Agree, the ability to clone the repository should be a highly available/easily discoverable action. It will generally be the next thing the user wants to do (perhaps after forking) on first visiting a repository...
Also, the idea that he needs to change the clone URL box so that it can autofocus is wrong. In fact, his current workflow for cloning is flawed:
> "my current workflow for cloning of double-click to select + cmd-c"
He just needs to click _once_ on the button to the right of the URL, which has a 'copy to clipboard' tooltip pop-up. He even showed this icon in his UI wireframe sketch.
Perhaps it isn't noticed much by people because developers may have flash turned off, which is the mechanism used by GitHub to access the clipboard?
To be honest, I didn't know about the feature for a long time, and used to do the same thing - select URL then command-C to copy it - myself. It was actually something I found out about from the GitHub blog post about the recent re-design!
Also, the idea that he needs to change the clone URL box so that it can autofocus is wrong. In fact, his current workflow for cloning is flawed:
> "my current workflow for cloning of double-click to select + cmd-c"
He just needs to click _once_ on the button to the right of the URL, which has a 'copy to clipboard' tooltip pop-up. He even showed this icon in his UI wireframe sketch.
Perhaps it isn't noticed much by people because developers may have flash turned off, which is the mechanism used by GitHub to access the clipboard?
To be honest, I didn't know about the feature for a long time, and used to do the same thing - select URL then command-C to copy it - myself. It was actually something I found out about from the GitHub blog post about the recent re-design!