Comment by kjuulh
3 years ago
When viewing code I like the feature, however, when browsing folder structures it is a completely redundant feature. And just adds visual clutter. This feels like a half-step between an editor and a static file listing. I would personally prefer either a very static view of the core, in pure html, or an interactive experience (Ctrl+.) for opening vs-code on the repo.
Secondly, the code search feature is nice, but is there a reason why it has to be a column to the right, couldn't it be part of the editor, like we're used to in most editors nowadays.
A gripe I've had recently with github, is just that it all seems so slow. It feels like trudging through mud, it may be, because I don't live in the US. But this is getting out of hand, and makes me want to consider leaving it for something else.
Sorry for the rant, I like progress, I just don't like unneeded complexity, especially for a tool I love =D
Appreciate the feedback.
> static view of the core
Not sure what you mean by that, can you elaborate?
FWIW we are working to more tightly integrate code search into the code view.
And absolutely, performance matters a lot to us. Sorry for the slow experience, you're not the only one, particularly outside the US. Only thing I can say is we're working on it.
Sorry miss-spelled. Meant static view of the _code_. Ie. Just a file listing with the option to view the code, like you've always had.
Anyways best of luck to you. It hasn't been an easy year for github with the downtime earlier in the year, and what I would expect to be a nasty migration from a monolith =D