Re:Sign up for a first look at GitHub Desktop
by dogweather on Thursday July 02, 2015 @03:08PM
(#9820939)
For me, Source Tree is very unusable and doesn't make any sense. Maybe I'm approaching it wrong?
It feels like there wasn't much thought about user stories and ux: every git operation was given a button or menu item. Sort of the MS Word phenomenon. Their screenshot on its home page is overwhelming, just like the design of their apps: a hundred items all vying for your attention.
In contrast, GitHub's app for Mac is immediately useful: it makes the 80/20 of git work easy.
It feels like there wasn't much thought about user stories and ux: every git operation was given a button or menu item. Sort of the MS Word phenomenon. Their screenshot on its home page is overwhelming, just like the design of their apps: a hundred items all vying for your attention.
In contrast, GitHub's app for Mac is immediately useful: it makes the 80/20 of git work easy.