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Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by ericmcer »

AlexandrB wrote: post #103
knoebber wrote: post #93

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't forget: * Added dark mode

I think dark mode was a harbinger of dumbed down UI. Instead of spending time on one good UI, designers and developers were forced to make 2 mediocre ones instead. Plus dark mode is easier if you remove all detail and depth from control elements.

I don’t think they built the dark mode version as an entirely new UI, it’s just some css and a class you toggle on the body, making it perfect would require some elbow grease but it’s not a complex feature really.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by blondin »

qqii wrote: post #4

Example repository of a project that's invested in using GitHub: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs Discussion on /r/github: https://www.reddit.com/r/github/comments/hei81f/ Personally I think it's an improvement on mobile - finally the entire README is readable by default. That being said was there any warning/reasoning behind the change? I cannot find any announcements.

yes it an improvement. and not just mobile!

i always find it hard to read tiny text so my zoom level is always between 120% and 150%. they fixed all my issues with this update and that made me happy.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by azangru »

carlosdp wrote: post #97

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

I agree. I was afraid I was gonna hate it, but it left me largely indifferent. More white space, rounder buttons, round avatars, wider and more centrally positioned content area, new icons, slightly different colors. Whatever.

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Post by driverdan »

MikusR wrote: post #88

They destroyed the one thing Github had over alternatives (like gitlab). An easily findable releases section.

There's are large release section at the top of the right column. It's given more real estate now than the simple link that was there before.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by Hedja »

I have a single major problem with all of their new layouts. They place content at extreme ends of the screen, completely stretched out like a rubber band with No Man's Land in the middle. In this case, the top half is stretched and the bottom half is centred. Completely inconsistent and tiring for your eyes darting around corners of the screen.

Example: https://twitter.com/JahedDEV/status/1275532988772683776

I don't know why they think it's good design, it would be nice to know. All of their previews for it squash the window so it looks perfect, like their mockups I assume. Similarly, I have to have a dedicated, half-width window just for GitHub to workaround this.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by Kiro »

Like with every redesign everyone will eventually get used to it and completely forget how the old one looked. When the next redesign happens everyone will rage the same way and say they want the "old" design back.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by rvz »

MikusR wrote: post #88

They destroyed the one thing Github had over alternatives (like gitlab). An easily findable releases section.

They also placed the 'About' on the side bar which of course messed up the mental model for lots of Github users, judging by the comments here.
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