I'm pretty happy with gitlab too,
but if i had to compare it with github i would go:
- gitlab.com is neat but often has 5XX or is often pretty slow
- doc is somewhat messy i rarely find what i'm looking for.
- UI/UX get better but still confusing.
- notifications are not clear and i often get what i don't want (my own things) and not what i want (what other did)
1. Probably I went to gitlab.org, I did not enter it, firefox cached it. Because now it redirected me to http://about.gitlab.com and it asked me to sign in.
3. I will send you the email later, one or two days. I am currently writing an intro book to VueJS. As soon as I finish it, I'll shoot you an email. (https://github.com/thewhitetulip/intro-to-vuejs/ only one chapter is written yet)
1. When I am already logged in gitlab and I go to gitlab.com, it shows me the landing page and doesn't automatically show me the dashboard.
2. I do not get notifications from the projects that I follow, I get only the "todos". Either this, or I haven't figured out the notification part.
3.The UI is good, but it can have some improvements. I can not put my finger on it, but Github's UI/UX feels more approachable than Gitlab's.
Also, on the landing page itself if you can have a login form like Facebook does, it'll be a small but great change.