New User Profile Pages(github.com)
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New User Profile Pages
https://github.com/blog/1256-new-user-profile-pages
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This is already on the front page http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4546703
I know this is not related to the new profile pages, but it does relate to changes at Github, and I was reminded of it by the "public activity" mentioned in profiles.
I'm still rather disappointed at the loss of a useful homepage. I used to have a stream of activity for repositories I watched there (e.g.: rails), but ever since stars were introduced, this is no longer the case. I tried watching the repository again (instead of just starring it), but that results in me getting emails that I can't stop. So I either have to accept that I'll get an endless stream of emails every day along with an updated homepage, or just have a homepage that never changes.
I appreciate the work going into Github, but not all of it is for the better.
I'm still rather disappointed at the loss of a useful homepage. I used to have a stream of activity for repositories I watched there (e.g.: rails), but ever since stars were introduced, this is no longer the case. I tried watching the repository again (instead of just starring it), but that results in me getting emails that I can't stop. So I either have to accept that I'll get an endless stream of emails every day along with an updated homepage, or just have a homepage that never changes.
I appreciate the work going into Github, but not all of it is for the better.
For what it's worth, you can turn off emails for repos you're watching here: https://github.com/settings/notifications
I wasn't aware of that setting, so thanks for sharing. But as joshtynjala pointed out, I would like to still receive email notifications for repositories that I own. This global setting seems to prevent that, though I will try it to determine if that is definitely the case.
Unfortunately, that turns off emails for all repos that I'm watching, including my own personal repos. I still want emails for my projects, but a nice news feed of commits and things on the website for everything else.
I agree with this comment and @donretag as well, the activity stream is much more useful to me and I really dislike both these changes.
I rather have the Activity feed as the default view and not the public repositories. Activity is far more dynamic and useful.
Now the activity feed is two clicks instead of one. Not a problem, just a slight annoyance.
Now the activity feed is two clicks instead of one. Not a problem, just a slight annoyance.
I like the new profile pages, I think visually they're a nice improvement. Im not sure if I love the new activity streams yet. Do I really need a facebook stream in my github?
For 5+ years, Gravitar wasn't used for anything more than Wordpress sites so I picked my company logo (so I can respond "officially" to reader comments).
Now my personal github profile looks like the official company github.
Now my personal github profile looks like the official company github.