Yes, it would be nice to have the website updated. Kicad could have a lot of media coverage given the vast improvements over the last release and we will need (besides bugfixing) some appealing screenshots and videos.
If I can I'll prepare screenshots from hackrf, ubertooth, etc for you guys to review. Best regards On Jun 20, 2015 8:56 AM, "Wayne Stambaugh" <stambau...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can we possibly get this done before the stable release which hopefully > will be some time near the end of July? It would be nice to roll this > out around the same time. > > Thanks, > > Wayne > > On 6/20/2015 2:51 AM, Nick Østergaard wrote: > > 2015-06-20 2:53 GMT+02:00 Cirilo Bernardo <cirilo.berna...@gmail.com>: > >> Hello everybody, > >> > >> Marcos Chaparro has added a screenshot to the wikipedia entry on KiCad: > >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KiCad#/media/File:KiCad_3D_with_IDF.png > >> > >> The screenshot shows the new 3D Viewer rendering of the video demo board > >> along with a VRML rendering of an exported IDF file. Perhaps this can be > >> put into the official web page at some point? > >> > >> As for the web page, it would be nice to have a new one launched with > the > >> stable release. Shall we put a call out on the various lists for people > who > >> may wish to volunteer to work on ideas? > > > > Yes probably. I can try to have a look tomorrow, i no one beats me to > > it. In the future I am more inclined to make some gallery or something > > and not nessesarely have only one. But I would also like to get a new > > site based on some static site generator, with the restriction that is > > should read asciidoc, easily, such that we can embed the docs in a > > nice way. Or at least that is my idea. > > > >> I have no special objection to the coldfire demo board which has > featured on > >> the page for so long, but the "2011 Nov" date in the screenshot suggests > >> that there has been no development for a long time. If nothing else we > >> should repeat the screenshot with a current release, but my preferred > >> action would be to feature an Open Hardware design (with the permission > >> of the creators of course). With the various changes to 3D file format > >> support especially in the past year I should be able to use SolidWorks > >> to help create any necessary models to make the featured board look > >> good. > > > > There are many cool looking open hardware designs made with KiCad out > there. > > > >> Many of the screenshots on the current page have also been outdated > >> for some time; for example the 3D views are from an era where the board > >> and many other features have not been rendered. > > > > True. > > > >> - Cirilo > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >
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