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Alright, that's a big of an exaggeration but I don't feel like this change is nearly good enough to warrant significant changes to a professional tool I use. Like if you want to completely change my user-experience you better at least have a reason, not just do it for-the-lulz. After trying it out for a while under the feature preview I really don't get why they did this.
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What about determining the language and license? That used to be front and center and two of the most important things when I land on a repo page.
I highly doubt that's the case for most people when using Github on a daily basis though.
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.
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I gave negative feedback as well during the preview. Really love that they ignored it...
Perhaps they got more positive feedback from people other than you?
The new web design layout on GitHub is awful and has less accessibility. For example, the repository languages used to be at the top center of the page, while now I need to scroll past the bottom of the screen and find the information off centered in an awkward place. The stars and other top bar links are off centered in an awkward way for the mouse and the eyes. Also, the profile tabs are less accessible because fol…
To take your example of the languages, the new design is more accessible. It has a clearly labeled heading, and I can see the names of the languages are being used without clicking on the bar. The old design has no hints that the striped bar (or in the case of `linux`, grey) is supposed to be informative. We're all just used to clicking that bar if we're curious.
It's clear they've optimized the layout around productivity, and making it more approachable to new visitors. Everyone has their preferences, and new designs are always tough to get right for everyone. "Less accessible" is the wrong way to phrase your criticisms, though.
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Perhaps they got more positive feedback from people other than you?
Not necessarily. I've seen the concept of "vocal minority vs silent majority" used as justification to push through a change. So even if you get only bad feedback, it still goes through because most people said nothing, which means most people like it.
Lots of hate here. I probably don't use GitHub as much as others here, so I can understand that any change adds friction and people are going to hate that. Having said that, I'm comparing using the Wayback Machine: new: https://github.com/torvalds/linux old: https://web.archive.org/web/20200619163555/https://github.co... and I can't find it in me to dislike the changes they've made. They've removed the double repo na…
Also fun to go back to a much earlier version: https://web.archive.org/web/20130807124247/https://github.co...
Like with every redesign everyone will eventually get used to it and completely forget how the old one looked. When the next redesign happens everyone will rage the same way and say they want the "old" design back.