I'm not sure what exact device you're using, but on iPhone 12 Mini, old.reddit.com is borderline unusable, very different experience compared to if you could access r/all like before via the actually usable web+mobile version, a comparison: https://imgur.com/a/AVGjjCN

Anyways, the end result has been I don't use reddit at all on the phone, so kind of ended up being good for me anyways.

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hacker161 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

“Borderline unusable” is such a hyperbolic way to describe a fully functional design that doesn’t happen to be responsive. Hacker News must be borderline unusable for you as well then, no?

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embedding-shape 4 hours ago | parent [-]

> Hacker News must be borderline unusable for you as well then, no?

On my phone? Yes, absolutely, impossible to hit the links correctly even if I zoom in. Both old reddit and HN is "Fully functional" on desktop, agree, but far cry from "fully functional" on my arguably tiny iPhone.

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nemomarx 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Is that a ios browser difference? I browse hn all the time on my android phone and I didn't think my screen was unusually big. Maybe they implement some different scaling?

	▲	pesus 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I almost solely use HN on my iPhone browser. It works very well and the scaling is well implemented, although it is a little too easy to accidentally fat finger and vote/flag something without realizing it. I actually find the desktop site (on my laptop) to be a bit hard to use due to its narrowness and small font size, but I'm not sure how universal that is.

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CDRdude 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I'm using an iphone 13, although I prefer to turn sideways and browse in landscape mode. What you consider borderline unusable is just how I prefer to browse reddit.

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alienbaby 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It's perfectly fine and usable for me. More so than the app or the 'new' Reddit design. I exclusively use the old design.