It "works". For example doesn't load "more comments" for me in huge threads. But the new Javascript driven one is downright disgusting in terms of UX.

Hope it won't be dumped forever

Maybe it should be honestly if the new reddit and mobile app are what the company thinks is worth spending time on.

Once old.reddit dies there is a chance for a transition to a new site like Digg 2.0 -> Reddit

They did say it'll stick around long term when the change was made. Whether that's a promise that will be kept remains to be seen

The rule of thumb: if the corporate says something, they lie.

That goes double for the statements by the C-suite, and triple for Ohanian and Huffman in particular.

There are numerous principled statements of theirs that were chucked to the wayside when there was money to be made or power to be gained.

It's already missing the new 'features'. - Chat and non-email sign in.

Gallery view could be a bit better on old.reddit.com.

Are you talking about something else? old.reddit.com has chat, and you register without an email by clicking "Next".

By non-email, I meant the newly implemented Google and Apple ID sign in methods

It's basically unusable without this.

For example, on the javascript heavy new version 'my profile' link only loads about 50% of the time for me, and when it does work, it's far less usable than the old site.