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I don't understand —screenshots and a feature list are among the first few links at the top.

guess I missed it, im used to scrolling and seeing screenshots and features on splash page. I must admit I wasn't very interested in this piece of software to begin with.

> guess I missed it, im used to scrolling and seeing screenshots and features on splash page.

Sigh... A generation conditioned by horrible endless-scroll single-page "applications" (web sites).

Sure buddy. I began using the web in 1996 and I had the same reaction.

> I began using the web in 1996

BTW: So did I. Or if it was '95.

That says more about you then it does about the site. :)

Yes, I believe it is intended to say that he is definitively not part of “ A generation conditioned by horrible endless-scroll single-page "applications" ”

Well, seems at least part of older generations are conditioned too. I never specified any hard age limits, did I?

I think -- if in jest -- this is succinct assessment of the state of the web. Endlessly scrolling on things we aren't remotely interested in.

Guess you also didn’t see a site for a long time where you have to press buttons to do things instead of just scroll down? Not meant to be snarky: I got the same comment on our saas products. Guess people want ’sales sites’ to be one pagers; I don’t exactly know why. Personally I don’t see the difference between scrolling down or pressing buttons but he.

Convenience and familiarity.

I'm ashamed to admit, but I too expect to see screenshots and features listed inline on the landing page; it's been a common practice in the last 10 years or so.

> Personally I don’t see the difference between scrolling down or pressing buttons

Scrolling is untargeted, you just move the wheel or drag your fingers back and forth. Pressing buttons requires you to identify such elements, target and then click them. Both sound trivial, but they're different classes of trivial.

Interesting as I find the complete opposite for myself; I love the easy access to all options at the top instead of doom scrolling for possible information usually hidden between horrible animations that slide in and out, breaking natural scrolling etc.

I just shared my opinion, we disagree. I'm okay with this.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

OP hasn't replied to you AFAICS

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