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Quick hyperlink to visit someone's github.io

See original GitHub issue

When you’re ~stalking~ visiting a random github profile and happen to see that they have a <username>.github.io repository, there is no quick way to visit that homepage. Your only options are

  • Type out the URL, or
  • Copy and paste that specific part of the webpage into the URL Box.

Request

Some sort of a quick “Go” button next to the repository name (both on the repository listing, and when you open the repository) which takes you to the webpage.

URLs where this should work

Additional Request

Maybe add it next to the Users profile photo if we detect that the user has a github.io page.

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  • State:closed
  • Created 3 years ago
  • Comments:7 (7 by maintainers)

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fregantecommented, Sep 17, 2020

Yeah actually my comment only applied to the User’s profile, but both other locations make sense.

  • on the repository list: add an icon (globe?) next to the name
  • on repository root: if the URL isn’t already set in the sidebar, we can automatically add it there.
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kidonngcommented, Sep 18, 2020

Just want to mention that you can also drag the repository name (example.github.io) to browser’s tab bar to quickly open it. I use this trick myself.

Regarding the feature, it may not be qualified to go into Refined GitHub, in which case I can write a user script for it (if I find the time).

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