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> Also not really cross-platform [...]

How is this relevant to this conversation?

The author replied with the same effort as the person who reported the issue. You kinda need to do this as a maintainer if you don't want to drawn under low quality reports and burn all your energy. I'm sure lucasjinreal would have gotten a kinder answer if they took time to phrase their issue ("demand", at this point, also misguided) nicely.



It's not really, I just remembered wanting to try out this terminal emulator and being quite surprised that something actively advertised as cross-platform didn't support Windows.

I agree that the person posting the issue wasn't really doing it in a diplomatic way, but in the end, the result is the same. I think it's disingenuous to actively advertise something as cross-platform, without even specifying which platforms are actually supported (even if yes, technically it's cross-platform)


> without even specifying which platforms are actually supported

The first line of the README (ok, second line if you include the title) is "See the kitty website" with a link, and on the site the top menu has a "cross platform" entry which then lists "Linux, MacOS, Various BSDs".

It seems like a stretch to classify that as disingenuous.


So I have to click twice, change domains once in order to get this information.

It's actually easier to just check the releases for prebuilt windows binaries. I think that's telling.


> So I have to click twice, change domains

If you start from the github source code repo, instead of starting from the official website.

I guess.

If you're determined to be disappointed, I suppose you'll find a way. Whatever.




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