If you’re a big fan of Reddit, then you might want to give the Reddit Enhancement Suite or RES a test drive. We admit this is mainly for the hardcore Reddit user, but we see no reason others might not want to give it a try. This browser add-on for Chrome, Edge, Firefox, and Opera increases Reddit’s experience & usefulness, & is a tool every Redditor should be using.
Don’t worry; RES doesn’t make huge changes to Reddit, where it is impossible to recognize the popular social news platform. However, the changes are significant enough to keep users interested for a long time.
Reddit Enhancement Suite
The Reddit Enhancement Suite browser add-on is designed to provide users with more options when using Reddit. It is possible to make changes to many aspects of the website for your own leisure. We were surprised at the number of customization options RES allowed us to make, and we found it truly satisfying. Trust us, the customization options here are vast, so we will only discuss the most important ones.
First off, you’ll need to download the add-on from the official RES website. Bear in mind that it only supports Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Opera.
Once the add-on is installed, you’ll notice a new settings icon at the top-right section on Reddit. It should have a red exclamation mark notifying you that this little thing right here is important. You’ll want to hover your mouse cursor over it and click on “RES settings console.” Navigate to the “Accounts” section to play around with all the options in this section.
Here, you can customize options such as hiding the user bar and displaying comment karma.
In terms of what is inside the “Comment” tab, it provides users with numerous options to enhance the comment area on Reddit. Users can show the parent comment by hovering if they wish and save comments, along with the ability to show or hide the number of new comments on one of your posts since you have been away.
The ability is also available to use keyboard shortcuts in various ways, a feature not offered by vanilla Reddit.
What about changes to the user interface?
This section is called “UI”, and it is where users go to make small changes to the overall Reddit user interface. The only drastic changes that can be done are the ability to change how images to load, along with a few style tweaks here and there. Users can also automatically enable and disable night mode at specific times of the day.
As we’ve stated before, the features here are vast, and as such, we wouldn’t be able to go through every one of them. However, from what we have seen, RES is something every Redditor should have in their toolbox.
You can get it from the official RES website. You should also know that Reddit Enhancement Suite has now entered maintenance-only mode.
See this post if Reddit Enhancement Suite is not working.
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