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They basically took the idea from this Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/github-canned-responses/lhehmppafakahahobaibfcomknkhoina htt

They basically took the idea from this Chrome extension: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/github-canned-responses/lhehmppafakahahobaibfcomknkhoina https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/github-canned-resp...

gwright 11y ago
The notion of shortcuts for inserting prepared text isn't exactly new. I was working in a data entry job in 1983 and the system would expand predefined text sequences into the matching full text as needed. Doing this through a pretty dropdown is the same idea. I'll bet the idea wasn't new in 1983 either.
- sdesol 11y ago
  The implication here, isn't so much that what was created was new, it's "Would this feature had been created had somebody else not shown GitHub a better way?" Since the commit history for https://github.com/notwaldorf/github-canned-responses/commits/master?page=2 https://github.com/notwaldorf/github-canned-responses/commit... is fairly new, it's easy to believe this feature was in GitHub's pipeline for a while. If this wasn't the case, it can sting from a brand perception point of view. GitHub is suppose to be synonymous with innovation, and if you start getting called out for copying, no matter how trivial, it will devalue your brand over time. The question now is, how closely is GitHub looking at something like this: https://github.com/stefanbuck/awesome-browser-extensions-for-github https://github.com/stefanbuck/awesome-browser-extensions-for... and other similar Chrome extensions. Right now, they are in a damned if they do and damned if they don't, as the result of the dear GitHub letter.
  - oldmanjay 11y ago
    I sincerely doubt much of their userbase will look at things so emotionally as to damage the company. Most of github seems to quietly continue ticking over no matter what the drama.
    - sdesol 11y ago
      I don't disagree. My sister has been using GitHub for years and she's never heard of the dear GitHub letter. The reputation part will have greater impact on Enterprise though. The reason why Enterprise sales cycles are so long, is because they want to make sure if they go with vendor X, they aren't shooting themselves in the foot in the long run. The trial period for the most part is risk assessment, because once you start building solutions around something, decoupling is extremely painful and risky. Companies are desperately trying to get off ClearCase (million dollar licenses), but they can't because their existing build systems, verification, etc. are so integrated with it, that decoupling introduces too much down time risk. If we found a situation where GitHub was constantly copying from Bitbucket or GitLab or who ever becomes the next thing, it's definitely going to introduce doubts about whether GitHub is the right choice for the long run. Drama will not affect that web designer that is paying $7 a month for a hosting plan, but it will cause doubts for those looking to spend 10s of thousands a year.
  - 59nadir 11y ago
    > GitHub is suppose to be synonymous with innovation... What was their innovation previously, though? I think they built a pretty great site around git, but I struggle to see where this massive innovation is.
  - hamms 11y ago
    > GitHub is suppose to be synonymous with innovation I'm not sure I agree. GitHub's core service - git - is one that they did not create. I'd argue that if anything, GitHub is synonymous with accessibility and reliability.
fiatjaf 11y ago
Next Chrome Extension to take ideas from: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/github-module-browser/dglofghjinifeolcpjfjmfdnnbaanggn https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/github-module-brow...
- deizel 11y ago
  See also: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/octo-linker/jlmafbaeoofdegohdhinkhilhclaklkp https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/octo-linker/jlmafb...

gwright 11y ago

The notion of shortcuts for inserting prepared text isn't exactly new. I was working in a data entry job in 1983 and the system would expand predefined text sequences into the matching full text as needed. Doing this through a pretty dropdown is the same idea. I'll bet the idea wasn't new in 1983 either.

sdesol 11y ago
The implication here, isn't so much that what was created was new, it's "Would this feature had been created had somebody else not shown GitHub a better way?" Since the commit history for https://github.com/notwaldorf/github-canned-responses/commits/master?page=2 https://github.com/notwaldorf/github-canned-responses/commit... is fairly new, it's easy to believe this feature was in GitHub's pipeline for a while. If this wasn't the case, it can sting from a brand perception point of view. GitHub is suppose to be synonymous with innovation, and if you start getting called out for copying, no matter how trivial, it will devalue your brand over time. The question now is, how closely is GitHub looking at something like this: https://github.com/stefanbuck/awesome-browser-extensions-for-github https://github.com/stefanbuck/awesome-browser-extensions-for... and other similar Chrome extensions. Right now, they are in a damned if they do and damned if they don't, as the result of the dear GitHub letter.
- oldmanjay 11y ago
  I sincerely doubt much of their userbase will look at things so emotionally as to damage the company. Most of github seems to quietly continue ticking over no matter what the drama.
  - sdesol 11y ago
    I don't disagree. My sister has been using GitHub for years and she's never heard of the dear GitHub letter. The reputation part will have greater impact on Enterprise though. The reason why Enterprise sales cycles are so long, is because they want to make sure if they go with vendor X, they aren't shooting themselves in the foot in the long run. The trial period for the most part is risk assessment, because once you start building solutions around something, decoupling is extremely painful and risky. Companies are desperately trying to get off ClearCase (million dollar licenses), but they can't because their existing build systems, verification, etc. are so integrated with it, that decoupling introduces too much down time risk. If we found a situation where GitHub was constantly copying from Bitbucket or GitLab or who ever becomes the next thing, it's definitely going to introduce doubts about whether GitHub is the right choice for the long run. Drama will not affect that web designer that is paying $7 a month for a hosting plan, but it will cause doubts for those looking to spend 10s of thousands a year.
- 59nadir 11y ago
  > GitHub is suppose to be synonymous with innovation... What was their innovation previously, though? I think they built a pretty great site around git, but I struggle to see where this massive innovation is.
- hamms 11y ago
  > GitHub is suppose to be synonymous with innovation I'm not sure I agree. GitHub's core service - git - is one that they did not create. I'd argue that if anything, GitHub is synonymous with accessibility and reliability.

fiatjaf 11y ago

Next Chrome Extension to take ideas from: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/github-module-browser/dglofghjinifeolcpjfjmfdnnbaanggn https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/github-module-brow...

deizel 11y ago
See also: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/octo-linker/jlmafbaeoofdegohdhinkhilhclaklkp https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/octo-linker/jlmafb...