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modrinth / knossos

Our Vue-based frontend with server-side rendering and caching for great user experience, speed, and compatibility.
https://modrinth.com
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Add warnings about app's beta status to the site #1480

Open brawaru opened 7 months ago

brawaru commented 7 months ago

Is your suggested enhancement related to a problem? Please describe.

Currently Modrinth is advertising its launcher as if it is completely released and ready for daily use. However, the app is currently full of issues that are unlikely to be fixed any time soon (like completely broken Microsoft authorisation), which really hurts Modrinth reputation among the users whose expectations were failed.

Describe the solution you'd like

Make it extremely clear the app is in early access (beta) by using badges and warnings. Let users expectations down early by letting them know that the app can have serious issues while in beta, but reassure them those will definitely be fixing in the future as its in active development. Suggest users to check out FAQ section of the site for... answers to frequently asked questions, as well as link GitHub where issues can be reported and Discord where one can get support.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Additional context

Ever since app released in open beta there have been huge repetitive issues, like Microsoft authentication or bad Linux packaging. Users keep coming to Discord asking for help with them. That's not great.

Aces-and-Jacks commented 7 months ago

There's always going to be bugs, regardless of the project and how long it's been out. And so far for me at least I've had no issues.

I'm pretty sure CurseForge launcher has it's own fair share of bugs that frustrate people, and yet they're not advertising as beta

triphora commented 7 months ago

currently full of issues that are unlikely to be fixed any time soon (like completely broken Microsoft authorisation)

:)