Re:GitHub for Mac
by madebylaw on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @03:28PM
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Judging by their use of chameleon, and their general UI choices, I think we can expect an iOS client from github as well in the future (using the same codebase as this desktop version). I think that OSX + iOS > Windows users in that regard.
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I'd say the choice of Chameleon was driven by them wanting it to look "modern" or iOS-like. A native Git/Github client like this doesn't make sense on a device where you can't develop code (except in the web browser with Cloud9 or something).
In respect to the Windows question, I wouldn't be surprised to see them ship one in a few months, once they iron out the bugs and determine exactly which set of features a native client needs to provide.
We chose Chameleon because it provides for an awesome layer-backed environment to code AppKit in.
Everyone's all cuckoo about Chameleon because it lets you port iPhone apps — but the real win is a fully layer-backed environment with modern APIs (UIKit).
Our decision to use it has nothing to do with iOS at all.
Re:GitHub for Mac
by ricardobeat on Wednesday June 22, 2011 @11:26PM
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Performance is not that good though, specially for scroll panes. The app is great except for that.