Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#91

Post by saagarjha » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 8:56 PM UTC

Wow, they rolled that out quick! I think they were pushing the beta just a week or two ago…

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#92

Post by thegabez » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 8:56 PM UTC

Worst UI update to GitHub I've ever seen. Reminds me of GitLab. Who thought this would be a good idea? Shame, they could have used the resources for updates that would actually make GitHub better.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#93

Post by knoebber » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 8:57 PM UTC

AlexandrB wrote: post #87

This is getting cliche. With any modern UI redesign you can immediately guess what's changed: * Removed/reduced visual separation between elements * Flattened things more * More padding Modern UI designers are strikingly unoriginal.

Don't forget:

* Added dark mode

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#94

Post by whalesalad » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 8:57 PM UTC

I've been previewing this for a while. My biggest gripe is the treatment on all of the buttons. They look like they are depressed when they aren't and don't stand out as remarkably as a call-to-action the way the old buttons did. The easing on the hover animations is way too slow, as well. It just feels half-assed.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#95

Post by fuzzy2 » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 8:58 PM UTC

thegabez wrote: post #92

Worst UI update to GitHub I've ever seen. Reminds me of GitLab. Who thought this would be a good idea? Shame, they could have used the resources for updates that would actually make GitHub better.

This looks nothing like GitLab.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#96

Post by rowanseymour » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 8:58 PM UTC

juliendc wrote: post #9

They are following the trends of flat design and rounded corners, which I don’t really mind. I’m more bothered by the fact that nothing is aligned: the GitHub logo, the breadcrumb, the horizontal menu and the issue title are all on different verticals. Looks messy.

We'll all get used to it, but it's harder now to see what is a button and what isn't, e.g. only 2 of these are clickable https://imgur.com/a/wR9xsvT

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#97

Post by carlosdp » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 8:58 PM UTC

I think it's fine, nothing much actually changed...

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#98

Post by [deleted] » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 8:58 PM UTC

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Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#99

Post by a_bored_husky » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 8:59 PM UTC

A small bookmarklet that improves the design in my opinion

    javascript:void(document.getElementsByClassName("gutter-condensed")[0].childNodes[3].after(document.getElementsByClassName("gutter-condensed")[0].childNodes[1]))

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#100

Post by verdverm » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 9:00 PM UTC

saagarjha wrote: post #91

Wow, they rolled that out quick! I think they were pushing the beta just a week or two ago…

Yeah, I think they forgot to take the time to listen to their users