New Homepage

#1

Post by janerik » Thu, Dec 13, 2012, 6:54 PM UTC

New Homepage
github.com

Re: New Homepage

#2

Post by yuvadam » Thu, Dec 13, 2012, 6:59 PM UTC

Cool. Too bad I've seen the Github [1] homepage only once, and will never have see it again.

[1] - or any other authenticated service for that matter.

Re: New Homepage

#3

Post by bretthellman » Thu, Dec 13, 2012, 7:05 PM UTC

I love GitHub but the new homepage makes GitHub feel like a small, seed funded startup & not a trusted company.

Re: New Homepage

#4

Post by peterjmag » Thu, Dec 13, 2012, 7:11 PM UTC

I've been finding Proxima Nova[1] everywhere this year. I'm not complaining though—I think it's a beautiful, highly readable typeface.

[1] https://typekit.com/fonts/proxima-nova

Re: New Homepage

#5

Post by debacle » Thu, Dec 13, 2012, 7:25 PM UTC

bretthellman wrote: post #3

I love GitHub but the new homepage makes GitHub feel like a small, seed funded startup & not a trusted company.

I didn't really think about it until you mentioned it, but the design does feel somewhat dated.

Re: New Homepage

#6

Post by sudonim » Thu, Dec 13, 2012, 7:26 PM UTC

peterjmag wrote: post #4

I've been finding Proxima Nova[1] everywhere this year. I'm not complaining though—I think it's a beautiful, highly readable typeface. [1] https://typekit.com/fonts/proxima-nova

Yup! We use Proxima-Nova. It's probably the next Helvetica Neue (i.e. hipster designers will be rolling their eyes at you soon).

One of the things that's great about it is there are so many variations: Regular, Light, Regular Italic, Light Italic, Semibold, Bold, Extrabold, Black, Semibold Italic, Bold Italic.

Most other sans-serif typefaces we evaluated didn't have enough variation that it could reliably service any use-case.

We use proxima-nova on http://customer.io as well as in all our presentations (e.g. https://speakerdeck.com/sudonim/write-emails-people-will-rea... ) . Love that typeface.

Re: New Homepage

#7

Post by MrAlmostWrong » Thu, Dec 13, 2012, 7:27 PM UTC

peterjmag wrote: post #4

I've been finding Proxima Nova[1] everywhere this year. I'm not complaining though—I think it's a beautiful, highly readable typeface. [1] https://typekit.com/fonts/proxima-nova

Ha, I was just thinking this the other week and now seeing it on Github makes me want to find another font to use everywhere. Probably won't happen.

Re: New Homepage

#8

Post by sudonim » Thu, Dec 13, 2012, 7:29 PM UTC

debacle wrote: post #5

bretthellman wrote: post #3

I love GitHub but the new homepage makes GitHub feel like a small, seed funded startup & not a trusted company.

I didn't really think about it until you mentioned it, but the design does feel somewhat dated.

Can you submit a pull request?

Re: New Homepage

#9

Post by debacle » Thu, Dec 13, 2012, 7:32 PM UTC

sudonim wrote: post #8

debacle wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I didn't really think about it until you mentioned it, but the design does feel somewhat dated.

Can you submit a pull request?

If only I had the time.

Re: New Homepage

#10

Post by eddieroger » Thu, Dec 13, 2012, 7:33 PM UTC

I dig it. Looks nice and makes me want to use the service, but I can't get past the cost of the private repos. The unlimited, free, private repos are what keep me at BitBucket.