I am posting the updates here because most of the users of RDX came from this community only.
Multiple updates have been made to https://rdx.overdevs.com since I last posted here including:
- Importing subscriptions from Reddit
- Saving posts for later
- Share button
- hls/dash videos
- better search
Previous posts:
So, are spez and his goons gonna come after you now?
If it’s popular enough maybe. For now it’s averaging 17-18k visits monthly so not even a drop in the ocean. But yeah i can’t post the direct link to rdx on Reddit. I have to post Github link.
This is about the best thing I could have hoped for, so I really hope it doesn’t get taken down! (but then again, the for-profit Fandom wiki farm hasn’t taken down Breezewiki or other mirror sites yet, so maybe corporations figure this sort of thing isn’t worth the effort to take down.🤞
Added themes to RDX so you can style it your way.
It doesn’t seem to work for me. When I put a sub in there I get a blank page.
Check the console of your browser. Browser’s aggressive privacy controls may be automatically blocking the json call to reddit’s api. (right click, inspect element)
Does not work on android with Firefox at all
it does if you disable tracking protection for the website (the setting’s available when you tap the padlock icon next to the URL).
I just opened a link in Firefox, it worked. Even works with install function
Doesn’t work for me on mobile (IOS) too, unfortunately. I have adguard, firefox focus extensions on safari, and use Mullvad’s DNS blocking. I’ll have to go check which of them is breaking it, but I hope I won’t need to turn off anything huge for it to work. Either way, thanks for this, I’ve been using SinkIT for reddit to get a better mobile viewing experience, and this may be a better alternative.
I hit “disable content blockers” in iOS Safari and I could then view it perfectly. I left tracking protection on, I don’t think it bothers it
It isn’t the browser being aggressive. It’s a protection called CORS (Cross Origin Resource Sharing) and you should configure your API to allow it.
There are likely loads of guides whatever language / framework you are using. Users shouldn’t need to disable CORS protections to use your site
Same.
Works for me.
Iphone 13 - Safari
The „buy me a coffee“ link seems to work, though…
The link appears below all the content that is loaded. Since there is some setting in your browser blocking the loading of one XHR request to Reddit the content doesn’t load at all and the BMAC links appears at top. Donating is completely optional and I don’t expect people who can’t see the content will donate anyway. However once in a while when someone donates I get some satisfaction that people are using what I built and are happy with it.
Though I agree the link is too big and feels like an AD I will make it smaller, or you can just fork the repo and remove the link entirely.
This is really cool but i’m not going back.
The only time I’ll accept going to Reddit is when the information I’m searching for links there.
That’s where I’ve been at as well, and even then I try other sources first since now many times comments are deleted. Mine included, lol
This is perfect! I lurk on mobile, and their mobile site is horrendous. I’ll be using this from now on!
You can add it to your homescreen and then the navigation bar stays fixed so it’s easier to navigate that way. Also it uses localstorage to save your settings/subs etc and ios clears the localstorage after 7 days of the last visit to any website. Adding to homescreen prevents that too, on Android localstorage is saved permanently.
Added themes to RDX so you can style it your way.
Very nice! Thanks for creating this. I miss some of the subreddits I used to subscribe to.
How do I import subscriptions from Reddit on RDX?
All is explained here - https://rdx.overdevs.com/settings.html if you need any help even then you can reply to this comment.
Thanks for the reply :) Do you know if it is possible to access the settings page after adding the site to the home screen on iOS? Importing the subscriptions in the browser and then adding the page to the home screen does not seem to transfer the subscriptions unfortunately.
Just scroll to the end of the first page? The link is there just below the Buy Me A Coffee banner.
Ah there it is! Sorry, I must have gotten so used to apps having “infinite scroll” that I didn’t even consider to look at the bottom of the page. Thanks a bunch!
Just added themes to RDX so you can style it your way (colors and fonts).
Added themes to RDX so you can style it your way (colors and fonts).
People are still interested in Reddit here?
If Reddit had a good UI I would return in a heartbeat. I’m sick of small, practically inactive communities for hobbies and these shallow, poorly developed calls for the end of capitalism being shoved down my throat.
Well cheers to reddit for having a bad UI then, we love having you here.
I really hope Lemmy grows out to also fill in the small inactive communities, a social media without corporate incentives to milk out the users has so much potential.
Well it’s a choice between freedom or corporate control. Freedom is never flashy at first, it only thrives when people embrace it.
Reddit has way more shallow poorly developed calls for the end of Capitalism.
Reddit also has enough large communities that I don’t need to participate in the communities I don’t like. With lemmy, it’s either small communities or the constant braindead takes.
Is this a popular opinion? I’m sort of shocked at the amount of upvotes this got tbh. Lemmy fulfills my reddit cravings, and honestly feels like a more mature community to me
Yeah. Lemmy is tiny and doesn’t have the community to be good yet.
I’m happy to be in both places for now, Reddit for more in-depth and interesting conversations. Lemmy is getting there but there’s many times when posts in my hobbies have no replies or 1 or 2. The community just isn’t there unless I want a glorified news rss feed.
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An old social network, kind of like livejournal or digg.
Curious, why the cloudflare analytics?
I wanted to see how many people are using this, the analytics are anonymous. I will switch it to a better privacy friendly analytics service soon.
This is wonderful! I occasionally go back out of curiosity (aka to confirm it’s still trash) but refuse to engage. I’d hoped I could find an extension that would prevent accidentally upvoting or commenting. This is much better. I’d give you gold but “we don’t do that here.”
Kudos, Dev!
Thank you so much. Also you can use any browser redirect extension to redirect reddit links to rdx. match https://www.reddit.com/r/(.*)/comments/(.*) redirect to - https://rdx.overdevs.com/comments.html?url=$0
Added themes to RDX so you can style it your way (colours and fonts).
Dude, get out of my head. I’d just been on and stumbled onto themes while looking for a way to better format for desktop. Love the addition.
Was just on my way here to pull you leg and say you’re single-handedly responsible for my consuming large amounts of Reddit content again.
Haha!
looking for a way to better format for desktop What are you looking for? more content on the desktop. The width of the content is fixed to 500 now because that’s good enough to read on larger monitors. Thinking of making it 700px. Any other suggestions?
This is really cool, thank you for making it. I opened in Firefox on my Android and used the Install feature FF has, and it’s really slick.
Thank you for your kind words!
Does rdx only support card style view or is there a way to toggle it to classic?
For now yeah. I will add a compact/classic view toggle in the next update.
This is pretty rad, thank you!
Does it require an account on reddit
Nope. It doesn’t require an account anywhere.
Hey - thanks for doing this. There’s one sub for a specialty 3d printer I want to keep tabs on but the sub is “unreviewed“ and unavailable on the web as it may contain inappropriate content (it doesn’t, unless you count people bitching about component troubleshooting). It’s available on your gateway. It seems to bypass all content restrictions, convenient for mobile browsing.
Awesome!
Is it possible to collapse comments?
Edit: figured it out, double tap to collapse comments.
Just a double tap(mobile) or double click(pc) would do that. I know it’s annoying when copying text on desktop, I will add a fix for that.
Added themes to RDX so you can style it your way (colors and fonts).
Awesome!
Quick question, is it possible to open a reddit link in RDX?
For example a reddit link from Google search results.
Thank you so much. Also you can use any browser redirect extension to redirect reddit links to rdx. match
https://www.reddit.com/r/(.*)/comments/(.*)redirect to -https://rdx.overdevs.com/comments.html?url=$0Awesome, thanks!
That makes searching reddit usable again.
