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Re:Gitter is open source by amelius on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @05:00AM (#14694547)
> Also, less relevant but the Gitlab UI has far too much wasted whitespace.

And why do I always need to scroll down to see the project README?

Re:Gitter is open source by smarx007 on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @05:18AM (#14694625)
There is a small hack on Gitlab for that actually: right under the textbox with the clone URI there is a link to the README.

Files (209 MB) / Commits (44,194) / ... / Readme / MIT License / Contribution guide / ...

Re:Gitter is open source by Ralfp on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @05:22AM (#14694635)
Personally, I'm finding myself far more often interested in project's main files/dirs update dates that project's readme.
Re:Gitter is open source by harperlee on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @05:27AM (#14694655)
Perhaps a two column layout for big wide screens would be best. That would cater for both use cases.
Re:Gitter is open source by Sujan on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @05:12AM (#14694603)
You mean exactly like with Github?

Solution: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitter/webapp/blob/master/READ...

Re:Gitter is open source by amelius on Tuesday July 04, 2017 @05:14AM (#14694611)
But now I'm having problems with the length of the URL :)

PS: yes, same problem with github