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Re: [PATCH 2/2] gitweb: Show trailing slash when listing tree entry in tree listing

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Andreas Ericsson <ae@op5.se>
Date
Oct 11, 2006, 15:35 UTC
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Luben Tuikov wrote:
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> The question is: Given the average engineer, what is the gitweb interface
> such that they can start using it fastest with the minimum amount of
> questions?
>

Originally, the question was about average gitweb users. I'm sorry Luben, but as long as you propagate links that are not a) blue b) underlined I'll have to disagree with everything you say out of pure principle.

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> The golden question:
> What is the interface such that both git-experts and never-seen-git-
> but-know-about-SCMs engineers can find it intuitive to use with minimal
> amount of questions?
>

Just make links blue and underlined and people will click them out of curiousity. 100% guaranteed. Try to spoonfeed engineers and they will spit on you, because engineers like to figure things out, even if they're obvious. Try to make things intuitive for average users and you will be wrong, because intuition is highly culture- and experience oriented. Try to make it foolproof and you will fail, because fools are so ingenious.

The one and only thing everyone looking at a gitweb interface has in common is curiousity, so appeal to that rather than trying any of the doomed paths above.

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  1. gitweb: Do not print "log" and "shortlog" redundantly in commit viewLuben Tuikov, Oct 5, 2006
  2. Jakub NarebskiOct 6, 2006
  3. Petr BaudisOct 6, 2006
  4. Luben TuikovOct 6, 2006
  5. Petr BaudisOct 7, 2006
  6. Jakub NarebskiOct 7, 2006
  7. Petr BaudisOct 7, 2006
  8. 1/2 gitweb: Show snapshot links for tree entries in tree listingPetr Baudis, Oct 7, 2006
  9. Luben TuikovOct 7, 2006
  10. Petr BaudisOct 7, 2006
  11. Luben TuikovOct 7, 2006
  12. Petr BaudisOct 7, 2006
  13. Junio C HamanoOct 7, 2006
  14. Luben TuikovOct 8, 2006
  15. 2/2 gitweb: Show trailing slash when listing tree entry in tree listingPetr Baudis, Oct 7, 2006
  16. Luben TuikovOct 7, 2006
  17. Jakub NarebskiOct 7, 2006
  18. Petr BaudisOct 7, 2006
  19. Jakub NarebskiOct 7, 2006
  20. Petr BaudisOct 7, 2006
  21. Jakub NarebskiOct 7, 2006
  22. Petr BaudisOct 9, 2006
  23. Junio C HamanoOct 9, 2006
  24. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2006
  25. Luben TuikovOct 10, 2006
  26. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2006
  27. Luben TuikovOct 10, 2006
  28. Jeff KingOct 10, 2006
  29. Luben TuikovOct 10, 2006
  30. Jeff KingOct 10, 2006
  31. Jakub NarebskiOct 10, 2006
  32. Luben TuikovOct 10, 2006
  33. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2006
  34. Jakub NarebskiOct 10, 2006
  35. Luben TuikovOct 10, 2006
  36. Jakub NarebskiOct 10, 2006
  37. Luben TuikovOct 10, 2006
  38. Luben TuikovOct 10, 2006
  39. Jakub NarebskiOct 10, 2006
  40. Luben TuikovOct 10, 2006
  41. Jakub NarebskiOct 10, 2006
  42. Jakub NarebskiOct 10, 2006
  43. Andreas EricssonOct 11, 2006
  44. Luben TuikovOct 10, 2006
  45. Jeff KingOct 10, 2006
  46. Andreas EricssonOct 10, 2006
  47. Josef WeidendorferOct 10, 2006
  48. Luben TuikovOct 10, 2006
  49. Josef WeidendorferOct 10, 2006
  50. Luben TuikovOct 10, 2006
  51. Junio C HamanoOct 10, 2006
  52. A Large Angry SCMOct 7, 2006
  53. Junio C HamanoOct 7, 2006
  54. Luben TuikovOct 8, 2006

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