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Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by amadeuspagel »

I don't see what's wrong with it. One thing I love about it is that I can now finally read readmes even if the window is only half or even a third of the width of my screen. Other then that it just looks a bit more modern.

One thing I just slightly dislike is that the width of the body is limited, but not the width of the header. Looks inconsistent.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by qqii »

Example repository of a project that's invested in using GitHub: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs

Discussion on /r/github: https://www.reddit.com/r/github/comments/hei81f/

Personally I think it's an improvement on mobile - finally the entire README is readable by default.

That being said was there any warning/reasoning behind the change? I cannot find any announcements.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by misnome »

Ugh, they've gotten rid of the commit message, because they merged "commits" "branches" "tags" into the header bar. If you want to see what the latest commit was you need an additional click.

Turns out that glancing at the header was useful to tell what was going on!

On the plus side, GitLab's repo view (which I disliked because it felt cluttered and always hard to find what I wanted) is now easier to use and read than GitHub's, so that makes changing easier.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by misnome »

qqii wrote: post #4

Example repository of a project that's invested in using GitHub: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs Discussion on /r/github: https://www.reddit.com/r/github/comments/hei81f/ Personally I think it's an improvement on mobile - finally the entire README is readable by default. That being said was there any warning/reasoning behind the change? I cannot find any announcements.

> That being said was there any warning/reasoning behind the change? I cannot find any announcements

I had a "Preview: Try the new layout and give us feedback" notification for about an hour, then it switched on permanently.

Optimistically, maybe they accidentally flipped a trial feature flag globally and it wasn't intended?

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by acemarke »

As I just said on Twitter [0]:

> Hrm. I just got switched to Github's new look and feel... and tbh, I _don't_ like it. I liked the 3D depth of the prior buttons. The new ones are too flat, the text is thinner, and they're too rounded. I appreciate that people worked on this, but... why was this change needed?

(See tweet for a screenshot comparison of the "New Issue" and "Edit" buttons before and after)

[0] https://twitter.com/acemarke/status/1275465823403020288

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by misnome »

misnome wrote: post #5

Ugh, they've gotten rid of the commit message, because they merged "commits" "branches" "tags" into the header bar. If you want to see what the latest commit was you need an additional click. Turns out that glancing at the header was useful to tell what was going on! On the plus side, GitLab's repo view (which I disliked because it felt cluttered and always hard to find what I wanted) is now easier to use and read th…

Also, I'm noticing a lot more "preload" pages ... e.g. the page loads with blank placeholder fields for the commit and text information that's then replaced live after loading the page. Maybe it did this before and is just slower now?

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

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Post by juliendc »

They are following the trends of flat design and rounded corners, which I don’t really mind. I’m more bothered by the fact that nothing is aligned: the GitHub logo, the breadcrumb, the horizontal menu and the issue title are all on different verticals. Looks messy.
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