It is nice at least for editing .md files to update readme/instructions/etc.
Sometimes I want to do a quick edit without having to cd directory, make sure I'm up to date, edit file, add/commit/push just for a md file in the repo
Sometimes I want to do a quick edit without having to cd directory, make sure I'm up to date, edit file, add/commit/push just for a md file in the repo
It wasn't a critical update, but one that wouldn't have happened if I had to fork/clone/push/pull-request it.
I totally get why you'd want to do that.
Perhaps they don't like fiddling about on the command line, their IDE is too klunky, file managment is a pain, their version control interface is convulted, or they are not sitting at their computer with their codebase - who knows!
Either way they appear to find it easier that way.
Documentation or fixes to comments in code is an obvious usecase for online edits cross-language.
If you'd really rather do the pull,open,fix,commit,push i would argue that you are too stuck in your own ways.
It's only a useless feature, if you think people who don't think a service by BitBucket will ever be used by people unfamiliar with git and programming.
I for one am very pleased with the opportunity for crowd-sourcing fixes and improvements to open-source websites and projects - especially for people whose interest in them is not grounded in the programming aspect.