Re:Revert the GitHub dark header
by mmastrac on Friday February 10, 2017 @06:47PM
(#13619943)
Github should have used the eBay approach where you gradually alter your look to avoid triggering revolt. Fade the banner from light gray to dark gray over the period of a few months!
> At eBay, they learned the hard way that their users don’t like dramatic change. One day, the folks at eBay decided they no longer liked the bright yellow background on many of their pages, so they just changed it to a white background. Instantly, they started receiving emails from customers, bemoaning the change. So many people complained, that they felt forced to change it back.
https://articles.uie.com/death_of_relaunch/
> At eBay, they learned the hard way that their users don’t like dramatic change. One day, the folks at eBay decided they no longer liked the bright yellow background on many of their pages, so they just changed it to a white background. Instantly, they started receiving emails from customers, bemoaning the change. So many people complained, that they felt forced to change it back.