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Electrobun: Cross-platform desktop applications written in TypeScript

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314 points CharlesW | 4 comments | 20 Nov 24 23:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.622s | source
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Carrok ◴[21 Nov 24 05:03 UTC] No.42201300[source]▶
Why do so many projects fail to include any screenshots at all?

Maybe the authors don't think it's necessary, but step 3 under `Getting Started` is called `Creating UI`. Why would they not show what the result of the tutorial looks like?

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xixixao ◴[21 Nov 24 07:53 UTC] No.42202073[source]▶
Screenshots are harder to produce, maintain and publish.

I also suspect many technical authors are less “visual” so to speak, putting less emphasis on visual presentation.

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1. jamager ◴[21 Nov 24 11:46 UTC] No.42203350[source]▶
> Screenshots are harder to produce, maintain and publish

What, really? What am I missing? If you tell me video, yes, but a screenshot...

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2. madeofpalk ◴[21 Nov 24 12:10 UTC] No.42203530[source]▶
I don't think it's that hard, but it's easier for screenshots to drift and become out of date compared to just written text documentation.
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3. high_na_euv ◴[21 Nov 24 12:35 UTC] No.42203709[source]▶
It is literally a few minutes of effort

If you cant do such basic thing, which would significantly improve an ability to understand your product, then wtf

4. conductr ◴[21 Nov 24 19:29 UTC] No.42207731[source]▶
You’re just trying to give us the gist of things with images. It’s basically selling your thing to me as something I would want to try out. Usually if I connect with something I see in first few moments then my likelihood of trying the thing out is higher.

We don’t need it to be updated on every commit. Or illustrated docs but some idea of what I’m getting myself into is nice to have.