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Re: Try right clicking GitHub's logo

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Post by vimalg2 »

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

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

Am i the only person who uses middle click(the scroll wheel button) to open a link in a new tab? This worked for the github icon too; i just checked (Opera 11.61/Linux)

Re: Try right clicking GitHub's logo

#132

Post by zachrose »

eslachance wrote: post #124
dsl wrote: post #103

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and a multivariate engine to test different font face/wording combinations for logo download conversion tracking.

Can someone get on crunching numbers so I can get a pie chart on how many users disabled the right-click, how many people never right-clicked (hey, maybe a tutorial-like tooltip bubble that says "Right-click me!" ?), trends in right-click usage over time and separated by geo localisation? That should be trivial to do, I'm sure.

Sounds like a plan. Can we get some consensus on what tool to use for capturing these items and generating the burn down chart?

Re: Try right clicking GitHub's logo

#133

Post by razorstorm »

javery wrote: post #61
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…

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.

By the same type of abrasive, quick to conclude mindset, you must be a different type of program manager - you believe that just because you do not use a certain feature, no one else should be allowed to use it either.

Re: Try right clicking GitHub's logo

#134

Post by kunalmodi »

zachrose wrote: post #132
eslachance wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Can someone get on crunching numbers so I can get a pie chart on how many users disabled the right-click, how many people never right-clicked (hey, maybe a tutorial-like tooltip bubble that says "Right-click me!" ?), trends in right-click usage over time and separated by geo localisation? That should be trivial to do, I'm sure.

Sounds like a plan. Can we get some consensus on what tool to use for capturing these items and generating the burn down chart?

why do I feel like I'm on Reddit all of a sudden

Re: Try right clicking GitHub's logo

#136

Post by dasil003 »

kunalmodi wrote: post #134
zachrose wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sounds like a plan. Can we get some consensus on what tool to use for capturing these items and generating the burn down chart?

why do I feel like I'm on Reddit all of a sudden

c-c-c-combo breaker?

Re: Try right clicking GitHub's logo

#137

Post by dave1010uk »

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…

So many people on HN coming up with elaborate ways to get a consistent UX that works for all cases. In my mind the best thing to do would be showing the lightbox but also not disabling the context menu.

Advantages:

    * Shows context menu immediately, allowing for edge cases
    * Shows lightbox
    * Always consistent, no clearing cookies or preferences to get it back
    * Unobtrusive; "don't make me think"
    * Simple to implement (just allow the event to propagate)
    * Robust, context menu works if lightbox breaks

Re: Try right clicking GitHub's logo

#138

Post by TeMPOraL »

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

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

To all that mentioning middle-click: what about when I want to open the main page in a new window? Or copy URL to the page? (sometimes it's faster to right-click on logo than to move up and copy-paste from address bar; also keyboard is not involved).

Re: Try right clicking GitHub's logo

#139

Post by richbradshaw »

pclark wrote: post #66
javery wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

they really should save this kind of preference to their database so that it follows the user across other sessions and machines too. and then add a setting in their account preferences to opt back in to the right hand click lightbox.

Personally, I'd use a combination of Dropbox, iCloud as well as an arbitrary SFTP server. They could use the SSH key you register with them to allow seamless log in, and also encryption of the setting on Dropbox and iCloud.
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