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Refined GitHub: A Chrome extension that simplifies the interface, adds features

38 points by sotojuan 11y ago

sotojuan 11y ago
Disclaimer: Not by me. Author is https://github.com/sindresorhus/ https://github.com/sindresorhus/
- r3bl 11y ago
  May I just point out how awesome the original author is? I mean, I'm using his GitHub indicator (available as an extension for both Chrome[0] and Firefox[1]), I'm collaborating with him on his mega popular awesome list[2] (currently the top non-code repository on GitHub by the number of stars), he started the whole GitHub AMA idea[3], he developed a bunch of command line clients that I'm using regularly (like speed-test[4], is-reachable[5] and is-github-down[6])... And now this! This guy is unstoppable! [0] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/notifier-for-github/lmjdlojahmbbcodnpecnjnmlddbkjhnn?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/notifier-for-githu... [1] https://github.com/sindresorhus/notifier-for-github-firefox https://github.com/sindresorhus/notifier-for-github-firefox [2] https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome [3] https://github.com/sindresorhus/ama https://github.com/sindresorhus/ama [4] https://github.com/sindresorhus/speed-test https://github.com/sindresorhus/speed-test [5] https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-reachable https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-reachable [6] https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-github-down https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-github-down
- dang 11y ago
  In that case you can't put "Show HN" in the title. Otherwise every post could, since every post is showing HN something. https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html
  - sotojuan 11y ago
    Thanks for the clarification and the title change!
iOSGuy 11y ago
Awhile back I had a Chrome extension that would show a fork of a source repo if it had more recent commits. This was super helpful for finding interesting bits of code. I can't find it anymore, anyone know what I'm talking about?
- 1ace 11y ago
  Not exactly what you're asking for, but `lovely-forks` [1] shows you "notable forks of Github repositories under their names", where "notable" is defined by comparing the number of stars. [1] https://github.com/musically-ut/lovely-forks https://github.com/musically-ut/lovely-forks
XaspR8d 11y ago
I think this (and Dear GH) has been a reminder of how hard UX is, because many of these complaints have never fazed me. Of course that says nothing about the quality of this project, and I'm glad people are pursuing their own solutions! I think most of my complaints require back-end changes unfortunately...
- sytse 11y ago
  UX is hard indeed. If your UI improvements need back-end changes consider having a look at GitLab, we would be happy to collaborate.
m6w6 11y ago
> Linkifies branch references in pull requests This alone would be worth it, I have no idea why Github doesn't do that by default. Alas, I'm on Firefox 8-).

38 points by sotojuan 11y ago

sotojuan 11y ago

Disclaimer: Not by me. Author is https://github.com/sindresorhus/ https://github.com/sindresorhus/

r3bl 11y ago
May I just point out how awesome the original author is? I mean, I'm using his GitHub indicator (available as an extension for both Chrome[0] and Firefox[1]), I'm collaborating with him on his mega popular awesome list[2] (currently the top non-code repository on GitHub by the number of stars), he started the whole GitHub AMA idea[3], he developed a bunch of command line clients that I'm using regularly (like speed-test[4], is-reachable[5] and is-github-down[6])... And now this! This guy is unstoppable! [0] https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/notifier-for-github/lmjdlojahmbbcodnpecnjnmlddbkjhnn?hl=en https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/notifier-for-githu... [1] https://github.com/sindresorhus/notifier-for-github-firefox https://github.com/sindresorhus/notifier-for-github-firefox [2] https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome [3] https://github.com/sindresorhus/ama https://github.com/sindresorhus/ama [4] https://github.com/sindresorhus/speed-test https://github.com/sindresorhus/speed-test [5] https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-reachable https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-reachable [6] https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-github-down https://github.com/sindresorhus/is-github-down
dang 11y ago
In that case you can't put "Show HN" in the title. Otherwise every post could, since every post is showing HN something. https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html https://news.ycombinator.com/showhn.html
- sotojuan 11y ago
  Thanks for the clarification and the title change!

iOSGuy 11y ago

Awhile back I had a Chrome extension that would show a fork of a source repo if it had more recent commits. This was super helpful for finding interesting bits of code. I can't find it anymore, anyone know what I'm talking about?

1ace 11y ago
Not exactly what you're asking for, but `lovely-forks` [1] shows you "notable forks of Github repositories under their names", where "notable" is defined by comparing the number of stars. [1] https://github.com/musically-ut/lovely-forks https://github.com/musically-ut/lovely-forks

XaspR8d 11y ago

I think this (and Dear GH) has been a reminder of how hard UX is, because many of these complaints have never fazed me. Of course that says nothing about the quality of this project, and I'm glad people are pursuing their own solutions! I think most of my complaints require back-end changes unfortunately...

sytse 11y ago
UX is hard indeed. If your UI improvements need back-end changes consider having a look at GitLab, we would be happy to collaborate.

m6w6 11y ago

> Linkifies branch references in pull requests This alone would be worth it, I have no idea why Github doesn't do that by default. Alas, I'm on Firefox 8-).