Thanks for the feedback!<p>&gt; Ex. by far the most common thing I&#x27;m doing when going to a repo is looking up a file and doing something with it. So why isn&#x27;t a file list the first thing which comes up when I open a repo?<p>You can set this as default in your profile at &#x2F;profile&#x2F;preferences! Note that with GitLab 8.4 we now also have the quick-files finder which you can open from any page in a project by typing `t`[0].<p>We&#x27;re working hard on improving the UI and UX and improving visual hierarchy and especially providing context to the current view is very high on our list. I hope the many changes in the last and upcoming releases will help, but any more specific feedback is very welcome.<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;about.gitlab.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;01&#x2F;22&#x2F;gitlab-8-4-released&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;about.gitlab.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;01&#x2F;22&#x2F;gitlab-8-4-released&#x2F;</a>