Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#11

Post by taylorlapeyre » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 5:55 PM UTC

I really like it!

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#12

Post by rurban » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 5:56 PM UTC

Like it. More important links upfront.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#13

Post by phillipcarter » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 5:56 PM UTC

I'm completely neutral. They've changed their UI many times over the years and this is no different. Products usually change UI and that's just a fact of life.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#14

Post by elchin » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 5:57 PM UTC

I like it, better use of horizontal space.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#15

Post by lukeramsden » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 5:58 PM UTC

I generally liked the new design in the feature preview, except for the new repo page, which I immediately opted back out of.

The "About" being moved to the right side is a good move, but the top bar being full-width is incredibly annoying.

If this is any taste of things to come, then I imagine I'll be moving to Sourcehut permanently earlier than I thought.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#16

Post by verdverm » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 5:59 PM UTC

juliendc wrote: post #9

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.

The grayscale reduction and loss of contrast is a modern design anti-pattern they have adopted. Makes reading things more difficult

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#17

Post by verdverm » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 6:00 PM UTC

rurban wrote: post #12

Like it. More important links upfront.

Determining which language the repo is now requires scrolling, as now the readme is only 70% width instead of 100%

So much wasted space and loss of information if you ask me.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#18

Post by Sachaniman » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 6:01 PM UTC

Sign up for the developer feature previews, so you can give feedback to these changes before they're published.

I gave some negative feedback about it earlier regarding this change, but it seems I might have been a part of the minority.

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#19

Post by jventura » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 6:02 PM UTC

It looks more like gitlab!

Re: Ask HN: Thoughts on new GitHub layout?

#20

Post by verdverm » Tue, Jun 23, 2020, 6:02 PM UTC

phillipcarter wrote: post #13

I'm completely neutral. They've changed their UI many times over the years and this is no different. Products usually change UI and that's just a fact of life.

This is different because there was a major change to where (formerly header) information is displayed now on the side.

The top-level hierarchy is different and causes much more wasted space