This is an impressive list of changes. I'm definitely going to be using GitHub Projects, Code Review, and I'm tentatively interested in the community forums.
We're glad you like them! Don't hesitate to reach out to us via our Support team - as well as via the Community Forum - as you tinker with them a bit more. This is the first of many features we'll be making on both those items, and we appreciate any feedback you can provide.
Really excited to see the changes to Code Review. Definitely the biggest thing that github has lacked for me and my team.
Is this a response to GitLab's live stream a few days ago?
Definitely – they quickly threw together a big developer conference and stage presentation in a couple days as a last-minute response to GitLab's live stream.
No, GitLab announcement is fairly recent while GitHub Universe has been announced a long while before. It might just be coincidence, like tuesday, it's a good month to do your announcements or things like this as everybody is back from holidays or festivals. And if it has been timed by GitLab it might be friendly conversational marketing
Was Gitlab's live stream coincidentally yesterday ?
I've thought about gamifying open source contributions, layered over github. A points system could lead to rewards and recognition of all kinds.
Thoughts?
Love the new collaboration features (can I finally run an email announce list through GH yet?) - HATE the new profile design.
EDIT: No, you can't run a mailing list. Projects is essentially another Trello/Asana, not a way to manage a "Project" in the work-with-your-users sense.
What would you improve about the new profile?
The inconsistent font sizes and whitespace is a total disaster. All of their design changes are regressions it seems now.