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Make the mobile website work well instead. Diff view is unusable, as are many other views. I'd much rather have a working web version than an app for GitHub (an

by bla3 7y ago

Make the mobile website work well instead. Diff view is unusable, as are many other views. I'd much rather have a working web version than an app for GitHub (and almost all other services). Their UI is all document retrieval and matches the web model really well.

smoser 7y ago
Still need an iOS app for push notifications.
- saagarjha 7y ago
  I'd think that emails can serve that purpose quite well, but now that there's a native app I'll see if it's any better.
- neilsimp1 7y ago
  PWAs can do push notifications though. And then it's one codebase and not one for Android, one for iOS.
  - aecorredor 7y ago
    Do PWA push notifications already work on iOS browsers?
    - wilg 7y ago
      No
    - thosakwe 7y ago
      Nope, and it wasn't on the list of WebKit goals that was on the front page this week.
      - toxik 7y ago
        And thank god for that. Such a bad idea imo. I only get those from annoying sites, like a dark pattern. Ugh.
        baroffoos 7y ago
        Browsers ask permission first. Also I don't see how having to install an app is any better other than being better for devs to track you.
        ceejayoz 7y ago
        I might install one app per hundred sites that annoyingly prompt for notification permissions, though.
        saurik 7y ago
        And I install one app per hundred sites that annoyingly prompt me to install their app so they can give me push notifications (or, worse, a working website because they didn't bother even trying to build their product as a website anymore because of the lack of push notifications; it is ridiculous). So? The site is going to prompt me either way. This argument makes no sense: of course I would rather get promoted for the one feature I don't want to give them instead of an attempt to upsell me on an entirely different experience after being served crippled content... that is a total no brainer.
- driverdan 7y ago
  Why would you want Github push notifications? Nothing on Github is urgent enough to disrupt your life like that.
  - nbar1 7y ago
    I would quite like to know when a PR is in movement that I'm involved in.
    - mdtusz 7y ago
      Email notifications.
      - hombre_fatal 7y ago
        I'd rather get an app notification than an email notification for pretty much everything I can think of. I'd be surprised if I wasn't in the vast majority on this.
        tenryuu 7y ago
        Well, if I can consolidate all my notifications to email, then only one application on my phone needs to have a constant/reoccurring connection to a server for push notifications. Instead of fifteen of the things all acting independently. Benefit of using an app notification always would come down to platform specific experiences. But replying to github threads over email has been something that I don't have to think twice about
    - driverdan 7y ago
      Why is that so important that it needs to disrupt you? Constant notifications are terrible for productivity.
  - hombre_fatal 7y ago
    Well, you could say the same thing about most notifications including most emails, yet people presumably like notifications so much they'll get them delivered straight to their wrist watch. I don't see how Github is much different in this regard. Besides, maybe you want the notifications while on the clock.
maelito 7y ago
I find myself often use the mobile version, then switch to the desktop view, zoom in and out, do something, switch back to mobile :-/
- Waterluvian 7y ago
  The main time I do this is when I want to search issues.
  - philfreo 7y ago
    I'll echo this and the related/parent comments -- super common experience for me too. I WANT to use iOS Safari and frequently do -- I just wish their mobile web version was given more love/functionality versus being a stripped down version.
- wiredfool 7y ago
  I do this to upload a screen shot to an issue.
grawprog 7y ago
Is there actually a way to clone or download a repository in mobile view? I always have to switch to desktop view. I've searched everywhere for the clone/download button and have never been able to find it on mobile.
emiliovesprini 7y ago
diff on mobile? you mean adapting a UI based on 80ish monospace characters to a screen that fits in your pocket? I don't think anything is impossible but it almost seems we would have to code differently for that to be viable. Out of curiosity I've checked out terminal apps for both Android and IOS (Termux and ISH) and I like them quite a bit but would never use them for anything serious. Try them out and how you feel about using them for real stuff - for me, the enthusiasm dwindled and I felt like waiting until I had access to a desktop. There's lots of room for improvement but they should focus on the more social aspects of Github like Issues and pull request discussion.
- cj 7y ago
  Perhaps it's not possible to simply throw in a @media CSS sheet for mobile for an example like diff on a small screen. I think bia3's point (maybe I'm wrong) is that it would be less buggy if it used the same underlying logic as github.com, but perhaps with a modified frontend (ie. m.github.com like the old days)
  - emiliovesprini 7y ago
    Oh yeah that's a good point. I wasn't there in the old days but I'm all for desktop-mobile backend congruence.
- GordonS 7y ago
  I've got to agree - I'd rather grate my face than do a diff/merge on mobile.
- TimTheTinker 7y ago
  Diffing can be nice for code review - which some may like to do during a minute or two of free time - hence on mobile.
  - emiliovesprini 7y ago
    What version do Ipads use, desktop or mobile? If even only the smallest tablets used the mobile version I'd walk back my point. Diff review on tablets seem like a totally doable thing
throwGuardian 7y ago
To be honest, diff on mobile is a narrow use case. Also, given git's treatment of lines as atomic units of versioning, the data model didn't lend itself to mobile friendly views

by bla3 7y ago

smoser 7y ago

Still need an iOS app for push notifications.

