Github UI needs vimium extension to be useful

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Long issues/PR’s etc in Github UI are a real PITA to navigate around. For instance, if I want to see the status of the branches actions I have to go all the way to the bottom of the page.

If you don’t have vimium installed I don’t know what you do here except scroll like a maniac (I’m sure there’s other hotkeys). <Shift>-G is a saviour here.

I think GitLab’s experience is far superior here. Firstly, the important stuff is at the top of the fold; Merge and pipeline statuses. Secondly, all comments can be nested in GitLab; something thats not possible in Github. Having to create another entry on the page just to reply to a question (which could be several comments back) is really bad UX.

I feel like Github exists this way solely to be different to GitLab and because its the incumbent and they have zero incentive to change. Possibly, a lot of developers don’t know there’s a better experience waiting for them as they’ve never used GitLab properly.

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