Refined-github: Showing the latest release next to the current branch might be confusing

Created on 21 Mar 2018  路  8Comments  路  Source: sindresorhus/refined-github

We might have to revert #1133


master + 4.2.0

Is clear that we're on master and not _necessarily_ on 4.2.0?


4.1.0 + 4.2.0

Where are we? 4.1.0 or 4.2.0?


In short, both pieces look like buttons, but one shows the current one and the other one is a link.

change request under discussion

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Related: the buttons should probably be moved away from here as well, perhaps by "Find file"?


screen shot 2018-03-22 at 13 13 10

https://github.com/sindresorhus/refined-github/blob/history-handler-once-for-all/.travis.yml

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I've been meaning to open an issue about this too. I find it very useful to quickly see the latest version, but we should find a better place to put the text. I think we should still keep the button though, just without the text.

Perhaps we should move the tag on the left.

Or maybe move both _links_ away from the branch selector.

links away from selector

show default branch name

different color

Must agree this is very confusing at first.

Why not use what GitHub is using on the their releases page and just say "Latest release" in a green box. Explicit is better than implicit. We can shorten to " Latest 1.9.3".

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https://github.com/sindresorhus/refined-github/releases

I like the all the branch-related things to be together like now. Still not sure about the left chevron arrow.

I still think that it wouldn't be 100% clear if you are on that tag or branch.

@hkdobrev not a terrible idea, but that green label is used by GitHub to mark "this is the latest release", so it's not much clearer. If we could detect that our current view is the latest release (even on master) it'd be nice to turn it green.

I think my last mockup (grouped separately, blue links) is slightly more clear about them being links. It'd also drop the chevron you're not sure about.

I like @bfred-it鈥檚 mock-up.

Related: the buttons should probably be moved away from here as well, perhaps by "Find file"?


screen shot 2018-03-22 at 13 13 10

https://github.com/sindresorhus/refined-github/blob/history-handler-once-for-all/.travis.yml

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