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My first thought on seeing this headline was "what, again?" Don't get me wrong, the new design looks great, but it feels like every six months they switch between having side navigation and putting everything on top. Every time they change there's a definite improvement, but you'd think they'd be able to come up with a design that works for at least a few years.
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My thoughts exactly. We've used GitLab since version 6 [1] and things have always felt like they are in a state of flux ([2] [3] [4]). For an open source project this is tolerable. I do wonder what enterprise users make of this constant UI change? Now that the navigation is back on the left, we'll probably see it collapsible in 9.5 and then morphed into a horizontal bar by version 10, rinse and repeat. [1]: https://a…
> For an open source project this is tolerable. I do wonder what enterprise users make of this constant UI change? That's interesting to think about. What is the difference between the two types of users? Is it that the open source project is in no hurry and can accept a delay due to interface hassles? Is it that enterprise users are less capable and need a stable environment to function?
If anyone at Gitlab is reading this, please, please, please do something with the wide blank space at the top of the home page of a project. The project logo, name and short description are really side information that you don't care when you are working everyday on the same projects.It is a waste of space that distract the user and does not let him jump right into the code. Cheers and thank you
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All of my other code workflow (terminal and editor) is in a dark theme, having to switch to GitLab to review an MR can actually be quite uncomfortable to do because there's such a leap in contrast. The dark theme I use is Dracula[1], it's a really beautiful theme and if there was a way to view GitLab using it it'd be incredible. [1]: https://draculatheme.com/vim/
Did you know GitLab has themes? https://www.dropbox.com/s/p6b8yupsw4opsuu/Screenshot%202017-...
I really like the UI paradigm built by gitbucket - https://gitbucket.github.io/ . Its like they took Bitbucket and made it better. On that note - I cant believe how unusable Bitbucket is. P.S. And obviously love the fact that it is a single jar file deploy.
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I don't often use Gitlab, I just logged in this morning to update my 2FA and saw the new nav in the profile. Enabled it and instantly felt a lot more compelled to use the site. I'm a big fan of your guys' work but using Github for a variety of reasons (UI is a big reason why), so I really mean it when I say the improvement is noticeable. BTW, have you thought about talking to Zenhub to get a "Zenlab"? Given that Gitl…
We have not talked with them. I love the work of ZenHub. But our strategy would be to add the features to GitLab itself instead of running it in another application. Feel free to submit/upvote an issue for something you would love to see.
Layout is nice, but the header color... uh... it's like a bike shed, but a header ;) GitLab should consider adding an option somewhere, that lets users override a few primary theme colors to their liking. Not a full-fledged theme engine - that would be awesome but would take a lot of time to implement - just a few light CSS overrides that are persisted in the account settings, don't require browser extensions and mor…
My main gripe with gitlab navigation is I can't see the languages split up (chart) quickly like in Github. Other than that since I am not a heavy user of the website (more on time on git than on website) I find no other problems. Also the redesign looks better than before. Hope they also introduce a dark theme. (would love to have this one)