Re: Pain points in Git's patch flow

From: Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date: Apr 21, 2021, 10:19 UTC
Message-ID: <87o8e82b4p.fsf@evledraar.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <20210419025754.GA26065@dcvr>

On Mon, Apr 19 2021, Eric Wong wrote:

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> Son Luong Ngoc <sluongng@gmail.com> wrote:
>> [...]
>> 3. Isssue with archive:
>> 
>> - I don't find the ML archive trivial for new comers.  It took me a bit
>>   of time to realize: 'Oh if I scroll to bottom and find the "Thread 
>>   overview" then I can navigate a mailing thread a lot easier'.
>
> (I'm the maintainer of public-inbox, the archival software you
> seem to be referring to).
>
> I'm not sure how to make "Thread overview" easier to find
> without cluttering the display near the top.  Maybe I'll try
> aria labels in the Subject: link...

I'd say the bare-bones style of it is probably jarring to most users today. I had to check if the site even had any CSS at all.

I.e. I think a more intuitive UI to users today would probably be some collapsible side-bar on the left of the screen, which would have a threaded view. The "Archives are clonable" would probably belong in some "help" tab in such a UI.