Readit app for Reddit updated for Windows 10

Richard Hay, Senior Content Producer

October 23, 2015

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Readit app for Reddit updated for Windows 10

 

Reddit is a very popular website that allows visitors to view and discuss all kinds of subjects in a series of reddits/sub-reddits - similar to what many of us already know as forums.

While there has never been an official app released for Reddit, there is a good third party app built by Message Across Studio that has been around for some time now and it was recently updated to the Universal Windows Platform (UWP) that allows it to be used on any Windows device.

Readit has over 5,745 ratings and reviews for an overall average of 4.5 Stars for its previous versions and this latest update for Windows 10 devices continues to build on the apps capabilities:

  • You can now vote while viewing posts

  • Condensed post title area

  • Moved settings from hamburger menu to subreddit/main appbar for space consolidation

  • Back button no longer closes the app, just minimizes it

  • Back button will now close the sidebar instead of minimizing the app

  • Subreddit list stays open when closing the hamburger menu

  • Every font size has been adjusted

The overall layout of the app is three columns with a hamburger menu that can be expanded on the left, a main content column in the middle and a right sidebar that can be used to submit content to Reddit if you are a registered member.

It includes plenty of controls to place controls on the visibility of Not Safe For Work (NSFW) content which many will appreciate that and the ever popular option for a Dark and Light Theme is included in this new version as well.

There are some options for in app purchases that will provide advanced features and theming options.

Check out the included images to see what the app looks like.

 

About the Author

Richard Hay

Richard Hay

Senior Content Producer, IT Pro Today (Informa Tech)

I served for 29 plus years in the U.S. Navy and retired as a Master Chief Petty Officer in November 2011. My work background in the Navy was telecommunications related so my hobby of computers fit well with what I did for the Navy. I consider myself a tech geek and enjoy most things in that arena.

My first website – AnotherWin95.com – came online in 1995. Back then I used GeoCities Web Hosting for it and WindowsObserver.com is the result of the work I have done on that site since 1995.

In January 2010 my community contributions were recognized by Microsoft when I received my first Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Award for the Windows Operating System. Since then I have been renewed as a Microsoft MVP each subsequent year since that initial award. I am also a member of the inaugural group of Windows Insider MVPs which began in 2016.

I previously hosted the Observed Tech PODCAST for 10 years and 317 episodes and now host a new podcast called Faith, Tech, and Space. 

I began contributing to Penton Technology websites in January 2015 and in April 2017 I was hired as the Senior Content Producer for Penton Technology which is now Informa Tech. In that role, I contribute to ITPro Today and cover operating systems, enterprise technology, and productivity.

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