Scrollbar chrome makes me instantly lose interest.
If there was a screenshot without this (is there a terminal version?), I would regain interest. Screenshots are important especially to people like me who may or may not care. They're the fastest way for a potential user to answer the question: is this worth caring about at all.
Some questions you can answer with screenshots:
- Does it run on my platform?
- Are there any glaringly ugly things about it that will be a dealbreaker?
- Is it more beautiful/cool than what I'm already using?
- To what extent can it be customized?
- What kind of people are using it (if you have user screenshots)?
If there was a screenshot without this (is there a terminal version?), I would regain interest. Screenshots are important especially to people like me who may or may not care. They're the fastest way for a potential user to answer the question: is this worth caring about at all.
Some questions you can answer with screenshots:
- Does it run on my platform?
- Are there any glaringly ugly things about it that will be a dealbreaker?
- Is it more beautiful/cool than what I'm already using?
- To what extent can it be customized?
- What kind of people are using it (if you have user screenshots)?