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What is "easier" about having to deal with github than your email? Github has needed a non-web-app interface since 2007. It's good to see real competition and
by Technically 6y ago
What is "easier" about having to deal with github than your email?
Github has needed a non-web-app interface since 2007. It's good to see real competition and not just another clone of github's, erm, interesting design choices.
- Aeolun 6y agoHave you dealt with email in the past 10 years? If there is one thing I do not need more of it’s email. I also want nothing in the critical part for development to be email, so I can completely ignore the whole email client.
- Technically 6y agoIt would be helpful if you could list the aspects of email that github improves on. I'm sure you're aware you can filter email already, so I don't by this "omg email is so overwhelming" argument from a grown-ass adult.
- SulfurHexaFluri 6y agoGithub lets me instantly jump in and contribute to a project with an issue report without having to sign up to a mailing list. I hate mailing lists with a passion because they spam my inbox with rubbish. Yes I know you can automate filtering them in to folders but that isn't simple to do when you self host email and use it across multiple computers because most filtering is done client side. I also have one mailing list that seems to have messed up and I'm stuck on the list despite trying to unsubscribe a few times.
- ddevault 6y agoYou don't have to sign up for most mailing lists to send an email to them. The default permissions for new lists on SourceHut allow postings from non-subscribers. It's very common to fire off a patch without subscribing.
- Technically 6y agoEmail would let me participate without having to sign up with github. Anyway, email has threading, at least. At the very minimum github needs to step up and acknowledge how terrible issues are for communicating.