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Re: Powerful new features for businesses on GitHub.com

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Post by Corrado »

davidcelis wrote: post #21
avenueb wrote: post #17

SSO is important for enterprise.. but github presents a challenge where devs usually have pre-existing personal accounts which are added to company github accounts, rather than the company account being used.

Personal accounts will work fine under the Business plan. You'll just need to hit your organization's IdP for access.

Well, won't that require a different identity? My personal email account is funny-nickname@gmail but my work email is my-real-name@work. Github used to allow/encourage multiple identities but then changed it because it was super confusing and hard to manage. Maybe they've fixed that now. :/

Re: Powerful new features for businesses on GitHub.com

#32

Post by Corrado »

aesthetics1 wrote: post #30

I would really just love to be able to group my repositories. Either logically in folders, or in another structure that cleans everything up. Tags help, but it is not enough. I am happy that they continue to add features like this, but I feel like some of the more common wishlist items are not being addressed.

I never really thought about it but grouping by tags would be a good thing. Once you get over 10-15 repos it gets much harder to find stuff.

Re: Powerful new features for businesses on GitHub.com

#33

Post by 0xADADA »

mstade wrote: post #12
adamkittelson wrote: post #4

Tangentially related, but on our slack this morning everyone is griping about the updated blue text color on repo pages at Github. It's pretty ugly.

I too thought I was going crazy when I noticed it this morning... Funny, but that shade (or one very much like it) is forever etched into my brain as "porn blue" thanks to a k10k issue back in the day when the internet was still referred to as the information super highway and nobody knew what we were doing. Here's an excerpt from the first "lesson": You must never use this colour. You can like it as much as you want…

What is the porn color? I don't understand the reference. What makes it "the porn color"?

Aren't links blue (#0000ff) by default?

Re: Powerful new features for businesses on GitHub.com

#34

Post by apendleton »

Mizza wrote: post #15
lukasm wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is for colourblind people.

Serious question: How does making something WAY MORE GREEN make things more visible for people who CAN'T SEE GREEN?

That's not how colorblindness works. Green things aren't invisible to colorblind people. They just can't discriminate some colors from others as well. I would guess that this color is more different from the body text in some color channel that's extra useful for contrast for colorblind people.

Re: Powerful new features for businesses on GitHub.com

#35

Post by aesthetics1 »

Corrado wrote: post #32
aesthetics1 wrote: post #30

I would really just love to be able to group my repositories. Either logically in folders, or in another structure that cleans everything up. Tags help, but it is not enough. I am happy that they continue to add features like this, but I feel like some of the more common wishlist items are not being addressed.

I never really thought about it but grouping by tags would be a good thing. Once you get over 10-15 repos it gets much harder to find stuff.

Yes - and there's also the fact that you have to get everyone on the same page with tags. It isn't as simple as just moving something where it belongs.

Re: Powerful new features for businesses on GitHub.com

#36

Post by jmcphers »

Mizza wrote: post #15
lukasm wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

This is for colourblind people.

Serious question: How does making something WAY MORE GREEN make things more visible for people who CAN'T SEE GREEN?

In the same way that turning up the volume helps people who are hard of hearing to hear. Colorblindness is a spectrum, not a switch; many people who suffer from it simply have reduced sensitivity to a color. I'm mildly colorblind myself; I can see green, but I can't see it as well as you can.

Re: Powerful new features for businesses on GitHub.com

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Post by mstade »

laumars wrote: post #23
mstade wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I too thought I was going crazy when I noticed it this morning... Funny, but that shade (or one very much like it) is forever etched into my brain as "porn blue" thanks to a k10k issue back in the day when the internet was still referred to as the information super highway and nobody knew what we were doing. Here's an excerpt from the first "lesson": You must never use this colour. You can like it as much as you want…

2005 wasn't that long ago. I thought the press stopped using the term "information super highway" in the 90s. But in case thanks for share that, it was an amusing read.

I think that particular issue is older though, I'd guess 1999 or 2000. If I recall correctly people were still going on about the information super highway around that time, along with very literal illustrations of "surfing the web." 2005 is just when the snapshot is from I think.

Re: Powerful new features for businesses on GitHub.com

#38

Post by kylev »

Corrado wrote: post #31
davidcelis wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Personal accounts will work fine under the Business plan. You'll just need to hit your organization's IdP for access.

Well, won't that require a different identity? My personal email account is funny-nickname@gmail but my work email is my-real-name@work. Github used to allow/encourage multiple identities but then changed it because it was super confusing and hard to manage. Maybe they've fixed that now. :/

They fixed some awkward "custom routing" screens a while ago. I've been using my single account with different companies for years now. I just make sure my git `config.email` is set right, set GitHub to route notifications for work repos to my work email, and it's done.

I've also been the admin on those Business accounts. It's easy.

Re: Powerful new features for businesses on GitHub.com

#39

Post by semi-extrinsic »

0xADADA wrote: post #33
mstade wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I too thought I was going crazy when I noticed it this morning... Funny, but that shade (or one very much like it) is forever etched into my brain as "porn blue" thanks to a k10k issue back in the day when the internet was still referred to as the information super highway and nobody knew what we were doing. Here's an excerpt from the first "lesson": You must never use this colour. You can like it as much as you want…

What is the porn color? I don't understand the reference. What makes it "the porn color"? Aren't links blue (#0000ff) by default?

From the above Internet Archive link, looks like the color is #0033FF.
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