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Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by holler »

Sachaniman wrote: post #18

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 feedback too and never heard anything. The rounded corners look cartoonish, the header is terrible, moving releases and using a new column at the right is terrible. Seriously w-t-h are they thinking? there was literally nothing wrong with their existing UI.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by pbreit »

ljm wrote: post #126

I 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…

Wow. I don't get it. It's still very similar just a bit worse all the way around.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by j-james »

bluefox wrote: post #71
efiecho wrote: post #55

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I expect soon it will reach GitLab "quality": unable to view source code without JavaScript enabled. I also hate GitLab for this, but I learned today that they are actually working on fixing this, by shifting some components to server side rendering. Awkward for me if GitLab suddenly will become the better choice.

The way it looks now, a self-hosted gogs with a nojs patch may be the way forward. The application-specific part (gogs.js) is <2kloc and it's already rendering stuff on the server. I'm giving it a few weeks before I've had enough...

You could also try out Sourcehut, which seems to fit your use case well.

https://sourcehut.org/

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by thex10 »

verdverm wrote: post #29
carlosdp wrote: post #24

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.

For the license, it's right there near the stop of the sidebar. For me it's actually easier to notice now.

As for language, it's true, it's below the fold in the sidebar. Maybe it'd be better above the contributors. But for me the most important place for me to see language is when searching/browsing through lists of repos - and that hasn't changed.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by hombre_fatal »

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.

There isn't a color scheme you can pick where you won't get users asking you for a dark-on-light vs light-on-dark version, whatever is the opposite of whatever color scheme you thought would be one-size-fits-all.

Though you seem to be suggesting that's somehow a bad thing and I'm not sure why. Dark mode is so popular that operating systems have even started supporting a native toggle.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by thex10 »

zowanet wrote: post #78

I don't like change. I don't like the circular avatars - I don't need the place I store my code to feel like a social network. But the worst change for me is that the 'Languages' section is now below the fold. Now I have to scroll to find out if I should ignore the latest compiler, package manager or system tool because it was written in JavaScript. Edit: Gah! I only noticed this by directly comparing old and new, bu…

> the filenames in the main list are no longer blue, so now on each row, the filename, commit message and timestamp are in three subtly different shades of gray

Shoot, now I notice it too. I like the redesign but that is just.. bad.

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