I heard they tried but the dude didn't want to move from wherever, ohio to SF.

You would think the quality of the product already would accommodate a remote scenario, it's a really worthwhile addition even for casual consumers who do not actively participate in discussion.

I'm surprised they haven't implemented many of the features that RES has. I certainly don't use RES to it's full extent, but I find several of the features crucial to my Reddit experience.

I hope hope hope they come out with a feature to hide stuff you've already clicked on. I don't get why you'd still want to see something you've already clicked on. At least offer a toggle.

I think that's too personal a preference to make the default, and people would get confused. Imagine someone wanting to show a friend a funny video he found on reddit, and now it's gone.

They have already implemented something similar with the 'hide' button, which allows you to hide a story.

In prefs, you can hide submissions you've voted on. Turn that on and then start voting.

There's a very configurable script for fading seen/hovered/clicked links and it works on multiple sites including Reddit obviously and HN as well. This is more or less right up your alley:

https://github.com/Farow/userscripts/blob/master/reddit-fade...

I assume because people will often go back and view comment sections on particular submissions multiple times.

There's an inverse feature if you have gold - it marks all the new posts since the last time you visited.

The developer said that there is aspects of RES that the admins don't want to endorse

Then integrate it, with a user preference toggle for keyboard shortcuts. Same with HN and HackerNew[1].

1. https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hackernew/lgoghlnd...

That looks very good but I may never be productive again if I could endlessly scroll HN.

I think enabling RES for every user on Reddit would have pretty major implications on the server-side.

And implement syncing of settings, for goodness' sake.