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0 pointspzo1y ago0 comments

Landing page and github README could improve:

- picture or gif is worth a thousand word

- it mentioned its cross-platform but I don't see support for Windows or Android - its better make it explicit it's only for macOS and Linux. Yesterday was looking for some nicer terminal on Android and was hoping ghostty could work.

- I like simple landing pages but this... is too simple and not much useful (only 2 buttons and ASCII image. Why even bother with such landing page and not just stick with github README?

- it doesn't provide me any fast information how to compares to different terminals and why I should switch from Warp

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kelvinjps101y ago

Cross platform doesn't mean every single platform, and it is not common of terminals supporting android

bigstrat20031y ago

It's true that you wouldn't normally expect a terminal to support Android, but generally one does expect "cross-platform" to mean Linux, Mac, and Windows.

grantcarthew1y ago

I disagree, the landing page is just fantastic.

I like the product as well, however, I need to use it for a week to comment.

punkspider1y ago

I think it would help if there were more information about it, along with demos, to clearly communicate what it's about. At the moment I'm still confused because I see Ghostty has gotten so much attention, and I'm not clear why it's special.

I am sold thanks to the author's authenticity, but if I had not seen this, I wouldn't know what I'm looking at. So I think it would be very helpful if there were more info on the landing page.

srik1y ago

Performance of course but native is a big part of ghostty’s appeal; there’s an article by a neovim dev that expands on that native part a bit - https://gpanders.com/blog/ghostty-is-native-so-what/

tapirl1y ago

I have to enable JavaScript to make it load. It seems the animation on the page requires JavaScript. So, I agree with @pzo that a GIF would be better in this case.

someothherguyy1y ago

A noscript tag on the landing page with a link to the repository's readme would be appreciated (or ssr the react). There are a small number of users who don't enable javascript for every domain.

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