Monday, May 26, 2008

reddit design changes: for real this time

We deployed the changes we've been working on in the beta site to reddit.com a few moments ago. The changes include:

  • A reworked design to make reddit more intuitive while still preserving the simple and functional interface. However, if it's not simple enough, you can enable parts of the old interface by choosing "compress link display" in your preferences.


  • Non-logged in users can set language preferences by clicking on the language in the upper-right


  • Reddits can be toggled on and off temporarily from the sidebar, and the changes can be made permanent by clicking "save"


  • By appending .json to any listing page, you can get a JSON version of the listing. We'll be updating this API over the new few weeks. If you have in mind a project that you'd like to build, but don't have the right data for, shoot an email to feedback@reddit.com and let us know how we can help.


  • There is a new mobile version of the site located at m.reddit.com. This should be more accommodating to the simple browsers.


We had a great deal of help from designer and CSS-fiend, Rich White, who got us from version 1 to version 2 of the redesign. You might remember Rich from such websites as Kiko, SlimTimer, and most recently UserVoice. If you run a website and it gets traffic, you really ought to give UserVoice a try -- it's like a features.reddit that actually works!

If you've got feedback on the redesign (and we know you do), he's asked that you submit it here for him to review.

Thanks again, Rich.

Also, thanks to the handful of users who sent me design suggestions.

Enjoy!
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