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this repo to
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repository page update
About
So, Microsoft took yet another step to prove to some last doubters that Microsoft is the worst thing that happened to GitHub ever.
This time effective managers from Microsoft (tbh, I don't think there were any UI/UX designers involved into this) turned repository page into some unusable low quality piece of
But don’t worry! When I saw this update in preview, I was horrified and began to develop a script that would roll back all changes, since I reasonably suspected that Microsoft wouldn't give a heck about all the negative feedback. So, here we are:
Preview
Just ol' buddy GitHub in person
Installation
Build
git clone https://github.com/Kir-Antipov/GitHub-Defreshed.git
cd GitHub-Defreshed
npm install
npm run build
Why new "design" sucks
If you're not using GitHub (then what are you doing here?), new "design" from the outside may seem nice enough to you, but let's look at it from the point of view of the person who uses it:
- We don't see last commit message anymore
- We can't see the language bar anymore without scrolling page down in most repos
- "About" section, topics and so on were moved to the right sidebar - directly out of our point of attention
- On the contrary, readme was moved to the left side - again, directly out of our point of attention
- Readme container has been enlarged, but its content still fits into same dimensions, so the feeling of wasted space will not leave you while you read it
- Repository tabs are no longer felt as part of the repo
And thousands of other reasons.
Why "new design sucks" isn't subjective
Design is an extremely subjective thing, so you can say that Microsoft should not be judged strictly, but not this time, 'cause there's one simple and very objective criterion in design - information accessibility.
Previously, to understand everything about some repo, it was enough for me to take just one look at it: name, description, languages in use, releases' count, contributors, website, last commit - all this stuff was in one place exactly in my point of attention. And now...
Well, I believe, you've got the point.
Could we get a way to adjust the padding?
With the add-on (look at red square):
Is there a way to remove the new about sidebar thing with the add-on? Maybe add that too? I think doing that will make you have to add stuff back to the "tab bar" (bar where Code, Issues, Pull requests are). It made a lot more sense when that stuff was up there!
