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Show HN: Revert back to good old GitHub Homepage

34 points by amitmerchant 8y ago

dionidium 8y ago
While we're at it, has anybody else noticed that StackOverflow now artificially constrains the center column's width, so that many code examples are now totally unreadable due to unnecessary line-wrapping? Meanwhile, I've got a boat-load of whitespace on the left side of my monitor. Edit: Profile -> Edit Profile & Settings (tab) -> Preferences (left menu) -> Hide left navigation
skibz 8y ago
I should add this to my Stylish profile for GitHub. If you combine this with Original GitHub Navigation Bar Color [0] you can have an original-ish GitHub theme. [0]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/original-github-navigatio/ambmcegpnljhgcabihnniacjnlohifcb https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/original-github-na...
- amitmerchant 8y ago
  Yeah. That would be perfect!
Double_a_92 8y ago
I'm not quite sure what changed.
- amitmerchant 8y ago
  Compare the current homepage and the screenshot that I've attached in the Gist.
- mcjiggerlog 8y ago
  The columns switch sides. Seems pretty pointless.
raziel2p 8y ago
I just want the old feed back. I'm not interested in stars and follows, I want to know when PRs/issues to my repos are opened and commented on. The new activity feed which shows up on top of the regular feed is limited to very few items and doesn't show enough details.
- yorwba 8y ago
  > I want to know when PRs/issues to my repos are opened and commented on I use email notifications for that. I don't think I ever looked at my GitHub feed except by accident.
- bfirsh 8y ago
  This is really good for that: https://octobox.io/ https://octobox.io/
taspeotis 8y ago
Microsoft’s VSTS is getting a facelift [1] so watch that space to see what GitHub might end up looking like. [1] https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/devops/2018/06/19/new-navigation/ https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/devops/2018/06/19/new-navig...
- th0br0 8y ago
  ... so it's going to look like GitLab? /s
  - craftyguy 8y ago
    That's almost the exact same layout as Gitlab.
Springtime 8y ago
I haven't been recommending Stylish since their questionable browser history tracking was introduced by default (analysis by uBlock Origin author here [1]). [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2017/01/04/major-stylish-add-on-changes-in-regards-to-privacy/#comment-4086083 https://www.ghacks.net/2017/01/04/major-stylish-add-on-chang...
- myfonj 8y ago
  Exactly. Have been Stylish user since its beginning, and recent history of it is a disaster. Please, use Stylus [1] if possible. [1] https://github.com/openstyles/stylus https://github.com/openstyles/stylus
  - bmcculley 8y ago
    Do any browsers still support 'usercontent.css'? I would rather use something like that than trust any extension. Currently, I set style tweaks as bookmarks which is a real pain.
    - myfonj 8y ago
      Yes, most of them do, in fact they are told so since CSS2.1 standard. But most of implementations did not allow rules scoped to @document, so was not very convenient to use. Oh, just Chrome blatantly ditched it recently [0.1]. From comment in this very thread it seems is is still used in Safari [0] nowadays. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17355354 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17355354 [0.1] https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=347016 https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=347016 --- Recycling my very first comment here at HN from 2013 [5]: In Firefox it is userContent.css and userChrome.css [1] (loaded at startup), in Google Chrome custom.css [2](this file is 'live'). IE [3] and Opera [4] have something like this as well. [1] http://www-archive.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html http://www-archive.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html [2] http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=2393 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=2393 [3] http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Use-your-own-sty.. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Use-your-own-sty.... [4] http://www.opera.com/docs/usercss/#user-mode http://www.opera.com/docs/usercss/#user-mode [5] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5436309 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5436309
barrowclift 8y ago
If you use Safari, this functionality is built in, no sketchy plugin required. You can save the CSS snippet from the provided link as a file somewhere on your disk, then select the style sheet in Safari > Preferences > Advanced. It's useful for loads of other cases too. For example, I have mine wrapping Hacker News's <pre> elements so I don't have to horizontally scroll for miles while trying to read.
SippinLean 8y ago
Github still uses floats for page layout?! In my flexbox-capable browser?
- amitmerchant 8y ago
  Backward compatibility you know?

