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by Solvency 1105 days ago
Now if only GitHub desktops actual UI/UX wasn't a poorly thought out mess of anti-patterns and anti-design.
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I use it daily and it works great. It doesn't do all that much, but what it does do saves me a bunch of time. I reach for the git CLI when something goes wrong, but that's not often.
What's wrong with it?
It completely ignores the simple UI paradigm of tabs or a sidebar. You should be able to move between repos without blowing away whatever you're in the middle of. I'm forced to be in one at all times, and I can't manage multiple repos at once via a simple sidebar. It's like it takes all of the inherent arcane complexity of Git and creates a UI that is so barebones it almost mocks you for deigning to ask for a GUI.
Interesting to know, thanks!