Interestingly this seems like what mighty app(https://mightyapp.com) is doing
Apache Guacamole 1.1.0
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Re: Apache Guacamole 1.1.0
#12The antithesis of a good landing page. I'd never heard of it before. What does Apache Guacamole actually do? Is it of interest to me? I click... Nothing on the home page immediately tells me. I note HTML5 and there is something going on with a client and I guess a server? I scroll down the page. Literally, nothing telling me how Guacamole might be of interest to me, but I notice a mention to RDP - hmmm, that might be…
was about to complain but then I realized it's just a release note page
that said a tiny [remove desktop] tag in the title would have eased the process
Re: Apache Guacamole 1.1.0
#13It would be great if these sorts of posts would include a description of what's big about these releases. If you were already excited about this Guacamole release, then you probably didn't need the reminder.
Looking through the notes, this looks interesting...
> Similar to Guacamole’s support for SSH and telnet, Guacamole can now provide terminal access to Kubernetes pods using the same mechanism as kubectl attach. This allows Guacamole to be used to interact with Kubernetes pods without requiring that those pods host an SSH or telnet service.
I have never used Guacamole or K8s (still stuck on Docker) but I assume this makes connecting to a containerized desktop much easier.
Great work to everyone involved.
Re: Apache Guacamole 1.1.0
#14The antithesis of a good landing page. I'd never heard of it before. What does Apache Guacamole actually do? Is it of interest to me? I click... Nothing on the home page immediately tells me. I note HTML5 and there is something going on with a client and I guess a server? I scroll down the page. Literally, nothing telling me how Guacamole might be of interest to me, but I notice a mention to RDP - hmmm, that might be…
> is it too much to ask that the first thing we see on the home page is a brief description of what the project is, and some of the benefits so a curious chap can decide if it's of interest? It's not too much to ask, especially if you actually look at the home page and not the release notes that's clearly linked here.
The home page itself also doesn't really explain what it is... unless you already know.
All I got is that it's some remote desktop client that runs in the browser. Then I had to assume that the server probably needs to be in the same network as your target computer... And theres some extra login to the client itself?
And then I noticed that that image is actually a video. ._.
Re: Apache Guacamole 1.1.0
#15The antithesis of a good landing page. I'd never heard of it before. What does Apache Guacamole actually do? Is it of interest to me? I click... Nothing on the home page immediately tells me. I note HTML5 and there is something going on with a client and I guess a server? I scroll down the page. Literally, nothing telling me how Guacamole might be of interest to me, but I notice a mention to RDP - hmmm, that might be…
Uh, go to the home page?
> "Apache Guacamole is a clientless remote desktop gateway [RDP]. It supports standard protocols like VNC, RDP, and SSH."
> "We call it clientless because no plugins or client software are required."
> "Thanks to HTML5, once Guacamole is installed on a server, all you need to access your desktops is a web browser."
The link you have clicked on is the release page, you could just gone to the home page ("click the title") to see what this was all about.
Bonus: There's even a video on the home page, I played the video and I instantly know what the software is.
Most open source software homepages don't provide that level of context, just walls of text.
Re: Apache Guacamole 1.1.0
#16I've looked at using this before to provide a "thin client" legacy desktop app - is anyone doing the same with Guacamole? Care to share your experience?
Re: Apache Guacamole 1.1.0
#17The antithesis of a good landing page. I'd never heard of it before. What does Apache Guacamole actually do? Is it of interest to me? I click... Nothing on the home page immediately tells me. I note HTML5 and there is something going on with a client and I guess a server? I scroll down the page. Literally, nothing telling me how Guacamole might be of interest to me, but I notice a mention to RDP - hmmm, that might be…
Does this not cover it?
From the front page
Re: Apache Guacamole 1.1.0
#18Maybe the submitter could highlight they view as noteworthy in this release?
Re: Apache Guacamole 1.1.0
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
> is it too much to ask that the first thing we see on the home page is a brief description of what the project is, and some of the benefits so a curious chap can decide if it's of interest? It's not too much to ask, especially if you actually look at the home page and not the release notes that's clearly linked here.
The home page itself also doesn't really explain what it is... unless you already know. All I got is that it's some remote desktop client that runs in the browser. Then I had to assume that the server probably needs to be in the same network as your target computer... And theres some extra login to the client itself? And then I noticed that that image is actually a video. ._.
What browser are you using?
The video has a standard play button on desktop Firefox. In fact it is very clearly an embedded Vimeo video (branded and all).
Also your server assumption is very clearly stated right next to the video:
> Thanks to HTML5, once Guacamole is installed on a server, all you need to access your desktops is a web browser.
This is all in the top half of the landing page and even highlighted in green to stand out from the rest of the page.
I agree many FOSS projects have lousy landing pages but I've always though this one to be one of the better ones. In fact it is better than many commercial landing pages I've had the misfortune to, ahem, land on.
Re: Apache Guacamole 1.1.0
#20It would be great if these sorts of posts would include a description of what's big about these releases. If you were already excited about this Guacamole release, then you probably didn't need the reminder. Looking through the notes, this looks interesting... > Similar to Guacamole’s support for SSH and telnet, Guacamole can now provide terminal access to Kubernetes pods using the same mechanism as kubectl attach. T…
> It would be great if these sorts of posts would include a description of what's big about these releases. If you were already excited about this Guacamole release, then you probably didn't need the reminder.
I agree but unfortunately HN only allows you to submit a URL or test, not both. Also you're not technically supposed to editorialise the page title either. Thankfully the release notes on this particular site are well written.