Refined-github: Why you hide count field for "Watch" and "Fork" buttons?

[kvolkovich-sc]

GitHub

GitHub refined

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I personally prefer original variant.

If you don't want to fix it, maybe you have a CSS snippet to got it back?

[mxmilkiib]

This now makes it three clicks instead of two to get to a projects Network page.

More > Insights > Network

(Previously the number linked to the network page, so it was just one click, but GitHub changed this a couple of years ago IIRC)

Edit: wait, it's actually GitHub Refined that's hiding the Insights link behind a More dropdown? I'm realising now that this extension is making some strange UX changes..

Edit2: it's not possible to disable the removal of Fork and Watch numbers in the extension config as it's hardcoded into the general updated stylesheet? https://github.com/sindresorhus/refined-github/commit/adb319bf0201276ff73f43b3326a32ac16721df5

[kvolkovich-sc]

Adding to Custom CSS field in extension settings solve this issue:

.social-count[href$='/network/members'],
.social-count[href$='/watchers'] {
    display: initial;
}

[mxmilkiib]

Ah, thank you, silly of me to miss that.

[jerone]

@kvolkovich-sc commented on Mar 10, 2019, 2:22 PM GMT+1:

Adding to Custom CSS field in extension settings solve this issue:

.social-count[href$='/network/members'],
.social-count[href$='/watchers'] {
  display: initial;
}

Your CSS wasn't enough for me to show the counters again. This is:

a.btn-with-count[title^='Fork your own'],
[action='/notifications/subscribe'] a.btn-with-count {
  border-radius: initial;
}
a.social-count[href$='/network/members'],
a.social-count[href$='/watchers'] {
    display: initial;
}

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The reason why I restored this feature.

[fregante]

Since this change is apparently controversial, it can be made disable-able via options.

PR welcome to copy this feature: https://github.com/sindresorhus/refined-github/blob/master/source/features/hide-useless-newsfeed-events.tsx

Contributing help at https://github.com/sindresorhus/refined-github/blob/master/contributing.md

[DanSnow]

I would like to take this issue

[KaKi87]

Hello, I don't believe the question in this issue's title has been actually answered :

Why you hide count field for "Watch" and "Fork" buttons?

2960 stipulates that in order to be implemented, a feature must :

makes sense as a default for everyone

However, I don't think this one does.
Thanks

[fregante]

Hello, I don't believe the question in this issue's title has been actually answered :

Why you hide count field for "Watch" and "Fork" buttons?

Here's the original issue: https://github.com/sindresorhus/refined-github/issues/1601

With the article that triggered it: https://tonsky.me/blog/github-redesign/

And here's the full explanation from the original PR:

Popularity is already determined by stars.

[The number of] forks just tell you how many people potentially contributed in the past and others who just clicked it to “save a copy”.

[The number of] watchers also feels pretty useless compared to the actual contributions I see. Refined GitHub has 150+ watchers but only a handful of people actually follow the project and comment/contribute regularly. Even dead projects have plenty of watchers 🤷‍♂️

In the end, the feature was made disableable, so if you disagree you can disable it. ☮️