Okay, is just me or does anybody else reduce the screen magnification by 10-20% when companies "refresh" their UIs?
Not just you. I have to use Google search at 80% magnification tops, otherwise the results don't really fit on the screen.
Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
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Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#192This 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
I always look for the light mode button in this new hipster software.
Next thing I know, books will printed white-on-black.
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#193Lots of hate here. I probably don't use GitHub as much as others here, so I can understand that any change adds friction and people are going to hate that. Having said that, I'm comparing using the Wayback Machine: new: https://github.com/torvalds/linux old: https://web.archive.org/web/20200619163555/https://github.co... and I can't find it in me to dislike the changes they've made. They've removed the double repo na…
> I don't understand why people are complaining like it's an absolute disaster
what website did you think you were on?
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#194This 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.
I want UI designers to be unoriginal. I wish they were less original. I don't like learning new visual languages every 5 years; I want intuitive interfaces, which mostly means familiar interfaces.
I never thought trendy modern GUI design would get so bad that looking at screenshots of programs running on Windows 98 would feel instantly and overwhelmingly relaxing, like settling into a warm bath, as if parts of my brain being taxed for no reason could finally just chill. Yet, here we are.
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#195I know obviously files are important in GitHub, but for the opening page of a random repo I think I would actually prefer to see the README first. I just went to the Explore page and picked the first repo: https://github.com/johannesboyne/gofakes3 You have to scroll so far down to find out what the project _actually is_. I know there's an about message on the right, but it's not great. The new UI does look more moder…
That seems like a tradeoff between people discovering a project and people developing that project. People initially discovering a project usually want the README; people developing a project may potentially want either.
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#196I'm not a fan of the repo being center contained, but the navigation being full width. Things don't line up like they should and it just looks weird. Otherwise no real complaints about it.
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#197This 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.
I want UI designers to be unoriginal. I wish they were less original. I don't like learning new visual languages every 5 years; I want intuitive interfaces, which mostly means familiar interfaces.
What if that interface is garbage?
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#198Contrary 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.
> and unlike most people here I am not afraid of change
Hear, hear!
I like the new design too. It overwhelmed me at first (somehow it felt really 'big' to me), and I'm still getting used to it on a visual level, but I appreciate all the new bits of information that I can much more easily access now (mostly in the repo sidebar).
I also appreciate that the new design doesn't actually change that much. Overall, it still feels like... GitHub.
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#199I know obviously files are important in GitHub, but for the opening page of a random repo I think I would actually prefer to see the README first. I just went to the Explore page and picked the first repo: https://github.com/johannesboyne/gofakes3 You have to scroll so far down to find out what the project _actually is_. I know there's an about message on the right, but it's not great. The new UI does look more moder…
Agreed!
Related: I was updating a bunch of dependencies yesterday, and so was going through looking at what's new in a handful where I was behind a major version or more. "Releases" is even harder to find now (it's in the sidebar). I've never understood why it's relegated to a being a sub-item of "code" when it seems to me it should be on the same as information hierarchy level as "issues" "wiki" etc.
I'd really like to see Releases on the top nav bar, and possibly even Readme should be the first item, Code second.
Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?
#200Actually, I think I'll just do everything from the terminal from now on. Anyone familiar with a great CLI? (that is not by GitHub)