Bad close issue status color

[zxh326]

I often thought it was the pr that had been merged...

[timoyates]

Hi @zxh326, thanks for your feedback! We're continuing to iterate on our new Issue color and states, so stay tuned. Cheers!

[krystian3w]

Just stop and generate questionnaire first.

[Katsute]

I've created a quick chrome extension if you want to revert it back to red: https://github.com/Katsute/GitHub-Red-Closed-Issues-Extension

[iam-py-test]

why not simple user.css or user.js?

Not sure how to use those. Besides, it only requires a simple change to make it work in both browsers

[TheBrokenRail]

@Katsute does your extension support Firefox? I see Chrom(ium) but not Firefox.

I looked into porting it myself. The actual extension works fine in Firefox but you need to downgrade the manifest version. The real issue is that Firefox doesn't support installing unsigned extensions. So you would have to send the extension through Mozilla's signing process to have it installed permanently. Either that or use a version of Firefox that supports disabling signature verification.

[Katsute]

I've downgraded the manifest version from 3 to 2 in the latest version 👍

[iam-py-test]

I've downgraded the manifest version from 3 to 2 in the latest version 👍

I guess I will delete my fork. Thanks!

[TheBrokenRail]

You should submit it to Firefox's addons page, it looks pretty painless: https://extensionworkshop.com/documentation/publish/submitting-an-add-on,

[TheBrokenRail]

I agree that the new closed issue color needs to be reverted back to red.

Pull requests have 3 main states, represented by 3 main colors: open is green, closed is red, and merged is purple. And as such, it is quite easy to start associating these colors with their states, it makes it easy to tell at a glance what state something is in.

And this carries over to issues, except the merge state is dropped. Or at least it did carry over to issues. Now that purple represents both merged and closed depending on the situation, that mental heuristic is worse than useless.

And that is why I believe the change should be reverted.

[atom0s]

This just feels like another rushed design choice with no actual purpose. Change for the sake of change is not good. Please stop doing it.

As others have stated, this should have been a beta'd feature with your preview system. Because this is something that would have been immediately turned off/unwanted by everyone who tested it.

Also, if you open your statements with things like:

Our current issue icon colors are a source of constant user feedback, citing confusion with errors, confusion between why Open is green and Closed is red, accessibility concerns and the general scariness of seeing red across the issues index page when a bunch of closed issues is usually a good thing.

Please show us the proof and numbers to back this up. I have never once seen someone complain about the colors of these icons/buttons; ever. The only time I've ever seen anyone mention color changes on GitHub were for suggestions to those who have color blindness. (Which is a totally understandable suggestion for change, but as something to opt-into if you need it.)

These new colors just make it seem like the entire page is accepted and merged pull requests.
This is not useful or better at all.

[HeCorr]

This.

When I started using GitHub I did find the green/red colors a bit confusing but I quickly got used to it.
Though, even it if was confusing, at least it has always been confusing. Changing it suddenly would just create even more confusion to the users that are already used to green/red.

[matievisthekat]

I agree that red makes more sense to represent a closed issue. On the other hand, adding the purple colour creates an opportunity for a third issue status. For example: open, resolved, closed. Or something along those lines. I think another issue status could potentially be useful, but I'd rather wait for more info before making my judgement

[JannesPeters]

that is indeed the plan we have for issue states... you can read more about it here: github/roadmap#289

[Katsute]

A Chrome/Firefox extension is available for anyone who wants to revert this change https://github.com/Katsute/GitHub-Red-Issues#readme