change to Facebook and no longer being able to access messages the mobile site, I've been using the desktop version from my phone, but they don't actually give an option to opt out of the mobile site, which is mildly infuriating
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[deleted] Jun 9, 2016 +9
Use mbasic.facebook.com It works for now.
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toastndrink Jun 9, 2016 +10
Holy shit thank you! I hate messenger and this even loads faster
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TAKEitTOrCIRCLEJERK Jun 9, 2016 +20
Before I give it a shot, I'll just ask: how are the mod tools in compact view? Will I have access to the full modmail and modtool suite?
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Amg137 Jun 9, 2016 +30
We are working hard to bring mod tools to mobile web, unfortunately at this point they are not part of the mobile experience. However we are working hard to get there
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[deleted] Jun 9, 2016 +12
I still think a lot of improvements are needed but this is a good change.
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Amg137 Jun 9, 2016 +22
Thanks, I would love to hear what changes you would suggest, we want to make this experience great for all of you
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yodatsracist Jun 9, 2016 +56
I think it actually looks great on the front page, but I mainly browse text heavy, comment-based subs like /r/askhistorians and /r/truelistnook. For /r/askhistorians I tend to find my old comments by searching Google along the lines of 'site:Listnook.com/r/askhistorians yodatsracist "what I'm interested in"'. This mobile interface has been showing up for a while in search results so I've had some experience with it. I find it very difficult to read long comment threads in it--it's hard to follow conversations because it's hard to tell how many comments deep you are in the thread. A simple set of lines on the side indicating comment depth, or alternating background colors, or really anything like that would be very useful. If it goes Adam >Beth >>Chris >>>Drake >>>>Eric >>>Fred >>>>George without the lines, it often takes a bit of looking to understand who Fred is replying to. Lines or anything else might make the mobile page look less "clean", but they're really useful on comment heavy subs. This version is clearer than some of the early m.listnook.com versions (and the color scheme seems like it's better too) but it can still be hard to read deep in comment chains. Anything that concretely showed comment depth would be great.
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timawesomeness Jun 9, 2016 +8
Yes! This is one of my biggest issues with the mobile site as it is right now.
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space_fountain Jun 9, 2016 +18
I think my biggest problem is the density. I have a pretty high def screen and good eyes. With the normal page I can fit about 7 post on the screen at the same time with lots of empty space that around that could have been used to fit even more. On the mobile site it's much more spaced out even though space is used more efficiently. I can really only fit 5 on screen at once even in compact mode. Mostly it's probably just me not being used to it. From the way it felt I'd assumed that it would actually be a lot bigger difference than it it until I counted.
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aryst0krat Jun 9, 2016 +18
Seconding density. That's the main reason I still use .compact instead of the new one. I don't want a bunch of previews or useless white space.
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saltyworker Jun 9, 2016 +47
I don't think this is a great change, but I think it's going to be hard to beat the utility of the desktop site. To be honest it seems like it's missed the mark. Great if you were starting a new site from scratch but not because we've all been using desktop Listnook too long. Specifics: - drastically reduced number of links viewable without scroll. On my screen it's 4 vs ~13-15 (iPhone 6s plus) - no links in the top bar to my sublistnooks - no link to R/all - I don't want to type to find sublistnooks. I'm on mobile why am I typing? - no link color change for visited links - different positioning of upvotes, comments, etc from desktop site. Why are you moving things around? Now I have to remember where things are on mobile and desktop separately. Bad UX - no link directly to my profile without using the mobile menu - relying too much on the mobile menu generally To be honest I would go back to the drawing board and condense the desktop site to play nicely on mobile, slightly larger text, use swipe functionality to show/hide sidebar on mobile, and ditch the hamburger menu completely. This may be a bit harsh ( and I'm a web dev too so don't take this too personally) but you could probably inspect element > increase some font sizes and streamline text on the desktop site, change some CSS, and have something I'd be more likely to use than m.listnook.com
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zavoid Jun 10, 2016 +18
Agreed. It's my main mobile choice still. The small form factor and simpleness of it is great and easy to use.
