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Re: Github redesigns Profiles

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Post by graue »

erichocean wrote: post #20
bretthopper wrote: post #6

Check your dashboard/News Feed. Also featuring a new design right now.

And it's awful. I used to be able to see the description about a repository someone I follow had starred, and it was easily my best way to find out about interesting projects. Now, all you see is username/repositoryname, which is damn near useless. They replaced actual content with...whitespace. I don't know how they screwed this one up so badly, but they need to change it back to being socially useful again, and pro…

Couldn't agree more. Without the description of what the repo is, it's just clutter.

Re: Github redesigns Profiles

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Post by dorkrawk »

donretag wrote: post #80
damncabbage wrote: post #18

It looks very nice, but there's a couple of things that bug me: - Now "owning" a repo seems even more important. Regularly commit to someone else's repo? Not evident unless you go digging for it. - The timeline bar-graph used to show blue for your own commits and grey for other people's. Now it either looks like you did all the work (your own repo), or someone else did it (forked repos). Even if these two don't matte…

"> There's little status to be gotten from tinkering on "someone else's" repo. So github is about status? Silly me, I thought was contributing to OSS.

There's nothing wrong with wanting recognition for work that you do. Especially when Github is a great way to show future employers your contributions to OSS. Why make that harder to see?

Re: Github redesigns Profiles

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Post by schrijver »

arturadib wrote: post #79
damncabbage wrote: post #18

It looks very nice, but there's a couple of things that bug me: - Now "owning" a repo seems even more important. Regularly commit to someone else's repo? Not evident unless you go digging for it. - The timeline bar-graph used to show blue for your own commits and grey for other people's. Now it either looks like you did all the work (your own repo), or someone else did it (forked repos). Even if these two don't matte…

> There's little status to be gotten from tinkering on "someone else's" repo. Agreed. Additionally, even if you are a collaborator on someone else's repo it doesn't show on your profile, which greatly under-represents a user's activity on Github.

This. I do my most interesting work on a project started by someone else where I am a collaborator. In addition I work on repos in organisations. It would be nice if these connections were more clear.

Re: Github redesigns Profiles

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Post by tedivm »

phpnode wrote: post #53
tedivm wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really, really miss the traffic graphs. Before I moved to github I had google analytics running for each of my projects, which was absolutely amazing for discovering when people talked about them. The increased contributions is worth the trade off, but I do miss that info.

a friend of mine built this which you might find useful: http://githalytics.com/

The problem with that is it only tracks a single page.

Re: Github redesigns Profiles

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Post by typpo »

damncabbage wrote: post #57
damncabbage wrote: post #18

It looks very nice, but there's a couple of things that bug me: - Now "owning" a repo seems even more important. Regularly commit to someone else's repo? Not evident unless you go digging for it. - The timeline bar-graph used to show blue for your own commits and grey for other people's. Now it either looks like you did all the work (your own repo), or someone else did it (forked repos). Even if these two don't matte…

Asked @holman about the blue ( https://twitter.com/holman/status/248690023887675392 ): @damncabbage: @holman Was the removal of the blue from the repo commit timeline bar-graphs intentional? Update looks good, by the way. :) @holman: @damncabbage definitely. Blue behind text would be really distracting. @damncabbage: @holman Hmm, point. What about having the blue appear when the timeline fades in on hover, or just a…

I miss the blue too, so I made an extension that adds the old-style coloring for your commits: https://github.com/typpo/github-participation-graph

Re: Github redesigns Profiles

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Post by damncabbage »

donretag wrote: post #80
damncabbage wrote: post #18

It looks very nice, but there's a couple of things that bug me: - Now "owning" a repo seems even more important. Regularly commit to someone else's repo? Not evident unless you go digging for it. - The timeline bar-graph used to show blue for your own commits and grey for other people's. Now it either looks like you did all the work (your own repo), or someone else did it (forked repos). Even if these two don't matte…

"> There's little status to be gotten from tinkering on "someone else's" repo. So github is about status? Silly me, I thought was contributing to OSS.

Your opinion doesn't change "My Library" behaviour I'm worried this will help drive.

Re: Github redesigns Profiles

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Post by damncabbage »

damncabbage wrote: post #57
damncabbage wrote: post #18

It looks very nice, but there's a couple of things that bug me: - Now "owning" a repo seems even more important. Regularly commit to someone else's repo? Not evident unless you go digging for it. - The timeline bar-graph used to show blue for your own commits and grey for other people's. Now it either looks like you did all the work (your own repo), or someone else did it (forked repos). Even if these two don't matte…

Asked @holman about the blue ( https://twitter.com/holman/status/248690023887675392 ): @damncabbage: @holman Was the removal of the blue from the repo commit timeline bar-graphs intentional? Update looks good, by the way. :) @holman: @damncabbage definitely. Blue behind text would be really distracting. @damncabbage: @holman Hmm, point. What about having the blue appear when the timeline fades in on hover, or just a…

... And the blue is now back: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4560768
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