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> If you feel disoriented, give it a minute. Once you are used to it, you might notice it’s actually easier on the eyes and a bit lighter. I've been staring at

> If you feel disoriented, give it a minute. Once you are used to it, you might notice it’s actually easier on the eyes and a bit lighter. I've been staring at it for 5 minutes now and I'm still disoriented. The borders and gradients gave the design an attractive depth and by removing them you ruined for me. The whole high-contrast/no-gradient thing is also one of the reasons I dislike using Gitlab. It was all going pretty well before then, though.

thinkloop 8y ago
I too was sold on all the rest except that last part. Then I read his msg about giving it a chance, and like you tried very hard to immerse myself in it to overcome any possible aversion to change, but no success, that last panel sucks; at minimum the division lines are needed. The rest I love and would like github to implement.
clairity 8y ago
yah, that last step of updating the design (arbitrarily) was where it took a wrong turn. the only other tweak i disliked was removing the last change date on the files, as that's often useful. the rationale and changes for the other items seemed worth consideration though.
MereInterest 8y ago
Agreed. I was on-board with most of the changes, but that one removed all visual distinction between elements. It became a load of black text on top of a white background with no separation between semantically different elements. On a related note, Gmail's latest redesign for Android made the exact same blunder when viewed in the compact density. Just sender/subject/sender/subject with very little indication of each one being a separate email. They spent an extra line break, rather than adding a nice horizontal divider, which would have used less space and given more visual separation.
- RussianCow 8y ago
  Lack of visual distinction is a general problem with the current design trends. Even Apple suffers from it at times—in Xcode, it's impossible to tell whether certain elements are interactive (buttons vs passive status indicators) without clicking on them. The thing that drives me up the wall is when text inputs are not made obvious. Google in particular is notorious for not giving any indication that something is a text box, as opposed to just static text. I can't count the number of times I have tried to focus and type into something that I thought was a text field, only to discover that nothing was happening.
clenneville 8y ago
Thanks for the feedback on GitLab’s design patterns. We’re working to update our design system, so feedback like this is helpful, and we’ll take it into consideration as we make updates. If you have additional feedback, please feel free to share it here or in a GitLab issue.

thinkloop 8y ago

I too was sold on all the rest except that last part. Then I read his msg about giving it a chance, and like you tried very hard to immerse myself in it to overcome any possible aversion to change, but no success, that last panel sucks; at minimum the division lines are needed. The rest I love and would like github to implement.

clairity 8y ago

yah, that last step of updating the design (arbitrarily) was where it took a wrong turn. the only other tweak i disliked was removing the last change date on the files, as that's often useful. the rationale and changes for the other items seemed worth consideration though.

MereInterest 8y ago

Agreed. I was on-board with most of the changes, but that one removed all visual distinction between elements. It became a load of black text on top of a white background with no separation between semantically different elements. On a related note, Gmail's latest redesign for Android made the exact same blunder when viewed in the compact density. Just sender/subject/sender/subject with very little indication of each one being a separate email. They spent an extra line break, rather than adding a nice horizontal divider, which would have used less space and given more visual separation.

RussianCow 8y ago
Lack of visual distinction is a general problem with the current design trends. Even Apple suffers from it at times—in Xcode, it's impossible to tell whether certain elements are interactive (buttons vs passive status indicators) without clicking on them. The thing that drives me up the wall is when text inputs are not made obvious. Google in particular is notorious for not giving any indication that something is a text box, as opposed to just static text. I can't count the number of times I have tried to focus and type into something that I thought was a text field, only to discover that nothing was happening.

clenneville 8y ago

Thanks for the feedback on GitLab’s design patterns. We’re working to update our design system, so feedback like this is helpful, and we’ll take it into consideration as we make updates. If you have additional feedback, please feel free to share it here or in a GitLab issue.