old.reddit Redirector?

[Weboh]

I always use old.reddit.com when I browse it, as the interface is much better and it's much less resource-intensive. However, whenever I come across a link to a Reddit thread, I always have to manually edit the url to get the version I prefer. It would be simpler if there were an addon that did that for me.

Does anyone know if an addon exists that will make every link to reddit.com that is clicked on be redirected to old.reddit.com? Or is there a simple greasemonkey script or something I could write that would do the same thing? Thanks.

[Michaell]

https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/url-rewriter/

[Gemmaugr]

For those, like me, who can't get URL ReWriter to work (because of not grasping the syntax nature), I use this, edited, GreaseMonkey Script:

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// ==UserScript==

// @match       *://*.reddit.com/*
// @exclude      https://*.reddit.com/poll/*
// @exclude      https://*.reddit.com/gallery/*
// @exclude      https://www.reddit.com/media*
// @exclude      https://chat.reddit.com/*
// @run-at      document-start
// @grant       none
// ==/UserScript==

if ( window.location.host != "old.reddit.com" ) {
    var oldReddit  = window.location.protocol + "//" + "old.reddit.com" + window.location.pathname + window.location.search + window.location.hash;
    window.location.replace (oldReddit);
}

[back2themoon]

Not enabling Reddit preferences below seems to be enough, if you are logged in at least.

Reddit.png

I log in to Reddit, make sure to manually visit old.reddit once and then every Reddit link seems to open in old.reddit. I'll keep that script though, thanks.

[moonbat]

because of not grasping the syntax nature

Eh, it's definitely easier than making a userscript, and it's faster. There's even help offered for the syntax.

Screenshot - URL rewriter.png

[Weboh]

@Michaell
That extension seems to be just what I want, but I'm in the same boat as Gemmaugr, being unable speak its language well enough to get it to work. Though

@Gemmaugr, I can't get your script to work with Greasemonkey, either. I'm using 3.31.4 and tried selecting create new script > use script from clipboard, but no dice. It creates a script named "user-script" that shows up in addons>user scripts but not in the icon in the toolbar. Am I doing something wrong?

@moonbat
I tried using your instructions in url-rewriter, and it doesn't throw up an error message this time, but it doesn't work, either. Clicking links still brings me to new Reddit, even with that setting toggled, @backtothemoon.

[moonbat]

Make sure you've turned off 'use new reddit by default' in your Reddit preferences.

[Weboh]

Huh. You're right, it was turned on, even though I specifically turned it off years ago. Now Reddit behaves as old.reddit did, so I guess I can live with it, but it's funny URL-redirector still didn't do anything. It would still be nice for it to work if I ever need to browse not logged in or something.

[moonbat]

Strange it doesn't work, see whether a link from another site to a reddit post goes to old reddit or not. Here's one. For me it instantly goes to old.reddit.com

[Weboh]

Okay, just did a little bit of fiddling with it, and I had to put the "www." in the example pattern. I could have sworn I was copying your example exactly, but I guess I've ignored it in urls for so long, my brain's auto-correct worked against me. Oh well.