Show DN: Readr for reddit - Medium like reader for Reddit

almost 9 years ago from Saransh Sinha, Designer at Flow

Hi DN, this is my first Show DN, so please be gentle.

For as long as I have been on reddit, I (and perhaps some of you) have felt the need for a better design for reddit, but still love the simplicity of its design. So, instead of reinventing the wheel, I thought, 'Why not enhance small part of reddit without disrupting the current user flow.

Fast forward 2 caffeine fueled all nighters, and here it is : http://codepen.io/saransh/full/qEOLKj/

Readr for reddit adds a 'read' button under every reddit comment, clicking on which smoothly opens a beautiful, Medium-esque version that comment.

When you are done reading, just press either of the 2 close buttons, or use 'ESC' on your keyboard.

Shout out to r/AskReddit and r/WritingPrompts for prompting me to build this.

Feedback and feature requests welcome!

11 comments

Daniel Archer, almost 9 years ago
Love it! I'd love to see you expand this to clean up Reddit's UI on a grander scale. Personally, I don't use Chrome, so if you happen to make a Safari Extension, please update me!
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- Mason Lawlor, almost 9 years ago
  I agree with this. To me, it's pretty rare that I read a comment big enough to warrant opening it in a new window for a better reading experience. Yet, if this was on a grander scale, I could see the practicality in it. Keep up the great work!
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- Saransh Sinha, almost 9 years ago
  That's what I had in mind when I started work on this, a cleaner reddit. But there were certain challenges associated with rewriting reddit code, in a non intrusive way. I'll put in more work into this if people seem interested in the development. And +1 for the Safari Extension (Going to put my 4 hour layover to good use tomorrow).
  2 points
  - Daniel Archer, almost 9 years ago
    woohoo!!
    0 points
Saransh Sinha, almost 9 years ago
Direct chrome webstore link : https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/readr-for-reddit/molhdaofohigaepljchpmfablknhabmo
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Pierre de Milly, almost 9 years ago
Maybe I'm mistaken but it doesn't seem to work for self.posts. That would be a great feature!
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- Saransh Sinha, almost 9 years ago
  Yeah, currently supports only regular comments on any thread, I'll schedule this feature for tonights release :)
  1 point
Toni Manolache, almost 9 years ago
Have you tried http://alienreader.com ?
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- Saransh Sinha, almost 9 years ago
  I have now. From what I can tell, this is an alternate UI for the front page (or any subrredit) on reddit. But the actual discussions still opened on reddit. The extension I have built lives inside reddit, and adds a read button for individual comments. Is there something I am missing about alienreader?
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