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I love GitHub but the new homepage makes GitHub feel like a small, seed funded startup & not a trusted company.

by bretthellman 14y ago

debacle 14y ago
I didn't really think about it until you mentioned it, but the design does feel somewhat dated.
- sudonim 14y ago
  Can you submit a pull request?
  - debacle 14y ago
    If only I had the time.
    - itslogic 14y ago
      Ah! But you had the time to view the updated site, read hacker news, and reply to the thread... I believe you do have time.
      - jQueryIsAwesome 14y ago
        "I don't have the time" is an expression for "Is no relevant enough for me to do something about it". If your house gets on fire doesn't matter how busy you are at the moment you will do something about it.
      - debacle 14y ago
        It took me about two minutes to do all of that. Updating the github homepage would take at least two orders of magnitude greater effort, more likely closer to three.
mnicole 14y ago
Got the same gist (harhar). With all of the super user-friendly updates they've been pushing out lately, this homepage makes it look like a service those types of people wouldn't think of using. And it is boringly Bootstrap-y looking.
mattmanser 14y ago
It looks practically the same as dropbox & basecamp homepages to me, to use other examples of massive behemoths in the new wave of successful startups. To me, it certainly doesn't look un-trust worthy and is better than 99.99% of home pages. What do you consider a 'trusted company' look? Be interesting to link some examples! Always fascinating to see how massively taste makes a difference. I don't want to put words into your mouth, but is Salesforce's homepage a trusted company look? I'm not even a github fanboy, I think their interface still needs a lot of work and has a lot of massive annoyances (e.g. showing commit messages next to files and folders, bloody awful UX choice IMO, so confusing). And I still don't get the point of the command bar/search uselessness. Google searches github a lot better than they do thanks. And Reddit. And Hacker News. And Stackoverflow. So much wasted programming time making useless search systems, so annoying the Chrome bizarrely tries to actually use those search systems.
bjustin 14y ago
I saw it and immediately thought "Bootstrap". The large width top item, followed by three columns with graphics followed by text, is like the Bootstrap site itself[1] and many others which use Bootstrap. I do like the new homepage, whereas I felt that the old one was overwhelming. [1] http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/ http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/
- wonster 14y ago
  That's the very same thing I thought of as soon as I saw the page.

I love GitHub but the new homepage makes GitHub feel like a small, seed funded startup & not a trusted company.

debacle 14y ago

I didn't really think about it until you mentioned it, but the design does feel somewhat dated.

sudonim 14y ago
Can you submit a pull request?
- debacle 14y ago
  If only I had the time.
  - itslogic 14y ago
    Ah! But you had the time to view the updated site, read hacker news, and reply to the thread... I believe you do have time.
    - jQueryIsAwesome 14y ago
      "I don't have the time" is an expression for "Is no relevant enough for me to do something about it". If your house gets on fire doesn't matter how busy you are at the moment you will do something about it.
    - debacle 14y ago
      It took me about two minutes to do all of that. Updating the github homepage would take at least two orders of magnitude greater effort, more likely closer to three.

mnicole 14y ago

Got the same gist (harhar). With all of the super user-friendly updates they've been pushing out lately, this homepage makes it look like a service those types of people wouldn't think of using. And it is boringly Bootstrap-y looking.

mattmanser 14y ago

It looks practically the same as dropbox & basecamp homepages to me, to use other examples of massive behemoths in the new wave of successful startups. To me, it certainly doesn't look un-trust worthy and is better than 99.99% of home pages. What do you consider a 'trusted company' look? Be interesting to link some examples! Always fascinating to see how massively taste makes a difference. I don't want to put words into your mouth, but is Salesforce's homepage a trusted company look? I'm not even a github fanboy, I think their interface still needs a lot of work and has a lot of massive annoyances (e.g. showing commit messages next to files and folders, bloody awful UX choice IMO, so confusing). And I still don't get the point of the command bar/search uselessness. Google searches github a lot better than they do thanks. And Reddit. And Hacker News. And Stackoverflow. So much wasted programming time making useless search systems, so annoying the Chrome bizarrely tries to actually use those search systems.

bjustin 14y ago

I saw it and immediately thought "Bootstrap". The large width top item, followed by three columns with graphics followed by text, is like the Bootstrap site itself[1] and many others which use Bootstrap. I do like the new homepage, whereas I felt that the old one was overwhelming. [1] http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/ http://twitter.github.com/bootstrap/

wonster 14y ago
That's the very same thing I thought of as soon as I saw the page.