The number one thing I do on github is read README files and adding a right column just makes the area I use to do that smaller.
The header thing must be a bug, I can't imagine that won't get fixed.
Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
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Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#182I really can't look at a list of items without separating lines, i think it's a basic need.
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#183I submitted feedback over it but, aside from the over-reliance on rounded corners, and making pills and buttons hard to separate, the single worst change is that you can't see the latest commit status from the repo screen. Instead, you get the commit hash, and have to click a tiny ellipsis button to get the commit message and the status indicator. When I'm browsing on github and not using git directly, the commit sho…
> the single worst change is that you can't see the latest commit status from the repo screen. Instead, you get the commit hash, and have to click a tiny ellipsis button to get the commit message and the status indicator. Omitting the commit message is a net improvement to me; I've found that the commit message of the random commit that happens to be at top of tree is completely unhelpful for someone browsing the rep…
It's not so clear cut. Most places I've worked, we don't build artifacts (docker images, whatever) until there's a merge to master or a tag has been pushed. This automatically means that even though your tests remain green, you still want the status check for the stuff that isn't relevant inside a PR.
For us, if the status is red in master, it doesn't mean the code is wrong, it means something went wrong in the deploy pipeline.
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#184new ux sucks, on a wide screen content is no longer properly centered, horrible left float, right float on different elements of ux vs center box previously on core content elements. ie, it`s a bug not a feature.
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#185Earlier quoted context omitted.
> I guess people with huge displays don't mind... I use a ultra-wide (2560x1080) monitor and it looks terrible [1]. The repository header being "fluid" put the repository name and watch/star/fork buttons so far out of the rest of the repository info, like branch name, commit info etc., that using GitHub maximized feels very weird and tiring. I get using the whole resolution for the menu bar, since its content is disc…
The fluid width makes text harder to read. There's a reason why newspapers print in skinny columns. I wish they would at least let me set a max-width on the body.
I knew there was a reason I prefer skinny column text! I presume the reason is because it's a smaller leap from end-of-line to beginning-of-next, much less likely for your brain to miss.
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#186I 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…
Seems like a bug or probably an oversight. Don't think that was intended
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#187Contrary to everyone else I really like the new design.
The metadata is placed to the right as it should have always been. The languages are in the sidebar and are visible without me remembering that typescript is somewhat dark blue.
Also the new look is more modern and unlike most people here I am not afraid of change.
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#188Not a fan of the new rounded corners on everything. Also, don't like how a repository's navigation is no longer aligned with the content of the repository itself. Just seems off. Other than those two, everything else seems OK.
Agree re the rounded corners. I think they were rounded before, but only two or three pixels maybe. Now with the greater rounding (which also forced them to increase padding to accommodate the rounding), it looks kind of cartoonish, rather than crisp and polished as before.
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#189Earlier quoted context omitted.
> the single worst change is that you can't see the latest commit status from the repo screen. Instead, you get the commit hash, and have to click a tiny ellipsis button to get the commit message and the status indicator. Omitting the commit message is a net improvement to me; I've found that the commit message of the random commit that happens to be at top of tree is completely unhelpful for someone browsing the rep…
It's not so clear cut. Most places I've worked, we don't build artifacts (docker images, whatever) until there's a merge to master or a tag has been pushed. This automatically means that even though your tests remain green, you still want the status check for the stuff that isn't relevant inside a PR. For us, if the status is red in master, it doesn't mean the code is wrong, it means something went wrong in the deplo…
> Most places I've worked, we don't build artifacts (docker images, whatever) until there's a merge
The projects I've worked on have used a bot for merges, and that bot handles building artifacts. In some cases, there's a lighter CI for "this looks reasonable", and then the full CI (including building artifacts and running more extensive test suites on every supported platform) runs before merging.
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#190Overall this design change doesn't matter to me. The only thing that really stands out and that annoys the hell out of me is the circular profile images. It looks completely out of place compared to all the other elements on screen, even their generated profile images don't fit in it correctly. It seems that this decision was made not from "add value" point of view but someone just really liked Instagram or the look of some other social network and shoehorned it in there.