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Change GitBucket user interface to make difference with GitHub

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Re: Change GitBucket user interface to make difference with GitHub

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Post by joering2 »

sytse wrote: post #5

I want to applaud GitHub for doing this in a peaceful manner. They have every right to ask this. I think having all project develop their own UI style will allow for more innovation to happen. At GitLab we are greatly inspired by GitHub but over time the GitLab became more distinctive. And that allowed a trickle of innovation to flow back, for example protected branches.

Not really. I wish most GUIs would be the same if they are offered for pretty much the same functionality, like searching for hotels or flights. Too bad to see the smaller is giving up the good fight. Last thing I would care is someone takes my GUI -- only means I designed something extremely useful in the first place. Go ahead! Duplicate for everyone's benefit.

And notice they said its a good first start. This will get similar to Apple having issues with corner's curve of Samsung devices... never enough curved to actually not remind of Apple's products.

Bad move on Github part, but I'm happy with Btibucket anyways.

Re: Change GitBucket user interface to make difference with GitHub

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Post by smoyer »

I've been using GitBucket since about version 0.5.0 and I honestly liked the GitBucket UI better before the push to look just like GitHub.

Feature-wise, it's behind both GitHub and GitLab, but for company internal repositories, it also doesn't me to risk the security of my server by running RoR. I lost a server to hackers (temporarily) due to an RoR vulnerability that was exposed through Redmine, so perhaps I'm a bit sensitive.

Re: Change GitBucket user interface to make difference with GitHub

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Post by goldbrick »

lexicality wrote: post #7

Looking at the screenshot I thought "Wow, I can see why Github would be annoyed at that" before realising that was their proposed not-at-all-like-github-now-honestly new UI. Their demo looks like they just stole Github's CSS templates.

And Github looks like they're just using Bootstrap.

Re: Change GitBucket user interface to make difference with GitHub

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Post by lovelearning »

pfarnsworth wrote: post #16

GitHub was not wrong to do this. Gitbucket's UI is confusingly similar to GitHub's so I have no qualms with the actions taken. The good thing is that they took a reasonable approach to this.

I'm not sure I understand how someone can get confused between a reputed SaaS like GitHub and something called GitBucket. Don't software engineers look at URLs and page titles nowadays?

Re: Change GitBucket user interface to make difference with GitHub

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Post by brandur »

dfc wrote: post #17

> "It was saying GitHub does not allow to clone..." One of the things they did not clone from GitHub is well written prose. GitHub's blog posts are always well written and enjoyable to read.

It's true, but you might want to give them a pass on this one. The post isn't attributed to any particular author, but it looks like the top five contributors are all Japanese:

https://github.com/gitbucket/gitbucket/graphs/contributors

Re: Change GitBucket user interface to make difference with GitHub

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Post by 2pointsomone »

91bananas wrote: post #14
lexicality wrote: post #7

Looking at the screenshot I thought "Wow, I can see why Github would be annoyed at that" before realising that was their proposed not-at-all-like-github-now-honestly new UI. Their demo looks like they just stole Github's CSS templates.

For what it's worth, Github open sourced much of their CSS http://primercss.io/

Well, this reminds of the Microsoft Office UI (I think its called Ribbon?). I think the rule around that is that people can make apps that mimic that UI EXCEPT in the case where the apps are direct competitors. Seems to be the case here too.
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