[h91wka]

Looks absolutely horrible. I use a laptop as my main dev machine, and all these 16px and 30px paddings that they added everywhere create real tunnel vision experience. I guess people with huge displays don't mind... But I absolutely do.

Looks like another case when a frontend team does something to justify their existence.

But let's look at the positives: the last redesign of that sort helped me to completely migrate away from gmail.

[rochacon]

> I guess people with huge displays don't mind...

I use a ultra-wide (2560x1080) monitor and it looks terrible [1]. The repository header being "fluid" put the repository name and watch/star/fork buttons so far out of the rest of the repository info, like branch name, commit info etc., that using GitHub maximized feels very weird and tiring.

I get using the whole resolution for the menu bar, since its content is disconnected to the rest of the page content. But having part of the repository info in different "aspects" don't make sense for me

[1] https://imgur.com/FNs1qb6

[andrethegiant]

The fluid width makes text harder to read. There's a reason why newspapers print in skinny columns. I wish they would at least let me set a max-width on the body.

[ttymck]

I knew there was a reason I prefer skinny column text! I presume the reason is because it's a smaller leap from end-of-line to beginning-of-next, much less likely for your brain to miss.

[NicoJuicy]

This was my first thought as well.

A menu that uses the entire space, but then something in the middle.

It's just weird.

I really don't like this change and I'm pretty open to it normally

[verdverm]

So much of modern design seems to be more about / for the designers than the users or UX.

Maybe they need a good introspective period in their art, or some psychology classes?

[Nextgrid]

I don't understand the appeal in this for the designers either. Back in the old days (~2010s) every UI had some personality and very intricate details that the designer would be proud of and that will differentiate them from the competition. Nowadays it's the same flat, white and empty UIs everywhere - there is no significant difference. Would a designer really be doing their personal brand a favour by putting one of these new "designs" on it?

[eyerony]

The appeal is that they need something on-trend to put in their portfolios for career advancement. It's their version of résumé-driven development. Project managers have similar incentives (screenshots are very powerful, in many settings) so at least don't stop them, if not actually encouraging them.

[verdverm]

Yeah, maybe I am a minority in viewing web pages in 1/2 1080P?

The only screen that is full screen is the code.

But really, I want to look at two windows without issue on the same screen. Is that so much to ask? Can we have better layout on 1/2 1080P screens please?