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by xiej 60 days ago
ah I forgot a word, I meant the ui icon size. If I bump up the ui font size so that I can distinguish the icons apart on my large monitor, the ui text becomes comically large.

I do use Zed without AI features, it's just a bit of a disappointment (though understandable) since it was originally marketed as just a nice speedy editor.
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modernerd 60 days ago
Have you tried a different icon theme? Some are just easier to see than others. The default icon theme is pretty light.

https://zed.dev/docs/icon-themes

I don't think changing icon size independent of UI font size would be a dealbreaker for many. (I'm quite happy having icons that scale in line with font size, but then I use the Material Icon Theme, which is easy to scan at most sizes.)

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nextaccountic 60 days ago
It's still a nice speedy editor. It didn't lose any features to make room for AI

Is Zed lacking any feature you need?

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RonanSoleste 60 days ago
A proper git implementation.

I end up doing things in the terminal tab because its faster than the ui or is more clear.

The basics are good but thats about it.

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anthony-eid 60 days ago
What git features are you missing? We've been adding a ton recently
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pastel8739 60 days ago
I use zed every day, but the git view is still buggy and unreliable for me. It often chooses the wrong folder---a subfolder rather than the root of my git project---and shows that there are no changes. And sometimes, even when the right folder is selected, it will still incorrectly say there are no changes.

Another bug is that clicking on new files in the git UI doesn't bring up their diff---you need to click them twice to open the file. I'd like to have those files included in the diff view just like other files are.

I'd love for there to be an easier way to get to the "view file history" view---I didn't realize that it existed until I tried searching for it. I'd love a "line history" view like GitLens has, as well.

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neobrain 59 days ago
Just injecting this here: What I've been missing is an equivalent for GitHub's "blame prior revision" feature to quickly follow through the history of individual source lines.

https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/discussions/42583

Thanks for building an awesome product :)

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aquariusDue 60 days ago
If you're taking suggestions I'd like to be able to see when I'm over the 72 character limit, last time I checked there was no way to know inside Zed when writing the commit message though I might be wrong. Other than that I think Zed's great and multi-buffer editing is really swell.
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