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Summary
The goal of this feature is to provide users with a great experience for starting workspaces.
Context
The existing "new workspace" UI has several limitations.
- It does not support opening workspaces on arbitrary repo context URLs
- It requires navigating to a workspaces list to click on the "New Workspace" button
- The modal UI feels too small and not commensurate with the importance of the New Workspace action.
Description
This epic aims to fix those limitations with the following:
- A text input which supports copy-paste of git repo context URLs
- An auto-suggest completion feature offering a list of pre-fetched repos for quick selection, when users start typing the name or other text suggestive of the repo they want
- A keyboard binding to bring up the New Workspace feature from anywhere in the dashboard
- A cleaner user interface which maintains functional parity with the old New Workspace modal.
Design improvements for the new "New Workspace" modal #8088
Future goals (not in scope for this epic) include
- Smarter auto-suggest based on user behavior or other inputs
- Promotion of the New Workspace page to serve as the default landing page for the dashboard
- Support for use by unauthenticated users prior to sign-up or login
Value
Starting workspaces is a key feature of Gitpod, and one that deserves to be as smooth and simple as possible, for both new and returning users.
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