saagarjha 7y ago
I'd think that emails can serve that purpose quite well, but now that there's a native app I'll see if it's any better.
neilsimp1 7y ago
PWAs can do push notifications though. And then it's one codebase and not one for Android, one for iOS.
- aecorredor 7y ago
  Do PWA push notifications already work on iOS browsers?
  - wilg 7y ago
    No
  - thosakwe 7y ago
    Nope, and it wasn't on the list of WebKit goals that was on the front page this week.
    - toxik 7y ago
      And thank god for that. Such a bad idea imo. I only get those from annoying sites, like a dark pattern. Ugh.
      - baroffoos 7y ago
        Browsers ask permission first. Also I don't see how having to install an app is any better other than being better for devs to track you.
        ceejayoz 7y ago
        I might install one app per hundred sites that annoyingly prompt for notification permissions, though.
        saurik 7y ago
        And I install one app per hundred sites that annoyingly prompt me to install their app so they can give me push notifications (or, worse, a working website because they didn't bother even trying to build their product as a website anymore because of the lack of push notifications; it is ridiculous). So? The site is going to prompt me either way. This argument makes no sense: of course I would rather get promoted for the one feature I don't want to give them instead of an attempt to upsell me on an entirely different experience after being served crippled content... that is a total no brainer.
driverdan 7y ago
Why would you want Github push notifications? Nothing on Github is urgent enough to disrupt your life like that.
- nbar1 7y ago
  I would quite like to know when a PR is in movement that I'm involved in.
  - mdtusz 7y ago
    Email notifications.
    - hombre_fatal 7y ago
      I'd rather get an app notification than an email notification for pretty much everything I can think of. I'd be surprised if I wasn't in the vast majority on this.
      - tenryuu 7y ago
        Well, if I can consolidate all my notifications to email, then only one application on my phone needs to have a constant/reoccurring connection to a server for push notifications. Instead of fifteen of the things all acting independently. Benefit of using an app notification always would come down to platform specific experiences. But replying to github threads over email has been something that I don't have to think twice about
  - driverdan 7y ago
    Why is that so important that it needs to disrupt you? Constant notifications are terrible for productivity.
- hombre_fatal 7y ago
  Well, you could say the same thing about most notifications including most emails, yet people presumably like notifications so much they'll get them delivered straight to their wrist watch. I don't see how Github is much different in this regard. Besides, maybe you want the notifications while on the clock.

maelito 7y ago

I find myself often use the mobile version, then switch to the desktop view, zoom in and out, do something, switch back to mobile :-/

Waterluvian 7y ago
The main time I do this is when I want to search issues.
- philfreo 7y ago
  I'll echo this and the related/parent comments -- super common experience for me too. I WANT to use iOS Safari and frequently do -- I just wish their mobile web version was given more love/functionality versus being a stripped down version.
wiredfool 7y ago
I do this to upload a screen shot to an issue.

grawprog 7y ago

Is there actually a way to clone or download a repository in mobile view? I always have to switch to desktop view. I've searched everywhere for the clone/download button and have never been able to find it on mobile.

emiliovesprini 7y ago

diff on mobile? you mean adapting a UI based on 80ish monospace characters to a screen that fits in your pocket? I don't think anything is impossible but it almost seems we would have to code differently for that to be viable. Out of curiosity I've checked out terminal apps for both Android and IOS (Termux and ISH) and I like them quite a bit but would never use them for anything serious. Try them out and how you feel about using them for real stuff - for me, the enthusiasm dwindled and I felt like waiting until I had access to a desktop. There's lots of room for improvement but they should focus on the more social aspects of Github like Issues and pull request discussion.

cj 7y ago
Perhaps it's not possible to simply throw in a @media CSS sheet for mobile for an example like diff on a small screen. I think bia3's point (maybe I'm wrong) is that it would be less buggy if it used the same underlying logic as github.com, but perhaps with a modified frontend (ie. m.github.com like the old days)
- emiliovesprini 7y ago
  Oh yeah that's a good point. I wasn't there in the old days but I'm all for desktop-mobile backend congruence.
GordonS 7y ago
I've got to agree - I'd rather grate my face than do a diff/merge on mobile.
TimTheTinker 7y ago
Diffing can be nice for code review - which some may like to do during a minute or two of free time - hence on mobile.
- emiliovesprini 7y ago
  What version do Ipads use, desktop or mobile? If even only the smallest tablets used the mobile version I'd walk back my point. Diff review on tablets seem like a totally doable thing

throwGuardian 7y ago

To be honest, diff on mobile is a narrow use case. Also, given git's treatment of lines as atomic units of versioning, the data model didn't lend itself to mobile friendly views