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stelund Jun 10, 2016 +11
It's great! And very readable.
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srnull Jun 9, 2016 +42
Hmm "compact view" had me excited, but it's the same m.listnook.com, and I don't find much "compact" about it. I would love it to be more like (exactly like for all I care) i.listnook.com, just with actions like permalink and collapse not hidden behind additional clicks. Can we get a compact-compact, or compact^2 mode for m.listnook.com? Edit: Apparently you have to go into the settings dropdown and toggle from 'Card' to 'Compact'. That's better, but how come it doesn't respect my user preference to not show thumbnail previews? Edit 2: Also doesn't respect my user preference to not media at the top of the comments page.
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oneharp Jun 9, 2016 +63
**Things I like:** - Night View (!!!!!) - Compact List (Handy to have the option) - Decent UI (Pretty good layout of most things) **Things I don't like:** - No Multilistnooks (I LOVE my Multi's!!!! I need them!!) - Can't sort my subscribed subs alphabetically (Since there are no multi's, I need this) - Often takes a long time to load content (Probably will be be fixed soon, yes?) Overall, kudos on a pretty good roll out of the mobile site. I hope you can add multi's soon, and then I'd switch over from the desktop site with no reservations..
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salem277 Jun 9, 2016 +11
I would say you made things worse, I just spent a good while getting pissed to a whole new level just trying to figure out why my usual listnook page turned practically to shit and why I cant just change the url to get back to the normal full site. So then eventually i bring myself to google my problem since someone else must be dealing with this same thing and then i find this. Stop fixing whats not broke if anything make it by defgault the full site and then add a very obvious and fully visible button to switch to mobile if that should be something they desire. Point is that button was like hidden and out of sigh and should ideally be more like ( desktop site/ Mobile site) rather than just (desktop site).
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ilovedonuts Jun 9, 2016 +18
I've been using the other compact view, the one where you put .compact at the end of a regular Listnook URL. Im actually quite happy with that obe for the most part. I don't like m.listnook - from what i remember it doesn't seem as responsive, and it's always trying to load things in an ajax-y manner with varying results
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[deleted] Jun 9, 2016 +11
I am glad you presented the oppurtunity to opt out. I was incredibly disheartened when I saw a sponsored post slipped into the middle of my browsing. It is pretty clear that improving the ad exposure was a big factor in this change. As always you keep us involved with threads like these, but I really do not like seeing a sponsored Ad slipped into the middle of a bunch of normal links. Its sneaky and you know it.
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yoodenvranx Jun 9, 2016 +12
I am sorry for using a harsh language, but who in their right mind things that this f****** static nav bar is a good idea? This shit pisses me off to no end on a lot of mobile sites. Screen estate on mobile is *very* precious and I *hate* when 15% of my screen height is wasted by this unnecessary shit (I browse in landscape mode a lot).
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jjt3hii Jun 9, 2016 +14
I'm near sighted. I love having a large amount of detailed information in the usable screen space. I'd like to think alot of people are like me. Why is the trend in developing to market to blind users with huge tiles of the least amount of information possible?
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ravia Jun 10, 2016 +12
I like the compact (/.compact) view, while words can't describe how much I hate the mobile (m) view. I don't know what view this post is taking about, but it looks like the mobile view. Basically there appear to be three views, including the desktop, for mobile, at least on Android.
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karmature Jun 10, 2016 +8
Take a lesson from Apple. Work your product until it's perfect. Don't release it prematurely. We now have a mobile app and a mobile interface that both are disappointing to users. Features are missing. They're harder to read. What was the rush? Now you've damaged the reputation of these products. Worse, as a company you at best seem like incompetent developers and at worst like you're out of touch with users needs. This is a leadership issue. Rethink who is leading these efforts.
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kellephant Jun 9, 2016 +9
Used it for ~2 minutes and switched to the desktop site. So thanks for making that an option. Likes: the look of it, it's clean and not full of clutter. Dislikes: why does no Listnook app or mobile site never have any moderator tools? What's with that? I use my phone 99% of the time since I don't have a laptop or desktop computer. Sometimes I use my kindle. Moderators need moderator tools!!!!!!!
