Reddit’s Redesign Falls Short
What I like
The top and sidebar navigation. In general both are clean and loaded with info that Reddit felt they needed to get across.
What I don’t like
The content. The big blue links look awful! The combination of spacing, and excessive white space make the reading experience nearly unbearable. Interestingly enough, I am not the only Reddit reader who agrees. Even after following the suggestion of compressing the link display, the problem is still exists.
How to fix the design
Reddit’s redesign isn’t a complete disaster. The quick fix to the main issue of reading content is to reduce white space and alternate background colors between story links. More contrast and less white would make the entire experience much much better!
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May 27th, 2008 at 2:50 pm
One of my biggest issues with the redesign is the whitespace. Why they put the comments on its own line is beyond me. However, if you do login there is the option to “compress the link display”. This makes the site a whole lot better. The problem with that is I now have to login to the site to make it look decent.