What a great "out of the box" experience. Unpacked it, entered my github login data and synced my repos. No hassling with ssh keys, no setup, no other questions asked.
This is great for beginners and pros. Thanks.
GitHub for Mac
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Re: GitHub for Mac
#92Guys, I must get a mac!
Since you're new here I'll just give you an FYI. This kind of comment is going to get you downvotes because it doesn't add anything tangible to the discussion. We value a really high signal to noise ratio.
Re: GitHub for Mac
#93Earlier quoted context omitted.
Nothing in your reply addresses my points, so I'm not sure what to answer. Yes, I tried GitX, and I'm not looking for (or using) Git GUI tools. This doesn't make GitHub for Mac less visually cluttered. I'm mostly discussing GUI trends (as a Mac developer who cares about this stuff), using GitHub as an example (which, as you say, gets job done great, but I say that it can be improved).
You argue that spacing produces clutter, but I completely disagree. Clutter is shoving tons of information together without spacing.
You argue that spacing produces clutter
"You argue"?
Clutter means (let me open the dictionary) "a collection of things lying about in an untidy mass".
I never said only spacing produces clutter. Either I'm not explaining myself clearly or you read something that was not in my comment (this is called a strawman, right?)
Re: GitHub for Mac
#94Hot damn! This is a sweet app. I've been trying to get into github but I do not like the command line. This is a sweet app and should get many n00bs like me into github.
Re: GitHub for Mac
#95What ever happened to the Kickstarter project to create a native GitHub app?
Is this it? Is this something else? Is that project now doomed?
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sferik/hubcap-a-github-c...
Re: GitHub for Mac
#96First time an application has been unsupported on my Core Duo (32bit) Macbook Pro. Is there a reason for it, does the application really require a 64bit OS, or did the GitHub guys just forget about us early Intel Mac owners?
Re: GitHub for Mac
#97Earlier quoted context omitted.
FWIW, I disagree that windows should freely proliferate. I prefer apps that stay in a single window. Also, you should let some of that angst go, because it's clear that Apple is anticipating an iOS experience on the desktop for a long time coming.
FWIW, I disagree that windows should freely proliferate. I prefer apps that stay in a single window. I think there's a misunderstanding. I'm not against single windows, I'm against making me navigate through screens when it's unnecessary. Also, you should let some of that angst go, because it's clear that Apple is anticipating an iOS experience on the desktop for a long time coming. Apple is anticipating better GUI e…
Fair points, indeed! I can clarify:
1. Floating inspectors drive me bananas unless they can be pinned in the app "wrapper".
2. A new window for every document makes me crazy, because I like to use tools like Witch for doc-level tab switching.
3. The push away toward full screen apps and in-app file management is, IMO, a good thing.
Re: GitHub for Mac
#98That's cool and all, but a Windows client would make a lot more business sense. There are already a couple of nice git clients for Mac. There aren't for Windows. And I assume github is targeting SMB with its paid offerings. Unless you're a design shop or a hip startup, odds are you're not running OS X. Based on my unscientific data, most companies have the devs working on Windows (or occasionally Linux).
I recently left at&t interactive, the definition of large corporate culture, and they gave all developers macs and were using github:fi.
I'm now at another giant company you have all heard of. We all have macs and are using github.
The tides are changing.
Re: GitHub for Mac
#99That's cool and all, but a Windows client would make a lot more business sense. There are already a couple of nice git clients for Mac. There aren't for Windows. And I assume github is targeting SMB with its paid offerings. Unless you're a design shop or a hip startup, odds are you're not running OS X. Based on my unscientific data, most companies have the devs working on Windows (or occasionally Linux).
Judging by their use of chameleon, and their general UI choices, I think we can expect an iOS client from github as well in the future (using the same codebase as this desktop version). I think that OSX + iOS > Windows users in that regard.
Re: GitHub for Mac
#100That's cool and all, but a Windows client would make a lot more business sense. There are already a couple of nice git clients for Mac. There aren't for Windows. And I assume github is targeting SMB with its paid offerings. Unless you're a design shop or a hip startup, odds are you're not running OS X. Based on my unscientific data, most companies have the devs working on Windows (or occasionally Linux).
you think the average git user is on windows?
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