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Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by JMTQp8lwXL » Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 4:10 AM UTC

Hedja wrote: post #117

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…

I feel my eyes having to move around a lot more due to the increased layout width.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by mariocesar » Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 4:12 AM UTC

The code is not in the center, is not the main thing, they are pushing me to read the sidebar with actually no useful or inmediate information I need.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by purrplexed » Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 4:18 AM UTC

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…

100%. This was the first thing out of my fingers today. I want to fully use github actions. Status is huge and getting to a build is a must.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by njovin » Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 4:19 AM UTC

JoshTriplett wrote: post #195

7ewis wrote: post #159

I 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.

I never look at the Code page of projects I work on. I'm always going straight to the pull requests or issues.

I always thought the Code page's intended audience was new people checking out the repo for documentation or to peruse the code (usually after checking out the README).

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by purrplexed » Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 4:20 AM UTC

natfriedman wrote: post #284

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…

Thanks for the feedback about the latest commit status. This is something we should definitely fix. Also – I don't think there is a principle of lowering information density at work here. I think it's just a design that we will keep iterating. We are pro information density at GitHub.

Thanks for taking this into consideration. You can move stuff around for years and it wouldn't bother me. Lowering that bit of information though is a big pain.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by DeepYogurt » Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 4:20 AM UTC

Whatever

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by pcj-github » Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 4:22 AM UTC

I feel like they are setting up a design iteration pathway to making changes that will ultimately make it look more like vscode. Seems like a MSFT influenced-thing. Don't love it.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by perryizgr8 » Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 4:36 AM UTC

I am no UI expert so I will not try to evaluate the old vs new UI. However, I want to say that I really like the way Github has looked and functioned. It feel lightweight and it feels like someone just built it up from basic html. For example, you can right click the "go to file" button and open it in a new tab and it works like any standard link. Compare that to any button on facebook or youtube or gmail which are probably not even real html buttons, you can't expect them to properly open in a new tab.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by RNCTX » Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 4:36 AM UTC

It's bad.

The only way they could do such a thing and not drive people away would be to come up with more useful features, but their redesign seems to have less basic functionality than the old UI did.

Microsoft will understand that github users don't care about their "branding" and if they don't, they'll simply drive those billions of dollars into an early grave like Yahoo does with everything that Yahoo buys.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by michaelangerman » Wed, Jun 24, 2020, 4:38 AM UTC

>> They've added a right-sidebar that shows various info about the repo in general, like what the last release is.

How do I get rid of the right-sidebar ? This is terrible and a complete waste of real estate. And hopefully someone will tell me how to get rid of it... Thank you !