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FineFilth Jun 10, 2016 +8
Personally I do not like the mobile version of Listnook. Not only that, but the fact that it automatically took you there when you went to the Listnook.com page, I thought was very intrusive of Listnook.com to do that. It's one thing for us to choose it, It's another to be forced over and over to have it show up on my cell phone. Please do not do this to us, I have switched it back to desk top after reading all the posts. But please don't do this to us.
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oonniioonn Jun 9, 2016 +9
Why is this on a separate subdomain? Now mobile users (which appear to be a majority these days) are going to post m.listnook.com links everywhere and us desktop users are going to be stuck looking at a shitty mobile site on our huge screens. It's m.wikipedia.org all over again. The think you're looking for to fix this is "responsive design".
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P-01S Jun 9, 2016 +46
What is the plan for the /.compact version of Listnook? I really prefer that UI. If feels a lot less... cluttered.
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buchanandoug Jun 9, 2016 +35
What if you use listnook.com/.compact? That's what I use and I prefer it.
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bigguitartone Jun 9, 2016 +16
I accidentally discovered the mobile site last week after getting a new phone, and I liked it so much that I panicked the next day when I was redirected to the normal site. The mobile site is easy to navigate and looks absolutely gorgeous. I usually opt out of mobile sites and stick to the desktop versions while on my phone, but this is the first time I've actually preferred the mobile version. In fact, I never use phone apps for sites that work perfectly fine through a browser, but I think this mobile site is nicer than most sites' mobile apps. I'm not always up to date on the latest tech or mobile stuff, but for me you've really set the bar for mobile versions of web sites. With that said, one thing I'd like to see changed is for the list of "Subscribed" communities to be ordered alphabetically instead of what appears to be date-joined. It can be difficult to navigate the list when it's essentially arbitrarily ordered. Also, the "Settings" option under the top-right menu just takes me to a log-in screen, even if I'm already logged in or after logging in again. (Sent from my phone.) edit: Another nice feature would be something to make it easier to distinguish which "tier" a comment is in when collapsing comments. A faint line running alongside the comments would probably work well.
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eastcoastblaze Jun 9, 2016 +36
Yeah i got forced onto this thing, legit tried to use it for 5 minutes, then spent another 5 trying to get off it. I think the desktop version > mobile by miles. Long way to go.
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Marthinwurer Jun 9, 2016 +58
Thank you so much for the option to opt out. I hate the mobile site, and when it came up on my phone with my regular Listnook bookmark, I died a little inside.
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cowboysfan88 Jun 9, 2016 +24
I love how the top three comments are happy that you can opt out of it lol
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lordbadguy Jun 10, 2016 +11
Not to rain on the parade, but the new update makes listnook completely unusable from my phone. I had to log in at a laptop to type this because none of the buttons load properly (orange or grey rectangles only) or respond to touch (up/downvoting, reply button, **even the options menu from which I could disable the mobile layout**, all unusable). Please consider adding an account-wide way to disable the mobile view so that I can listnook from my phone again.
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engunneer2 Jun 9, 2016 +15
listnook.com/.compact remains superior for density and clarity, even if it looks a decade old.
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drewthepirate Jun 9, 2016 +20
Opting out seems to be broken and it is incredibly frustrating to have to click to view the desktop version. To clarify, the desktop view "sticks" when i open "listnook.com," but if I follow a google link it still defaults to mobile. Why won't it just remember that I prefer the desktop view?
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br0000d Jun 9, 2016 +16
Thanks for bringing that up. [This thread from r/changelog](https://www.listnook.com/r/changelog/comments/4fvgs2/mobile_traffic_being_redirected_to_mlistnookcom/d2ccbcj) might bring some clarification. > Google made a change a while ago that defaults to mobile sites for searches from mobile
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AlwaysLupus Jun 9, 2016 +10
Since you're aware that google returns m.listnook.com, can we get an option somewhere to automatically redirect us to the desktop site, even if we follow a google link to m.listnook.com? I dread getting listnook results in google on my phone, since it means I'm going to have to add several clicks to open the menu and switch to desktop.
