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I wonder why they've released a client for OS X and not another OS―if anything, Windows is pretty lacking in git love. Whose is its target audience and the des
by beaumartinez 15y ago
I wonder why they've released a client for OS X and not another OS―if anything, Windows is pretty lacking in git love.
Whose is its target audience and the desired function? New users, to reel them in with a shiny UI? Or established users who don't use it much, to make the experience simpler? (And if it's established users who use it much―isn't the command-line faster for them?)
If they want more users to use GitHub, surely a GitHub for Windows makes more sense (unless this is an employee's side-project gone primetime).
- canistr 15y agoI agree. My command-line experience is faster and keeps my work flow the same whether I'm developing on OS X or Linux. The added GUI would serve to slow me down but if I really wanted to see changes visually, I could just go to github.com and do everything I need there since I know where everything is.
- sunchild 15y agoPerhaps because it's easier to develop something like this for OS X?
- sunchild 15y agoApparently not! http://warpspire.com/posts/designing-github-mac/ http://warpspire.com/posts/designing-github-mac/
- calloc 15y agoHonestly I think it is the first platform because many of the github developers are Mac users.
- kneath 15y agoBecause we all use OS X. Build what you use first, expand from there.