Made my own userstyle to alter it all.
I removed a lot of the rounded corners on pretty much everything.
They're still round (2px perhaps), but not as dramatic as they are being served.
Only problem is that I didn't save the damn thing before my browser crashed.
And critically, made avatars square again
Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
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Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#512It does not feel like GotHub anymore. The old layout always had a more robust feel. Now it is too modern. The main thing that bugs me is that the languages of the repository are at the bottom right now instead of the top.
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#513Why fix something that's not broken?
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#514A relevant discussion from 2019 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19276113
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#515I took an instant disliking to it. My eyes hurt. Some vertical alignment is off. I dislike the wide layout.
Was there a reason other than "it's 5 years old"?
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#516It’s ok, I’ll get used to it.
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#517Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks for the feedback about the latest commit status. This is something we should definitely fix. Also – I don't think there is a principle of lowering information density at work here. I think it's just a design that we will keep iterating. We are pro information density at GitHub.
There are bugs in IE 11 (which has 5.88% usage on desktop according to NetMarketshare and is still supported by MS) - dropdown buttons and other interactions do not work due to JS errors: SCRIPT1053: Const must be initialized SCRIPT1014: Invalid character SCRIPT1010: Expected identifier SCRIPT1003: Expected ':' Please fix them.
GitHub dropped support for IE in July 2018: https://twitter.com/michlbrmly/status/981855020948877312
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#518Lots of hate here. I probably don't use GitHub as much as others here, so I can understand that any change adds friction and people are going to hate that. Having said that, I'm comparing using the Wayback Machine: new: https://github.com/torvalds/linux old: https://web.archive.org/web/20200619163555/https://github.co... and I can't find it in me to dislike the changes they've made. They've removed the double repo na…
> new: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
Looking at the repo's main page on a smartphone. The top "box" listing the latest commit message says:
"torvalds committed 20... [...]"
What the ...!!!
I don't know if that was a "streamlining" or has been always like this. Still, makes me wonder at how the UI team prioritizes their efforts.
I don't depend on using GH UI much, so will figure my way in the refaced UI at some point. But I can relate to the sentiment here that the refacing is just the recurring "design tax". Like the cars from 2015 look "so dated".
What's the deal about the round corners? I thought the straight ones were proclaimed the "right way".
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#519Damnit GitHub. Why mess with perfection? Also, does nobody on their design team use an ultra wide monitor? Why break the container on the navbar? Now I have to love the cursor for what feels like forever to change repos.
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#520This is the MacOS 11 thread all over again. Apparently no one on HN has been through a redesign... For those of you complaining, congratulations, you've discovered ~ nostalgia ~ In two weeks you'll inevitably find the old design ugly, and forget GitHub ever looked any other way. In 5 years, each will get another round of improved designs, and there will be a thread on HN full of people complaining about how the new d…
I couldn't find commits list for ~1 minute, the first time I saw the new design.