Design comes in three parts, at least, and I wonder if they should be done at different times, maybe even by different people: (1) Wording. Consolidate "Create

Design comes in three parts, at least, and I wonder if they should be done at different times, maybe even by different people: (1) Wording. Consolidate "Create new file," "Upload files," and "Find files" into "Files: Create, Upload, Find." This is great. When you're in this zone, you are mercilessly paring down, pruning, merging. (2) Layout. Do we need two levels of tabs? Should this go here or there? What things work well side by side? This is a relationship-analysis mood. (3) Graphics. Borders, colors, gradients, etc. This is a creative mood, where you are building things up, giving them outline and skins. If you just got done with Wording and then go to Graphics, you have this leftover pruning mentality. This might cause you to be overly minimalist in your graphic design, as this author was, in my opinion (and I'm a minimalist, who errs in the same way). I thought he did so great with the first 90% of the rewrite, and he echoed many of my thoughts when I'm working on something. But I agree with the rest of the people here who said he went too far in removing outlines and such that delineate components. It is a testament to Github's graphic design that it always looks fresh to me (but I agree a bit hard to navigate).