Software developers: I am begging you to put representative screenshots on the home page. This has become a real widespread problem. I know you want to tell us all about the amazing (sincerely!) stuff under the hood, but to users, the interface is the product.
Thanks for the suggestion, I've added it to our home page.
OpenRocket
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#82Software developers: I am begging you to put representative screenshots on the home page. This has become a real widespread problem. I know you want to tell us all about the amazing (sincerely!) stuff under the hood, but to users, the interface is the product.
Thanks for the suggestion, I've added it to our home page.
Usually when there's no screenshot or video for GUI apps I assume it's because the creator is not proud of it, so a sign that the UI will be shit.
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#83Earlier quoted context omitted.
"Space" is 100km. The moon at its closest is about 350,000km. So the jump from the former to the latter is... significant.
Distance is usually the wrong measure in space. Something like delta-v will give you a much better scaling as once you manage to get something to orbit the rest is actually a lot closer than it would seem on the ground. Not to say the effort somehow becomes peanuts, cheap, or easy... but the jump in delta-v needed to go from "100 km vertical ascent" to "hit the moon 350,000 km away" is more like a ~6-7x increase than…
I think I'll go land on Mun and Minmus now...
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#85Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks for the suggestion, I've added it to our home page.
Nice, that actually looks really good. I was not expecting that. Usually when there's no screenshot or video for GUI apps I assume it's because the creator is not proud of it, so a sign that the UI will be shit.
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#86Software developers: I am begging you to put representative screenshots on the home page. This has become a real widespread problem. I know you want to tell us all about the amazing (sincerely!) stuff under the hood, but to users, the interface is the product.
If anyone is curious of what I expect (in page order top to bottom)
Screenshot of complete product ui with description (showing complete UI)
Button to the download/buy product.
Header/tagline description of feature below:
Screenshot of individual parts of the UI (These are more often then not videos these days/gifs). Description of these screenshots
Buttons to expand to another page to learn more.
Bluntly, Just copy what other companies are doing. They are doing it because it works.
Example
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#88I read the name and the first logical thought that came to mind was that of a platform to have AI agents iterating on rockets design. How doomed am I?
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#89Software developers: I am begging you to put representative screenshots on the home page. This has become a real widespread problem. I know you want to tell us all about the amazing (sincerely!) stuff under the hood, but to users, the interface is the product.
Thanks for the suggestion, I've added it to our home page.
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#90Looks like a pretty mature project though so I suppose it must be on solid ground.
It might also run the risk of breaking IMPORT laws in your respective countries, worth being sure of because that is not a realm of law you want to be messing with.