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Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#21

Sign up for the developer feature previews, so you can give feedback to these changes before they're published. I gave some negative feedback about it earlier regarding this change, but it seems I might have been a part of the minority.

I gave negative feedback as well during the preview.

Really love that they ignored it...

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#23
Like many others, I use Github every day. Changes like this add friction to our workflow.

There better be a damn good reason for these changes, otherwise it's a pointless redesign that looks no better than it did previously while simultaneously adding a slight overhead as users "learn" the new layout.

Does anyone know of an option to revert this update?

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#25
Looks absolutely horrible. I use a laptop as my main dev machine, and all these 16px and 30px paddings that they added everywhere create real tunnel vision experience. I guess people with huge displays don't mind... But I absolutely do.

Looks like another case when a frontend team does something to justify their existence.

But let's look at the positives: the last redesign of that sort helped me to completely migrate away from gmail.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#26

I generally liked the new design in the feature preview, except for the new repo page, which I immediately opted back out of. The "About" being moved to the right side is a good move, but the top bar being full-width is incredibly annoying. If this is any taste of things to come, then I imagine I'll be moving to Sourcehut permanently earlier than I thought.

I've actually been thinking about GitLab since Sid interviewed Joe Jacks. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jk_DNX8LGuM

I'm thinking of moving just to support another COSS (Commercial OSS) company. https://coss.media

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#28

I'm completely neutral. They've changed their UI many times over the years and this is no different. Products usually change UI and that's just a fact of life.

This is different because there was a major change to where (formerly header) information is displayed now on the side. The top-level hierarchy is different and causes much more wasted space

Honestly, I don't care about any of these things. UIs change and I just have to deal with it.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#29

Honestly, it's a positive improvement. Better information layout, and the code is still front and center. None of the core functions really changed place, just changed padding a little.

What about determining the language and license?

That used to be front and center and two of the most important things when I land on a repo page.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#30
post #25

Looks absolutely horrible. I use a laptop as my main dev machine, and all these 16px and 30px paddings that they added everywhere create real tunnel vision experience. I guess people with huge displays don't mind... But I absolutely do. Looks like another case when a frontend team does something to justify their existence. But let's look at the positives: the last redesign of that sort helped me to completely migrate…

Yeah, maybe I am a minority in viewing web pages in 1/2 1080P?

The only screen that is full screen is the code.

But really, I want to look at two windows without issue on the same screen. Is that so much to ask? Can we have better layout on 1/2 1080P screens please?

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