34 points by amitmerchant 8y ago

While we're at it, has anybody else noticed that StackOverflow now artificially constrains the center column's width, so that many code examples are now totally unreadable due to unnecessary line-wrapping? Meanwhile, I've got a boat-load of whitespace on the left side of my monitor. Edit: Profile -> Edit Profile & Settings (tab) -> Preferences (left menu) -> Hide left navigation

skibz 8y ago

I should add this to my Stylish profile for GitHub. If you combine this with Original GitHub Navigation Bar Color [0] you can have an original-ish GitHub theme. [0]: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/original-github-navigatio/ambmcegpnljhgcabihnniacjnlohifcb https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/original-github-na...

amitmerchant 8y ago
Yeah. That would be perfect!

Double_a_92 8y ago

I'm not quite sure what changed.

amitmerchant 8y ago
Compare the current homepage and the screenshot that I've attached in the Gist.
mcjiggerlog 8y ago
The columns switch sides. Seems pretty pointless.

raziel2p 8y ago

I just want the old feed back. I'm not interested in stars and follows, I want to know when PRs/issues to my repos are opened and commented on. The new activity feed which shows up on top of the regular feed is limited to very few items and doesn't show enough details.

yorwba 8y ago
> I want to know when PRs/issues to my repos are opened and commented on I use email notifications for that. I don't think I ever looked at my GitHub feed except by accident.
bfirsh 8y ago
This is really good for that: https://octobox.io/ https://octobox.io/

taspeotis 8y ago

Microsoft’s VSTS is getting a facelift [1] so watch that space to see what GitHub might end up looking like. [1] https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/devops/2018/06/19/new-navigation/ https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/devops/2018/06/19/new-navig...

th0br0 8y ago
... so it's going to look like GitLab? /s
- craftyguy 8y ago
  That's almost the exact same layout as Gitlab.

Springtime 8y ago

I haven't been recommending Stylish since their questionable browser history tracking was introduced by default (analysis by uBlock Origin author here [1]). [1] https://www.ghacks.net/2017/01/04/major-stylish-add-on-changes-in-regards-to-privacy/#comment-4086083 https://www.ghacks.net/2017/01/04/major-stylish-add-on-chang...

myfonj 8y ago
Exactly. Have been Stylish user since its beginning, and recent history of it is a disaster. Please, use Stylus [1] if possible. [1] https://github.com/openstyles/stylus https://github.com/openstyles/stylus
- bmcculley 8y ago
  Do any browsers still support 'usercontent.css'? I would rather use something like that than trust any extension. Currently, I set style tweaks as bookmarks which is a real pain.
  - myfonj 8y ago
    Yes, most of them do, in fact they are told so since CSS2.1 standard. But most of implementations did not allow rules scoped to @document, so was not very convenient to use. Oh, just Chrome blatantly ditched it recently [0.1]. From comment in this very thread it seems is is still used in Safari [0] nowadays. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17355354 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17355354 [0.1] https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=347016 https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=347016 --- Recycling my very first comment here at HN from 2013 [5]: In Firefox it is userContent.css and userChrome.css [1] (loaded at startup), in Google Chrome custom.css [2](this file is 'live'). IE [3] and Opera [4] have something like this as well. [1] http://www-archive.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html http://www-archive.mozilla.org/unix/customizing.html [2] http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=2393 http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=2393 [3] http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Use-your-own-sty.. http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Use-your-own-sty.... [4] http://www.opera.com/docs/usercss/#user-mode http://www.opera.com/docs/usercss/#user-mode [5] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5436309 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5436309

barrowclift 8y ago

If you use Safari, this functionality is built in, no sketchy plugin required. You can save the CSS snippet from the provided link as a file somewhere on your disk, then select the style sheet in Safari > Preferences > Advanced. It's useful for loads of other cases too. For example, I have mine wrapping Hacker News's <pre> elements so I don't have to horizontally scroll for miles while trying to read.

SippinLean 8y ago

Github still uses floats for page layout?! In my flexbox-capable browser?

amitmerchant 8y ago
Backward compatibility you know?