Re:Gitlab.com Is Moving to 13.0
by ken on Sunday May 10, 2020 @05:19PM
(#23136301)
GitHub's UI never changes?
Up until a couple years ago [1], the main tabs were in a collapsable sidebar on the right [2]. They just keep cramming more junk on the top, pushing the actual source code further below the fold, and making the header so wide it hides half its functionality inside a 'hamburger' unless you make the window super-wide.
The main GitHub.com page itself used to be clearly for developers, with "Search public git repositories" the very first item. Now it still says "for developers" but it's all about "GitHub Enterprise" and "Your business needs". Multi-repo search is actually disabled for non-logged-in users.
The style doesn't change, but the layout and functionality definitely does, and (IMHO) not for the better.
Up until a couple years ago [1], the main tabs were in a collapsable sidebar on the right [2]. They just keep cramming more junk on the top, pushing the actual source code further below the fold, and making the header so wide it hides half its functionality inside a 'hamburger' unless you make the window super-wide.
The main GitHub.com page itself used to be clearly for developers, with "Search public git repositories" the very first item. Now it still says "for developers" but it's all about "GitHub Enterprise" and "Your business needs". Multi-repo search is actually disabled for non-logged-in users.
The style doesn't change, but the layout and functionality definitely does, and (IMHO) not for the better.
[1]: https://github.blog/2015-11-16-a-new-look-for-repositories/ [2]: https://visualstudiomagazine.com/articles/2015/03/23/~/media...