alt Hacker NewsSoftware 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.
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I also like it when there's a short video that shows how the thing works and what it can do.
I can't believe how common this is now, if you dont have screenshots AND a video you are shooting yourself in the foot.
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
Yes!!
Sadly they don't teach Show Don't Tell in the lectures
Thanks for the suggestion, I've added it to our home page.