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Re: GitHub for Mac

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Post by abahgat »

kmfrk wrote: post #17

Free, too. GitHub don't mess around. Any plans for putting it in the Mac App Store?

Keeping it free would perfectly make sense on the long run too, IMHO. It could attract a lot more users to githubcom and FI.

Re: GitHub for Mac

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Post by xiaoma »

[deleted] wrote: post #15
macrael wrote: post #9

It seems clear that GitHub's goal is to make git useable. I'm super excited about everything they can do in that direction. Git's underlying model is fantastic, but it's UI is lacking. Bravo GitHub.

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I would say that the command line is an eminent non-graphical variant of a GUI, thus a canonical UI.

  GUI = graphical user interface
  GUI - graphical = UI

Re: GitHub for Mac

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Post by efnx »

macrael wrote: post #9

It seems clear that GitHub's goal is to make git useable. I'm super excited about everything they can do in that direction. Git's underlying model is fantastic, but it's UI is lacking. Bravo GitHub.

Sorry - I deleted my replies as I really don't want to argue about UIs. That was not my intention. I must remember for the future that text without tone often does not convey one's intention. This program is great, thank you GitHub.

Re: GitHub for Mac

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Post by walkon »

abahgat wrote: post #13
rcfox wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why is it a huge deal? It's just a desktop version of their web app. Or am I missing something?

Well, their web app tracks the history and changes of your repo hosted there. It means you see them only after you perform a push. On the announcement they say: > But those things are only great after you've pushed your code to GitHub. With the desktop app you can manage your local repository before pushing changes to github

Git is tracking the changes and history, not GitHub.

Re: GitHub for Mac

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Post by jonursenbach »

Will be interesting to see if they integrate issues and wiki into this. For a first release though, I'm impressed.

Edit: Also would love to see this integrated with notifications so I can get Growl popups.

Re: GitHub for Mac

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Post by dchest »

I hate all the visual clutter and unjustified complexity the new stylish iOS-like interfaces bring. Those interfaces are only good for Twitter and friends (and for screenshots).

Some feedback:

* Get rid of huge spacing everywhere (for example here: http://github-images.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/2011/mac-screensh...)

* Make animations go faster.

* History should have preview pane with diffs (see Mail) instead of making me click on commits.

* There are windows on Macs. You can use them instead of [edit: or in addition to] making me navigate inside a single window.

* Loading indicators are annoying. Move them to bottom (there it won't distract me, but I'll know that it's still loading).

Oh, and congrats on release.

Re: GitHub for Mac

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Post by kenneth_reitz »

dchest wrote: post #28

I hate all the visual clutter and unjustified complexity the new stylish iOS-like interfaces bring. Those interfaces are only good for Twitter and friends (and for screenshots). Some feedback: * Get rid of huge spacing everywhere (for example here: http://github-images.s3.amazonaws.com/blog/2011/mac-screensh... ) * Make animations go faster. * History should have preview pane with diffs (see Mail) instead of making m…

I love this app so much.

However, +10 for "Make animations go faster".

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