I wonder if I'm the only one who doesn't really like the GitHub Windows user experience?
The most confusing thing is what you see when you select a repository. It shows you the commit details and diffs of the latest commit. That makes you feel like something is wrong or pending so you need to respond to it. The latest commit and its diffs are really not the main point of interest in that situation.
I would much prefer to see a tree view of the current files in the repo (and maybe the README), just like on GitHub. That would be the most natural way of browsing the files, opening them by clicking, and seeing what has been modified.
That would make you feel that you are in control and understand what's going on right from the beginning. Even if you're a newbie or non-tech guy.
That annoys me too. Also the cryptic error messages, the Windows client is (I assume) for people that aren't all that familiar with git and would prefer a UI so when my commit fails and I get an error message that a) when googled produces 0 results b) doesn't link to a help doc and c) has "open shell" as the solution it's very frustrating.
The most confusing thing is what you see when you select a repository. It shows you the commit details and diffs of the latest commit. That makes you feel like something is wrong or pending so you need to respond to it. The latest commit and its diffs are really not the main point of interest in that situation.
I would much prefer to see a tree view of the current files in the repo (and maybe the README), just like on GitHub. That would be the most natural way of browsing the files, opening them by clicking, and seeing what has been modified.
That would make you feel that you are in control and understand what's going on right from the beginning. Even if you're a newbie or non-tech guy.