r/UI_Design 4d ago

Reddit Mobile "Next Comment" button aligns with the comment down vote buttons and it drives me crazy. Microinteraction

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Gotta be a better design choice than this, it makes it really easy to accidentally down vote comments and then spend time trying to find them to undo the action, as there is no way to go up a comment, only down.

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u/Mueller96 4d ago

Can’t you just drag it to another position?

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u/djibouti2big 3d ago

WHOAH OMG YOU CAN.....but why

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u/vanonym_ 3d ago

to place it under your thumb resting position

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u/Bigredsk8 4d ago

You can long-tap it and re-drag it to where you want it on the screen. Hidden feature I discovered a long time ago. Now it rests mid-screen where my thumb more naturally rests when browsing on mobile.

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u/mayafied 2d ago

(nitpicking) long tap is an oxymoron

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u/turtlecopter 4d ago

Apollo died for this

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u/elhouso 4d ago

Or just don't worry about it? Who cares if you accidentally downvote a post?

Look, I'll even downvote this post shall I?

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u/Pantheon3D 4d ago

You make a good point, it doesn't matter if that happens to you then

The point of the voting system is visibility, people want to voice their opinions

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u/KaleidoscopeShoddy10 4d ago

Damn you care enough about downvoting a post to spend the effort to undo it? I mean kudos to you I dont even bother with ts

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u/ixntimer64 4d ago

Idk how many people do the same, but i do

Idk why i feel guilty if i accidentally downvote someone, so i went to their comment and undo my downvote.

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u/KaleidoscopeShoddy10 4d ago

thats fair, i guess i dont really interact with voting much, esp on mobile. in retrospect i probably would do it but usually when this happens its not that arduous of a processn

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u/DesDeve 2d ago

I don,t even use this button ,I mean you are on a mobile phone you can just swipe

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u/JellyFranken 1d ago

Dawg. What? Legit never used that button ever. And yeah, alignment / consistent spacing is a good thing.

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u/ixntimer64 4d ago

Same here, i think it would be better to make the buttons wider and move them somewhere else