Show HN: Chrome extension to put GitHub's header back to the way it was (opens in new tab)

The new header does create an unpleasant display to be honest. The colour is "too strong", but that is highly subjective and some people might like it. As for me, I just installed your plugin, works great on chromium and makes the page instantly look better, thank you!

ryanfsOP9y ago

Glad I could make your day just a little better with such a seemingly small thing!

Insanity9y ago

Well as they say, happiness is in the small things :-)

CorvusCrypto9y ago· 2 in thread

I feel like the only person that quite liked the new header... Hm. My choices in life apparently suck.

kator9y ago

+1 me too, I think people get too caught up in how things used to be.

Really life will change, we will all come and go, getting too attached is the basis of all suffering.

EDIT: Explained myself

Trindaz9y ago

Dark header is the basis of all suffering

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nstart9y ago· 1 in thread

I don't have any issue with the banner change but is there any announcement anywhere why the change happened at all?

max_9y ago

GitHub should stop making these abrupt changes to their ui.

It makes me at first worry am on a phishing site.

tarboreus9y ago· 1 in thread

I get a long delay before it changes. Went with Stylish instead.

ryanfsOP9y ago

I like the delay. It reminds me of what things could be.

cammsaul9y ago

Don't rain on GitHub's parade, this was their big feature of Q1 2017

ryanfsOP9y ago

Anyone else been finding the new github header distracting? I sure have. Ever feel nostalgia for the way things were? I do everyday. Well now you can go back to github’s normal header with this simple plugin.

pkrefta9y ago

New header fits to the whole design like there was some kind of mouring going on :/

olalonde9y ago

Has anything else changed apart from the color?

ap469y ago

Very poor contrast between the text & header.

GitHub, go with any of these(give us an option at least)!

Black+Cyan

Blue+Orange

Cyan+Yellow

Grey Paper+ White

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rbjorklin9y ago· 4 in thread

Why do (some) people reject all kinds of change?

jameskilton9y ago

This change has one important ramification that can cause confusion:

Github Enterprise has always had the black header bar.

If Github keeps the black header bar for both, it will be easier to accidentally be working in the wrong Github.

kevin2r9y ago

Now you said that, I wonder if it's a bug or a feature? :)

Trindaz9y ago

Sometimes the changes are bad

dingaling9y ago

Oftentimes because the change holds no benefit to them and they were not consulted. This creates a default 'change wariness' posture.

simplehuman9y ago· 4 in thread

Firefox user here. Is the code for this opensource by any chance? I will make a firefox extension :-)

ryanfsOP9y ago

Sure is! Here's the repo: https://github.com/ryanfs/revert-github-header-chrome-extens...

simplehuman9y ago

Thanks!

For those who want to try on firefox:

1. clone the repo

2. about:debugging. Load temporary -> select any file in repo

BTW, did you not figure any other way other than setTimeout() ? There is a flicker because of that.

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pmontra9y ago

You can install stylish and add your own CSS to fix that. You'll be able to fix other sites as a bonus

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/stylish/

mp3geek9y ago

Works fine as a webextension under firefox nightly

Insanity9y ago· 2 in thread

ryanfsOP9y ago

Glad I could make your day just a little better with such a seemingly small thing!

Insanity9y ago

Well as they say, happiness is in the small things :-)

CorvusCrypto9y ago· 2 in thread

I feel like the only person that quite liked the new header... Hm. My choices in life apparently suck.

kator9y ago

+1 me too, I think people get too caught up in how things used to be.

Really life will change, we will all come and go, getting too attached is the basis of all suffering.

EDIT: Explained myself

Trindaz9y ago

Dark header is the basis of all suffering

1 more reply

nstart9y ago· 1 in thread

I don't have any issue with the banner change but is there any announcement anywhere why the change happened at all?

max_9y ago

GitHub should stop making these abrupt changes to their ui.

It makes me at first worry am on a phishing site.

tarboreus9y ago· 1 in thread

I get a long delay before it changes. Went with Stylish instead.

ryanfsOP9y ago

I like the delay. It reminds me of what things could be.

cammsaul9y ago

Don't rain on GitHub's parade, this was their big feature of Q1 2017

ryanfsOP9y ago

pkrefta9y ago

New header fits to the whole design like there was some kind of mouring going on :/

olalonde9y ago

Has anything else changed apart from the color?

ap469y ago

Very poor contrast between the text & header.

GitHub, go with any of these(give us an option at least)!

Black+Cyan

Blue+Orange

Cyan+Yellow

Grey Paper+ White

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse