Visibly for Google Chrome

Visibly: Making Pull Requests More Efficient and Visible

Visibly is a free Chrome add-on developed by Visibly that aims to enhance the experience of working with pull requests on GitHub. With Visibly, users can complete pull requests more quickly, collaboratively, and with greater visibility.

One of the standout features of Visibly is the Review Thread Status. This feature allows users to easily set or check the status of each review comment thread. As a pull request author, you can use these statuses as a task list, reducing the amount of work needed to keep reviewers up-to-date. As a pull request reviewer, you can quickly identify which threads are ready for review and easily see them in context.

Visibly also promises to introduce actionable metrics in earlyThese metrics are developer-centric and aim to bring the effort, time, and impact of code review to light. This will provide valuable insights for both authors and reviewers, allowing them to make more informed decisions during the review process.

Additionally, Visibly plans to introduce real-time collaboration features in earlyThis will enhance the code review process by adding intuitive and familiar real-time functionalities. Users will be able to identify active and inactive reviewers for each pull request, as well as see when and what they are reviewing.

Visibly is committed to making pull requests more efficient, visible, and less of a black box. They value user feedback and prioritize addressing pain points to continually improve the add-on. If you have any suggestions or feedback, Visibly encourages you to reach out and share your thoughts.