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Re: Try right clicking GitHub's logo

#91

Post by pclark »

pgrote wrote: post #80
webjunkie wrote: post #78

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe it's also useful to sync this settings to the Mac App and possibly other apps... an email every time it gets changed would also be useful, in case someone with your login decides to change it. And finally, in teams one should be able to control which member can change this setting for himself, and which not, and the team lead can also set a default what should happen on the right click.. Yeah, that's it.

We're also going to need a way for someone to report on the right click actions. Log the action, build an alert system to distribute and then auto generate an email letting someone know the alert is sent. The reporting should have control levels so the team lead can designate whether someone can see this report, share this report or print this report.

and give me an API to query if a user likes the right click override setting off and on. "Gravatar for right click settings."

Re: Try right clicking GitHub's logo

#92

Post by OzzyB »

mmahemoff wrote: post #72
javery wrote: post #61

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You must be a program manager - you have taken a simple and easy solution and added a ton of complexity for a problem 1% or less of people will encounter.

It's probably overkill to save the preference. A good-and-still-simple solution would be to include a (non-linked) replica image of the original button along with an explanatory link to github.com.

Bravo. This is so simple, I can't believe I didn't think of it -- just put a "github homepage" link/image on that pop-up that users can then right-click to their hearts content.

And here I was thinking about adding cookies and saving client-state. :)

Re: Try right clicking GitHub's logo

#93

Post by lwat »

jawns wrote: post #35

Here's how I would improve this: The lightbox that opens up asks, "Looking for the GitHub logo?" But it doesn't let you answer no. It just presumes that your answer is yes, and supplies you with what it thinks you actually want (or, more cynically, what it wants you to want). I would suggest adding a "No thanks -- just let me right-click" link at the bottom. That link would close the lightbox and prevent it from reop…

canv.as does the fancy right-click menu too, and at the bottom there's a note saying 'Use Shift + Right click for the normal right click menu'

Re: Try right clicking GitHub's logo

#94

Post by lwat »

blacksmith_tb wrote: post #39
OzzyB wrote: post #28

I know that overriding expected functionality like this is considered a "no-no", but let's not loose sight of the fact that this "UX trick" was used on a logo, on the masthead, on the site's header. What do you really want if you right-click on a logo like this? If you did indeed want to right-click & save-as to get the image, this feature takes that a step further and actually offers you a selection of high-res imag…

The actual images aren't quite what I would call "hi-res" - 512x512px at 72dpi for the Octocat, for example. Seems like if they are going to all this trouble they should include a few sizes, not just a few formats...

You don't need to specify DPI when you're talking about pixels already, that pic will be 512x512 pixels at any DPI.

Re: Try right clicking GitHub's logo

#95

Post by thristian »

A long time ago, when I first installed Firefox, I went Preferences → Content → Enable JavaScript → Advanced and unticked all the "Allow scripts to:" options, including "Disable or replace context menus".

I still get the cute dialog-box when I right-click, but I also get my proper right-click menu for the link in question.

Re: Try right clicking GitHub's logo

#96

Post by tombell »

colonel_panic wrote: post #71
javery wrote: post #61

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You must be a program manager - you have taken a simple and easy solution and added a ton of complexity for a problem 1% or less of people will encounter.

Am I really in a <1% minority of people who right click site logos to open the main page in a new tab and start a separate browsing path?

Ctrl (or Cmd) Click, done.

Re: Try right clicking GitHub's logo

#99

Post by psychotik »

pclark wrote: post #91
pgrote wrote: post #80

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We're also going to need a way for someone to report on the right click actions. Log the action, build an alert system to distribute and then auto generate an email letting someone know the alert is sent. The reporting should have control levels so the team lead can designate whether someone can see this report, share this report or print this report.

and give me an API to query if a user likes the right click override setting off and on. "Gravatar for right click settings."

Also A/B test the pop-over dialog to see what works best.

Re: Try right clicking GitHub's logo

#100

Post by jwallaceparker »

WiseWeasel wrote: post #82
colonel_panic wrote: post #71

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Am I really in a <1% minority of people who right click site logos to open the main page in a new tab and start a separate browsing path?

Requires two hands, but I often find it easier to control-click on links to open in a new tab, and that still works in this case.

I do this too. CTRL-click to open a new tab.

That is NOT working for me on a Mac.

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