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Honestly, it's a positive improvement. Better information layout, and the code is still front and center. None of the core functions really changed place, just

Honestly, it's a positive improvement. Better information layout, and the code is still front and center. None of the core functions really changed place, just changed padding a little.

verdverm 6y ago
What about determining the language and license? That used to be front and center and two of the most important things when I land on a repo page.
- carlosdp 6y ago
  I highly doubt that's the case for most people when using Github on a daily basis though.
  - t0astbread 6y ago
    Really? I found that I only really look at the code when I look at projects I'm involved in. Usually though I use GitHub for discovery and then I care much more about the languages, commits, releases and Readme.
    - lostmsu 6y ago
      To be fair, that means you are not the one paying their bills.
      - verdverm 6y ago
        I pay them money on several accounts, maybe it's not enough and IBM asked them to do this? I'm not sure how well MS and IBM get along, IBM saw them as public enemy #1 when I left, but where paying for GitHub?
      - t0astbread 6y ago
        Fair point. Although I do wonder how enterprises manage their dependencies. Do they not use GitHub like that at all?
  - DreamScatter 6y ago
    The language/license are the first things I look for in a repository. New design makes all that information awkward.
- thex10 6y ago
  For the license, it's right there near the stop of the sidebar. For me it's actually easier to notice now. As for language, it's true, it's below the fold in the sidebar. Maybe it'd be better above the contributors. But for me the most important place for me to see language is when searching/browsing through lists of repos - and that hasn't changed.
thinkingkong 6y ago
Yeah it's clear that they're setting things up to be used more frequently on touch-based devices. Combine that with the hosted IDE, Visual Studio Code, Azure Devops, etc and it's more or less strategically obvious that the goal is to enable a shift in that direction.
justaj 6y ago
Another benefit is that the project pages seem to load faster than before (and _much_ faster than GitLab's project pages)

Honestly, it's a positive improvement. Better information layout, and the code is still front and center. None of the core functions really changed place, just changed padding a little.

verdverm 6y ago

What about determining the language and license? That used to be front and center and two of the most important things when I land on a repo page.

carlosdp 6y ago
I highly doubt that's the case for most people when using Github on a daily basis though.
- t0astbread 6y ago
  Really? I found that I only really look at the code when I look at projects I'm involved in. Usually though I use GitHub for discovery and then I care much more about the languages, commits, releases and Readme.
  - lostmsu 6y ago
    To be fair, that means you are not the one paying their bills.
    - verdverm 6y ago
      I pay them money on several accounts, maybe it's not enough and IBM asked them to do this? I'm not sure how well MS and IBM get along, IBM saw them as public enemy #1 when I left, but where paying for GitHub?
    - t0astbread 6y ago
      Fair point. Although I do wonder how enterprises manage their dependencies. Do they not use GitHub like that at all?
- DreamScatter 6y ago
  The language/license are the first things I look for in a repository. New design makes all that information awkward.
thex10 6y ago
For the license, it's right there near the stop of the sidebar. For me it's actually easier to notice now. As for language, it's true, it's below the fold in the sidebar. Maybe it'd be better above the contributors. But for me the most important place for me to see language is when searching/browsing through lists of repos - and that hasn't changed.

thinkingkong 6y ago

Yeah it's clear that they're setting things up to be used more frequently on touch-based devices. Combine that with the hosted IDE, Visual Studio Code, Azure Devops, etc and it's more or less strategically obvious that the goal is to enable a shift in that direction.

justaj 6y ago

Another benefit is that the project pages seem to load faster than before (and _much_ faster than GitLab's project pages)