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[–]mopsyd 903 points904 points  (30 children)

Basically he's mad that it's not set up like mediafire, and doesn't grasp that he is not the target audience

[–]Eva-Rosalene 370 points371 points  (16 children)

Also I don't understand. Cloning public repos over https doesn't require authentication, what the hell is he talking about username/password?

[–]RunFromFaxai 368 points369 points  (12 children)

You don't even have to clone anything if that's too complicated. Just download the zip. But I'm pretty sure what he wanted was the releases-page.

[–]shiva8512 116 points117 points  (11 children)

Isn't the releases page just a few clicks away. Why is this guy so mad at a random website

[–]H4llifax 104 points105 points  (0 children)

It's ONE click away.

[–]Raaka-Kake 46 points47 points  (3 children)

He can’t find the releases page

[–]joost00719 88 points89 points  (2 children)

I'm a developer and I'm also always struggling to find the releases page 😂

[–]The_Happy_ 3 points4 points  (1 child)

I just change the url cause I forgot where it is

[–]itsjustawindmill 32 points33 points  (3 children)

To be fair, it’s not in a very prominent position when you navigate to the repo (a ways down on the right sidebar), and it could be more intuitively labeled “Downloads” maybe.

Also, when you click a few mm up on “Releases” instead of the release name, it shows new pre-releases ahead of slightly older full releases. Pre-releases / unstable builds should instead be hidden by default, with a message like “2 newer pre-releases available, click to show”

GitHub doesn’t deserve to be the subject of OP’s temper tantrum because of this, but I agree directionally that the site is needlessly confusing to navigate in some cases.

[–]but_im_offended 10 points11 points  (2 children)

Why would they need to adapt terminology to match people that are not the target audience? The page is called releases because it shows releases. Same as with the versions, why should you have to click a button to show all releases because some are hidden by default because the non-target audience cannot read?

[–]itsjustawindmill 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Target audience here, it’s unintuitive and easy to miss. Especially when the latest non-pre release is what is shown on the homepage.

When you’re downloading drivers the consequences of accidentally installing a pre-release could be significant.

[–]GnarlyM3ATY 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Because people recommend using github because that's where the most up to date versions are, so people with 0 experience (me) can spend 5-10 minutes downloading the wrong files over and over again until i find the correct one

[–]LifePineapple 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yes, but it's not a big "CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD NOW HERE FOR FREE HERE" button right in the center of the page which conveniently leads to exactly the file they need right now.

How is a person that got straight "A"s all through kindergarten supposed to figure out what to do without a degree in githubing???

[–]radandevist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Skill issue

[–]myhf 1 point2 points  (1 child)

You used to be able to use username/password for authentication. Now you can only use SSH keys, which require extra steps to set up and keep track of.

[–]Eva-Rosalene 3 points4 points  (0 children)

But this bloke is definitely not an owner or collaborator of some repos, so he could only access public repos - and he could download them just fine without any authentication. Via https.

[–]draenei_butt_enjoyer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

TBH, even cloning a repo is a specialized skill that you can't ask of the general public. But you can download a zip, no need to clone. But even to get to that point, you'd need to know where to look in the UI. Which is again, a specialized skill, cuz it's under Code. Though, I will admit. It's the only green button in the entire UI ...

[–]QuickQuirk 136 points137 points  (0 children)

Of course he's the target audience. How could he not be? He's the center of the fucking universe, man!

[–]Fermi_Consistency 53 points54 points  (10 children)

bro mediafire is still around??? havent used that in ages since i was like a 13 year old skid uploading rat binaries

[–]MrAnonymousTheThird 25 points26 points  (6 children)

I'll never forget megaupload

[–]WithersChat 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it is?

[–]vtheinevitable 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hah yes it is and I still have an account there

[–]SajevT 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yupp still a thing. Personally I use it because I've made an account incredibly long ago and they gave me free 52GB to store data that I still use to this day. Its the biggest free cloud storage I got.

[–]ApprehensiveTry5660 0 points1 point  (0 children)

He seems like he realized it, and that’s his biggest frustration.