Migration to GitHub Discussions
Migration to GitHub Discussions
Hi everyone!
After close to 9 years, the MicroPython team has decided to close this forum in favour of moving to GitHub Discussions.
https://github.com/orgs/micropython/discussions
There's a few key features we really like about GitHub Discussions:
- Much tighter integration with the rest of the development process which is all hosted on GitHub. We can move Discussions to/from Issues, etc, as well as @ members and reference PRs/Issues.
- GitHub Discussions has many more features for posts and replies. Emoji responses, accepted answers, threaded replies, etc.
- GitHub Discussions uses the much more familiar Markdown syntax for writing posts, especially for code snippets (which also support syntax highlighting).
- It's less maintenance for the MicroPython team (--> more time to work on features and fixes!).
- Easier account signup (and for many people who already use GitHub, no new account required at all).
I'd like to make a special shout out to all the people who have contributed to this forum over the years, in particular pythoncoder, dhylands, Roberthh, deshipu, kevinkk525, OutoftheBOTS_, davef, stijn, jickster, mcauser who have made a combined 19289 posts! There's a huge wealth of knowledge here, and it won't be going away. We will continue to allow new posts and replies here for the next couple of weeks, but then we will mark the forum as read-only. In the future we will investigate moving the content over to GitHub.
Hope to see you at GitHub Discussions!
After close to 9 years, the MicroPython team has decided to close this forum in favour of moving to GitHub Discussions.
https://github.com/orgs/micropython/discussions
There's a few key features we really like about GitHub Discussions:
- Much tighter integration with the rest of the development process which is all hosted on GitHub. We can move Discussions to/from Issues, etc, as well as @ members and reference PRs/Issues.
- GitHub Discussions has many more features for posts and replies. Emoji responses, accepted answers, threaded replies, etc.
- GitHub Discussions uses the much more familiar Markdown syntax for writing posts, especially for code snippets (which also support syntax highlighting).
- It's less maintenance for the MicroPython team (--> more time to work on features and fixes!).
- Easier account signup (and for many people who already use GitHub, no new account required at all).
I'd like to make a special shout out to all the people who have contributed to this forum over the years, in particular pythoncoder, dhylands, Roberthh, deshipu, kevinkk525, OutoftheBOTS_, davef, stijn, jickster, mcauser who have made a combined 19289 posts! There's a huge wealth of knowledge here, and it won't be going away. We will continue to allow new posts and replies here for the next couple of weeks, but then we will mark the forum as read-only. In the future we will investigate moving the content over to GitHub.
Hope to see you at GitHub Discussions!
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Re: Migration to GitHub Discussions
But I am going to MISS the Snake cartoon!
Re: Migration to GitHub Discussions
Only immediate issue for me is that Discussions has the same favicon as Github, so I can't easily tell if a tab is a github thing (with the octocat favicon) or a MicroPython thing (used to have an "M" favicon, now yet another octocat favicon)
Re: Migration to GitHub Discussions
That's true... haha there must be a browser extension for this right?!
We use it on GitHub too -- https://github.com/micropython/micropyt ... on-project
Re: Migration to GitHub Discussions
I just had a look at the GitHub Discussions. Probably OK on a PC with a large screen, but the postings bit is on the a panel in the middle of the screen, with equal screen estate being given to a left panel showing the topic sections and a right panel showing some voting stuff. Only a third of the viewing screen is given to reading the topic and code posts etc. If theres a way to adjust this please let me know. It makes the forum rather unreadable if viewed on a tablet.
Re: Migration to GitHub Discussions
it looks ok in landscape orientation.
Re: Migration to GitHub Discussions
Indeed: for Firefox, Favicon Switcher does the job.
Specify this as the URL pattern:
Code: Select all
https://github.com/orgs/micropython/discussions
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It looks better . But on my old ipad air somethings not playing right with github. I cannot login, I cannot change from double spacing from single spacing and a circle keeps wiring around. Maybe something to do with the tablet being too old to take the latest IOS. Maybe a good excuse for a nice new ipad pro (everything is ok with Github on my desktop, but not so good for armchair reading)
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Re: Migration to GitHub Discussions
Not only problematic on a tablet, a regular 1280x1024 monitor is also almost unusable.beetle wrote: ↑Sat Aug 27, 2022 3:44 pmI just had a look at the GitHub Discussions. Probably OK on a PC with a large screen, but the postings bit is on the a panel in the middle of the screen, with equal screen estate being given to a left panel showing the topic sections and a right panel showing some voting stuff. Only a third of the viewing screen is given to reading the topic and code posts etc. If theres a way to adjust this please let me know. It makes the forum rather unreadable if viewed on a tablet.
The GitHub Discussions thing is built for ultrawide (or better ultra-ultrawide) monitors. Still wasting two thirds of your screen width, but at least the small stripe in the middle section is usable.
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Could you please post a screenshot? Is your browser using the mobile or desktop version? (The "right panel" you mention makes it sound like the desktop version)beetle wrote: ↑Sat Aug 27, 2022 3:44 pmI just had a look at the GitHub Discussions. Probably OK on a PC with a large screen, but the postings bit is on the a panel in the middle of the screen, with equal screen estate being given to a left panel showing the topic sections and a right panel showing some voting stuff. Only a third of the viewing screen is given to reading the topic and code posts etc. If theres a way to adjust this please let me know. It makes the forum rather unreadable if viewed on a tablet.
I spend a lot of time replying to questions on this forum and on GitHub from my phone and I've always found the GitHub mobile UI preferable to phbbb.
GitHub is terrible on a small screen if you're using the desktop version, but the mobile version of their website seems to work well.