I know this may seem silly but: a lot of experienced Solana developers (from our classes, Hacker Houses, etc) genuinely have no idea that Solana Explorer can connect to localhost. Obviously there's 'Custom RPC URL' which defaults to localhost but people simply don't realise it's there. 😅
Proposing the UI add a button for this, so the list looks like:
The official mainnet-beta URL
The official devnet URL
The official testnet URL
The default CLI localhost URL
Then allow users to specify any other URL they like
Obviously this is a simple change I'm just writing this here to convince you to make it or let me send you a PR! 😁
To Reproduce
"Hey which of the well known addresses can Explorer connect to?"
"looks like mainnet-beta, devnet and testnet. I guess the 'Custom RPC' button is used to connect to mainnet-beta, devnet and testnet using a paid RPC provider like helius or Triton"
(months pass, get told you can actually use Explorer with localhost).
Additional context
Thanks for your consideration Noah! If you're busy I can make the PR too just LMK.
Describe the ~bug~ feature
I know this may seem silly but: a lot of experienced Solana developers (from our classes, Hacker Houses, etc) genuinely have no idea that Solana Explorer can connect to localhost. Obviously there's 'Custom RPC URL' which defaults to localhost but people simply don't realise it's there. 😅
Proposing the UI add a button for this, so the list looks like:
Obviously this is a simple change I'm just writing this here to convince you to make it or let me send you a PR! 😁
To Reproduce
"Hey which of the well known addresses can Explorer connect to?"
"looks like mainnet-beta, devnet and testnet. I guess the 'Custom RPC' button is used to connect to mainnet-beta, devnet and testnet using a paid RPC provider like helius or Triton"
(months pass, get told you can actually use Explorer with localhost).
Additional context
Thanks for your consideration Noah! If you're busy I can make the PR too just LMK.