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On Wed, Oct 14, 2015 at 10:51:36AM +0200, Thierry Carrez wrote:
> Zaro wrote:
> > We want to let everyone know that there is a big UI change in Gerrit
> > 2.11.  The change screen (CS), which is the main view for a patchset,
> > has been completely replaced with a new change screen (CS2).  While
> > Gerrit 2.8 contains both old CS and CS2, I believe everyone in
> > Openstack land is really just using the old CS.  CS2 really wasn't
> > ready in 2.8 and really should never be used in that version.  The CS2
> > has come a long way since then and many other big projects have moved
> > to using Gerrit 2.11 so it's not a concern any longer.  If you would
> > like a preview of Gerrit 2.11 and maybe help us test it, head over to
> > http://review-dev.openstack.org.  If you are very opposed to CS2 then
> > you may like Gertty (https://pypi.python.org/pypi/gertty) instead.  If
> > neither option works for you then maybe you can help us create a new
> > alternative :)
> > 
> > We are soliciting feedback so please let us know what you think.
> 
> It looks quite good to me.
> 
> My main issue with CS2 is how greedy it is in horizontal space, mostly
> due to the waste of space in the "Related changes" panel. If there are
> related changes, the owner/reviewer/voting panel is cramped in the
> middle, while "related changes" has a lot of empty space on the right.
> Is there a way to turn that panel off (move it to a dropdown like the
> patchsets view), or make it use half the width, or push it under
> ChangeID, or...
> 
Agreed. Currently lock my browser to 950x979 (i3wm) and agree that CS2 is pretty
greedy with horizontal spaces. Switching to 1910 x 998 obviously fixes it.  Not
a show stopper but first round of impressions.  Like other, as time continues,
I'll likely become more adjusted to the change.

> I also find the CS2 vote results area a lot less clear than the table we
> had in CS, but that may be because I'm used to it now.
> 
> -- 
> Thierry Carrez (ttx)
> 
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