In my opinion a huge strategic error not to write a cross-platform app. Now they have two separate code bases (Mac and Windows) and still no Linux support ever likely. Since I use Linux, like many other developers, this app isn't an option.
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#32I usually try to be positive but these changes don't look good. It looks like some overzealous designer started making UX decisions they weren't qualified to make and now the app is unusable. I'm a huge SourceTree fan - I use it exclusively for Git, but I won't be upgrading until these obvious UX problems have been addressed. Edit: Also, why do the OS X and Windows versions look so different?!? The buttons aren't eve…
Also, why do the OS X and Windows versions look so different?!? The buttons aren't even in the same places!
Different platforms have different conventions and guidelines. Having both versions look and act the same will make it alien on either or both platforms.
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#33I don't mind SourceTree; it's a great tool to visualize git tree that scratches some itches that gitk doesn't quite. Tree visualization of multiple branches and seamless integration with github/bitbucket are the reason I keep it on my Windows machine. Granted, most of actual git activities are better done via command line, except for chunk editing. Just one chagrin I have with sourcetree is the lack of linux integrat…
I use git-cola for chunk editing, staging, and to preview the commit's diffs of files. It's open source and works on linux, Windows and OSX.
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#34> With the new versions of SourceTree, you’ll be prompted to review and accept Atlassian’s Customer Agreement and Privacy Policy. To ensure that it is really you that’s accepting these changes, we’re prompting every user to enter their existing Atlassian account credentials or create an Atlassian account.
This smells like BS to me. 99% of all installable apps with EULAs including from big companies like Microsoft, Apple, and Adobe don't require you to login to accept the EULA.
If you want people to log in, then sell them on the great features they get, don't lie to them.
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#35Re: New SourceTree is here
#36I usually try to be positive but these changes don't look good. It looks like some overzealous designer started making UX decisions they weren't qualified to make and now the app is unusable. I'm a huge SourceTree fan - I use it exclusively for Git, but I won't be upgrading until these obvious UX problems have been addressed. Edit: Also, why do the OS X and Windows versions look so different?!? The buttons aren't eve…
Also, why do the OS X and Windows versions look so different?!? The buttons aren't even in the same places! Different platforms have different conventions and guidelines. Having both versions look and act the same will make it alien on either or both platforms.
I don't know about that in this case. Take a look at the collapsable menu on the left for OS X and Windows - one has icons and one doesn't. The icons at the top are ordered completely differently by the looks of it. That's not a convention. The real alienation they should worry about is alienating their own users when they're on different platforms. The program should feel familiar regardless.
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#37I usually try to be positive but these changes don't look good. It looks like some overzealous designer started making UX decisions they weren't qualified to make and now the app is unusable. I'm a huge SourceTree fan - I use it exclusively for Git, but I won't be upgrading until these obvious UX problems have been addressed. Edit: Also, why do the OS X and Windows versions look so different?!? The buttons aren't eve…
Also, why do the OS X and Windows versions look so different?!? The buttons aren't even in the same places! Different platforms have different conventions and guidelines. Having both versions look and act the same will make it alien on either or both platforms.
The flip side to this is that is doesn't look/behave alien when you change platform.
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#38Wow, people generally dislike change, but the level of negativity in the comments there suggests that these changes really are bad.
I got a blank screen every time the wizard prompted me to accept the EULA after the upgrade, so the app became unusable to me. Fortunately the 2.1 installer is available at http://downloads.atlassian.com/software/sourcetree/SourceTre... and after installing that I could get straight back to work. Even though they say they've have fixed this issue since I'm not very keen on upgrading anytime soon tbh.
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#39Wow - whats up with forcing people to login - what is the catch? what is the point?
Feels like when an app wants access to your GPS, contacts and microphone and you wonder for what reason...
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#40The new update requires you to login to an Atlassian account and you will be locked out from using Sourcetree if you refuse to login. Avoid if you don't have an Atlassian account, don't want to create one or don't want to be logged in. http://imgur.com/lsI2M9o
When you first install Sourcetree (and every year thereafter) you have to register it with an email address. Is this just that or is it different? (ie. have they started requiring an always-on connection to Atlassian or something?)