A visual alternative of Github Trending with some extra features. Now online (beta)
Hi everyone! I made some improvements to 'Github Trending Plus' and I want to share it!
Right now: another way to find cool projects and developers: https://github-trending-plus.now.sh
It's an alternative of the original Github Trending with few extra features :
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Gain/loss positions for repositories and developers during permanency on chart.
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Time on the trending chart for repositories and developers.
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Only shows coding languages with trending results.
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Most popular languages tracked.
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No login required.
Warning! It is still a beta RC, but you can visit the repository at https://github.com/zircleUI/github-trending-plus
I would like to monetize a product based on this project, maybe providing detailed reports to potencial subscribers. What do you think?
It's visually interesting but the design cuts off any but the shortest repo names and the hover just gives an unhelpful tooltip saying "z-list".
It's also not clear why the repos/devs are arranged in circles (I guess the "degrees" mean position, but what does it mean for position 5 to be right next to position 1?) -- it looks like this is mostly for aesthetic reasons.
It's pretty but to be frank, it's not very useful. The design creates meaning by accident (splitting the sequential list into groups of five as if they're distinct and arranging each segment in a circle as if the physical proximity is meaningful) rather than visualising meaning that already exists. Also, the relatively slow transitions are nice initially but get distracting fast.
Apologies if this comes off as too brutal. I think the circular UI is an interesting experiment and there's value in the idea (visualising GitHub Trending) but right now it obfuscates the information rather than presenting it.
I would start by laying out what information you want to present and what about what could be interesting to emphasise. Then think about how you can present that information to highlight those insights. If you haven't already done so I would look into general design principles: proximity, size, grouping, color, etc. See how you can apply those principles to emphasise the information you want to present.
Hi thanks for your view. The z-list issue, the names and the ‘degree ‘ poisitions are good points and I will fix.
About the rest... Yeah I think its a bit unnecessary brutal. You posted a comment in 5 minutes, while I working on this demo about 2 months... pushing the limits of the conventional UIs for good or bad. The layout is the best I could arrive after many tries. And finally, I like the result and many others thinks like me. But yes I’m aware that many others too doesn’t like this app.