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A Better GitHub Issue Queue

12 points| dikunlun | 12 years ago |octokan.com

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wbond|12 years ago

I like the alternative interface for managing issues, and it is nice that I could use this for some public repos that get a lot of issues and pull requests.

One nice enhancement would be a simple toggle for hiding labels with no issues.

The lightbox approach to presenting an issue seemed a little funky - mostly in that it just feels like it is not a "real" part of the interface since it is shown in a small column. I also noticed some issues with URLs overflowing the lightbox.

Speaking of GitHub Issues - the biggest, simple change I can imagine GitHub making to Issues is allow repository owners to add a small readme to the New Issue page. It would help a lot in explaining what a good bug report looks like and where else to get help.

balou|12 years ago

I believe you can update what labels you wanna see by selecting them in the setting pane on the right (as well as re-ordering them).

As for the lightbox part, there's indeed a bit more work in representing the content of the issues.

joekur|12 years ago

Really cool, but it seems I don't have authorization to manage the issues of someone else's repo on which I am a collaborator. Maybe just a limitation of Github's api?

captn3m0|12 years ago

Another similar project is Huboard. Demo at https://huboard.com/captn3m0/potion/

chadkruse|12 years ago

In addition to Huboard and Octokan, there are a few more of these "Front-end for Github Issues" projects:

TaskTub: http://www.tasktub.com/authentication/login Waffle.io: https://waffle.io/ BugHub: http://bughubapp.com/ (though since abandoned?)

Sprintly also has awesome Github integration, but they are explicitly NOT a front-end for Github Issues, so works best with private repos for larger teams (imho). They integrate well with Github, not necessarily Github Issues (a slight, but key difference).

anarchitect|12 years ago

This is exactly what I've been waiting for, once the multiple repos feature has been added.

LyndsySimon|12 years ago

I like the idea, but the server appears to be melting right now. :)