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LamborghiniAngels Jun 12, 2016 +13
Can you guys make an announcement on what went down in Orlando and with one of your biggest subs and censorship?
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RuleNine Jun 9, 2016 +5
Can the timestamps on the mobile site be fixed? I'm looking at a top all-time post in a default sub, and it tells me that it's "2518d, 6h" old. That that's about a month shy of seven years ago, but I for one wouldn't know that off the top of my head. Two units is good (on the desktop version that same post is shown as "6 years ago"), but they should not require conversions. If I were designing it, here are some sample timestamps I'd use, in order: * just now → 14m → 10h, 11m → 3d, 1h → 7mo, 27d → 1y, 6mo
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citrojohn Jun 9, 2016 +6
OK, I'm going to do my best to be constructive here. I use Opera Mini 4.5 on a Blackberry 8520 and your instructions for switching back to the desktop site don't work. Opera Mini 4.5 only has limited Javascript support, so the buttons don't have icons, only boxes; and when I click the top right icon all it does is reload the mobile page, because the "URI" the link points to is just b:49 . I presume selecting Desktop Site from the menu would take me to some page that sets an opt-out cookie. Could you just post a URL that will set the cookie? Thanks very much. (Please ignore the bit below if you'd rather... it's just me blowing off steam from two hours trying to get round this myself:) The developers should know that not everyone has Javascript on every device. This being the case, *why did they hide the opt-out link behind a link that can't be accessed without Javascript??* Just put a "Desktop Site" link at the bottom of the page - and make it *text*, not some icon from goodness-knows-what font. And why did this not occur to anyone in the development process? (Edit: I've duplicated this comment minus the steam-blowing on the original changelog post for this, http://redd.it/4fvgs2 ; if I get any help on either post I'll add it to the other one.)
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tangoshukudai Jun 10, 2016 +8
Why the hell are you forcing the mobile site on us iPhone users? I seriously hate hate hate hate hate the mobile version of the site. Please do not make it default.
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beardl3ssneck Jun 9, 2016 +10
Please stop forcing mobile after three pages when not logged in. I click the header to say no thanks to the mobile site, only to have it appear again and again before forcing me to the mobile site anyways... making me backtrack a page and hit next again to return the the desktop experience. It is enough to make me install a VPN so I don't get pushed to the mobile site. Why? I like the text based information of the desktop site with quick loading and minimal graphics. If I want to see the image associate with that post, I click on it. Forcing me to use a page with tons of whitespace and full screen images I do not want to load (see vag story in this thread) reminds me of the site overhaul that killed tribe.net
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never_said_that Jun 9, 2016 +25
Far too much white space. https://www.listnook.com/.compact is almost perfect.
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Buckwheat469 Jun 9, 2016 +23
I don't want Listnook mobile. I don't want the blue bar telling me to switch. I don't want some a****** website that I've used for over 6 years to switch me over to mobile automatically. Make it an option that can be denied or accepted by the user with a one-time confirmation. Edit: I know you can press menu->Desktop site, but that was hidden and you had to hijack my browser in the first place. Make it an opt-in experience for now until a period of time where experienced users can decline the new experience but new users will eventually get the experience by default.
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IAMBollock Jun 9, 2016 +9
TBH literally all I want from a mobile site is a slightly different shaped desktop site with a bigger show comments button.
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Sexy_Koala_Juice Jun 10, 2016 +8
In all honesty i cannot stand the mobile version. I'd rather use alien blue, and i do use alien blue, it blows the listnook app out of the water.
