Sorry to be off topic, but does it bug anyone else that the language Github uses for their native client is "Clone in Mac" and "Setup in Windows", as if the name of their client is "Mac" and "Windows", etc. Not only is this confusing, because they're naming the product the same as the OS, but it's also a little insulting because it's almost like saying that the normal command-line Git client doesn't run well on those platforms.
I appreciate that they want to draw attention to their native client product, but I really wish they would give it a proper name so that they don't have use the name of the OS instead.
These buttons are only displayed for users who have installed those tools. We're not using it as advertisement, we're making it convenient for people who have already installed the tool.
Are you sure about that? I do not have the tool installed (or anything like it, since I use command-line git), but I see the "Clone in Mac" button on every single github repo I view in my browser.
I think it's less about promoting their native client as it is about making Github (and Git) less daunting for command-line-evading users. Just so happens their own client is the most user friendly, but it could have been any other, hence not tying the benefit (cloning in the OS with a click) to the implementation.
YES! This drives me totally nuts because people using their clients never become knowledgeable about how git works making those people terrible to collaborate with. The vocabulary they teach them is just totally wrong.
I can't speak for Windows, but if I click "Clone in Mac", it launches Tower.app. So the label seems apt to me. It's more that the URL protocol that sounds wrong to me (github-mac://??).
I appreciate that they want to draw attention to their native client product, but I really wish they would give it a proper name so that they don't have use the name of the OS instead.