Comment by dataflow

No, it's insane to have to rely on that workaround. Having to download raw logs, bring up a terminal, go to that directory, and type less -R, is already a massive pain. All of that and you don't even get back a basic scrollbar.

And how do you expect people to even know about this workaround, and how to search for text with it? It's not like the GitHub UI even tells you. Not everyone is a Linux pro.

Nobody is saying it's impossible to get past the ANSI escape codes. People eventually figure out ways to do it. The claim is how much of your time do you want to lose to friction in that process, which you have to repeated frequently. It's insane for it to be this hard.