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Sharpbarb Jun 9, 2016 +3
I think the best think about desktop view, as counter-intuitive as it may seem, is how crammed everything is on the page. I see a large landscape and I can quickly zoom in and out of areas of interest. Mobile view feels so restrictive. It also just doesn't feel like listnook. There is something very effective about the bold blue title text in the way it delineates each post. I would make the title text the header and make it span the width of the post. The sublistnook is the most prominent part of the post; I think it should below the title. The scrolling header should be discoverable. If the heading happens to end on a space, you won't know there's more. Any particular reason the votes and arrows are on the lower right instead of the lower left? As a righty, I supposed this would make thumbing a vote much easier, but you could end up with a lot more voting based on title rather than content. I think lower right arrows then number of votes would look better. The actual link full link should be visible or easily discoverable. Clicking the post should take me to the actual link location instead of the comment page.
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TheAgreeableCow Jun 10, 2016 +6
Can you turn off the "you have been disconnected from the internet" you have been reconnected to the internet" pop-ups. As someone with a long commute (through patchy service areas), I often load 4-5 tabs and browse at leisure. Getting these pop-ups is very annoying. At least have it auto close or make it less obtrusive.
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GregoryGoose Jun 10, 2016 +6
Your mobile site was and is still terrible and you guys are driving me insane trying to push it on me. When the modern day touchscreen phones came out it was theorized that they would be the end of mobile sites- that we would get "the whole internet" on our phones. Instead people like you go and muck it all up. I have gold. Let me set an option to never bug me about listnook mobile again and get rid of the god damn banner that I always accidentally click because it loads after all the other content. I hate mobile sites and I hate you.
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gaming99 Jun 10, 2016 +7
you need to get the f*** off and leave the user alone. I f****** hate mobile site and do not force me to browse that piece of shit UI.
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HM7 Jun 9, 2016 +9
Out of curiosity, why are you guys looking to have a mobile-specific interface? I don't really have issues on the normal site, and (at least in my opinion) the current mobile version is a long ways off of being usable. As for feedback, it feels very compact in the sense that it displays less information on the screen (which at least wasn't an issue for me but I don't know about everybody), which just slows down the whole process and made me hate it before I could reasonably try it out. It just feels like I'm struggling to get anywhere on the site
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gooeyblob Jun 9, 2016 +7
I think a lot of people who have been using listnook for a long time are just used to that interface, but if you were coming to listnook new for the first time on a phone it'd be impossible to figure out what's going on. A lot of navigation on the desktop site on phones is probably you just knowing where to navigate to and what buttons to press - not that you are _actually_ able to read anything?
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IHaveACankerOnMyCock Jun 10, 2016 +6
Why do sites even make mobile versions anyway? They're ALWAYS shitty. We almost all have powerful enough phones now to handle the desktop site, you can stop now.
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evilbrent Jun 10, 2016 +5
You're joking. Right? The new version puts about two or three comments on my screen (not a small phone), with no way to tell by looking which is the parent. Please please please don't make it harder to read on a small screen.
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[deleted] Jun 10, 2016 +6
Any plans to get rid of the infuriating smug alien that pops up for several seconds on any sort of navigation, even when the page is already cached?
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Shubniggurat Jun 9, 2016 +3
It annoys the shit out of me. I keep selecting 'desktop site', and it still keeps coming up as m.listnook.com instead of listnook.com. I prefer the non-mobile site because it lets me see an overview instead of just three subjects at a times. Every time I exit Chrome and start it again, it defaults back to the m.listnook.
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NES_SNES_N64 Jun 10, 2016 +6
If I wanted to browse the mobile site I would just use the app. This should be an opt in not an opt out. If it's an opt out, it should be much more obvious how to opt out. It should be presented the first time you use the site. I missed this announcement so I had to find it in a search. If announcements are that important for people to see, they should be stickied. People a year from now won't know either if you leave it like this. Sometimes I can't believe the stupid user interface decisions that companies think make sense.
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D45_B053 Jun 9, 2016 +6
I get that you're excited about the new mobile version, but can we PLEASE make it an "opt-*IN*" not an "opt-out"? I use the desktop version because ***I*** want to choose what images I see, not have them ALL load at once slowing my browser down to a crawl. I prefer the desktop version because it's easier to navigate for me, and I feel that the experience is better overall, I won't be getting the app because I highly doubt you've made it backwards compatible with Android 3.5 (which is what I run).
