There better be a damn good reason for these changes, otherwise it's a pointless redesign that looks no better than it did previously while simultaneously adding a slight overhead as users "learn" the new layout.
Does anyone know of an option to revert this update?
I wonder if MS has gone back on their word to leave GitHub to it's own devices...?
I have been unable to find a method to revert. Best option might be to make a bunch of noise. Other than that, it's migration time.
When they start making everything drag & droppable at a huge cost to UI latency and bundle size (plus, for some reason, idle resource use), we'll know for sure that's what they're doing.
1. On larger monitors e.g. 4K the menus are on the far left whilst the content is in the middle which makes it far more of an effort to navigate around.
2. Row separators have disappeared so I have to be a lot more deliberate about which file I am clicking now since it's a lot easier to mis-click.
3. Buttons are a mess. You can't distinguish what is a button and what is not e.g. Clone versus the Open Issue label.
4. Clone button is so prominent. I only do this once per repo and yet it's like a giant CTA begging you to click it. Likewise for the folder icons. No need for them to be coloured.
Except for the very prominent clone button, I really have not felt it has brought anything negative.
Although, I probably use GitHub like 50% less than you.