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[deleted] Jun 9, 2016 +6
TLDR: Fewer buttons. LOTS more scrolling. At least you can opt-out and the "try listnook mobile" banner is gone.
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Iggins01 Jun 10, 2016 +6
I absolutely hate the mobile site, please stop forcing me to use it. I find it completely useless and confusing.
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musical_throat_punch Jun 10, 2016 +6
Hated it. Stop forcing me to use the mobile site. My phone is far more powerful than my junky laptop and if I wanted a mobile experience I would god damned opt in.
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gautamb0 Jun 9, 2016 +10
Am I the only one that prefers mobile? I prefer scrolling through and skimming posts quickly rather than spending too much time reading any individual thread. I can do this a lot more efficiently with the mobile version. I've been using it since the beginning of beta (AFAIK) and it kind of surprises me that the majority appear to dislike it so much. It used to annoy me to have to explicitly type "m.listnook.com" over "listnook.com"... Hell, I prefer card view over compact view as well... Different strokes for different folks, I guess.
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Mackinz Jun 9, 2016 +3
>Easy way to opt out: If you prefer to stick with www.listnook.com, there is a very easy way to opt out. All you have to do is click the menu button in the top right corner and select ‘Desktop Site’. The next time you come back, you will be served the desktop site by default. Here is a short gif that demonstrates how to opt out. It better stay on Desktop Site when I click on a listnook link from googling on mobile. I've been getting sick and tired of having "mobile view" forced on me when I want desktop view consistently.
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anbansil Jun 10, 2016 +4
I like the new layout but if I click a link while browsing the comments, then go back to the comments, the page reloads the comments via AJAX. When this happens, I lose my location along with having all comments that had been collapse become re-expanded
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taksark Jun 9, 2016 +14
Will I still be able to access the classic i.listnook.com.compact that I'm used to?
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[deleted] Jun 9, 2016 +97
Desktop is superior on smartphones too.
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SergeantMatt Jun 9, 2016 +46
Yup. I've yet to find a website where the mobile version isn't just straight up worse than the desktop version.
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orestesma Jun 9, 2016 +28
Google is going to penalize sites that don't optimize for mobile, unfortunately. That's probably one of the reasons sites are pushing this. http://techcrunch.com/2015/02/26/google-makes-mobile-friendliness-a-ranking-signal-worldwide-boosts-indexed-apps-in-search-results/
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corylulu Jun 10, 2016 +3
/u/Amg137 Please redirect mobile thinks on desktops back to the desktop view, though! That way if mobile users link to a post, it won't throw desktop users into mobile view when they view it. Also the auto expanding of images at the top of the self post is super disorienting. Look at your own post as an example: https://m.listnook.com/r/announcements/comments/4nc81l/new_look_on_listnook_mobile_web_compact_view/ The image is out of context and WAAAAY too large!
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W92Baj Jun 10, 2016 +4
Please stop telling me to get the app. I don't want the f****** app of every damn website I visit, yet they all keep telling me too (imgur is particularly offensive in this). The website works fine, why would I need it?
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neohylanmay Jun 10, 2016 +3
Sorry, not a fan. Not only is it super slow to load, it managed to crash and force-close my browser just from viewing this thread. Also for some reason, all the icons [render as Chinese characters](http://i.imgur.com/GBhMN7x.jpg?1) - figure that one out. Granted, I'm using a legacy device (Galaxy S1 on the default Internet app), so the problem could be on my end. Either way, I'm having to opt-out of this one. Appreciate the effort, but no thank you.
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cosmic_cow_ck Jun 10, 2016 +5
I hate mobile Listnook. I hate the new mobile app. Just let me use Alien Blue.
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Asdfaeou Jun 9, 2016 +5
I was incredibly pissed at you guys, till I figured the Desktop option out for myself. Then I found this post.
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homer_3 Jun 9, 2016 +8
So what was the point in making this "mobile" version of listnook when the desktop version worked great on mobile? Everything is all spread out on the mobile version making it **harder** to read. If you guys had made the mobile version have a dark bg with light font, that would have been killer though. Even with the worse interface.
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