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0312c5d splits UDP, service versions and OS detection into separate rows in the table. Two of those cells describe features from #474 (versions) and #475 (UDP), so this should merge after both. Otherwise the live site would describe features that aren't in any build yet; the site deploys on merge, while the features only ship with 0.3.4. |
…to the landing page Compare.astro comes from product-site-template, where nvx's comparison section was generalised, so the next template sync sees the same file on both sides. One change: the note under the table drops the template's max-width:62ch, which wrapped a two-sentence note into a narrow column under a full-width table -- the same fix nvx made. It can go back to the template on the next sync. The rows are ordered by the question a reader is asking (where it runs, how you use it, what it finds, what you get out) and every cell was checked on 2026-09-24 against each project's own docs and source; the sources and the reasoning behind each non-obvious cell are in compare.ts. Two rows are ones NetsCLI loses: UDP/OS/version detection, and the note says what Advanced IP Scanner is for. Remote actions went into the note rather than a row, since they are remote management, not scanning. This replaces the 25-row docs page proposed in #470.
The tint (nvx's version, from the template) read as a highlighted run of cells rather than as the product the table is about. The column now gets a 1px accent border on all four sides; border-collapse gives the left cell a tie, so its right edge survives next to the neighbouring hairline.
… ask The earlier rows were mostly things only netscli has (MCP, JSON, DNS records, mDNS), which read as narrow and cherry-picked. Nine rows now follow the questions in the order a reader asks them -- does it run on my OS, how do I use it, does it find and name my devices, what's open, can I go deeper, what else is built in, can I get results out, what does it cost -- with a short phrase per tool, so nmap's depth and Advanced IP Scanner's remote actions are credited in their own rows and the note under the table goes. Also: no lead under the heading (it only listed what was compared and which versions; those stay in compare.ts's comment), netscli's cells in the body colour with only the header green, and answer cells wrap, since short phrases unwrapped pushed the table past a 1024px window.
The phrase-per-cell version was accurate but too much to take in. Ten rows of ticks, with a word or two only where a tick would mislead, and three rows that go to the other tools (UDP/OS/version detection for nmap, remote actions for Advanced IP Scanner, open source for three of four). Rows every tool ticks are left out.
The dashes competed with the ticks. They now sit at 40% opacity and are aria-hidden, with a visually hidden 'Not offered' in the same cell, so the information doesn't depend on a glyph that is now deliberately faint.
With UDP scanning (#475) and announced service versions (#474), netscli no longer loses the whole 'UDP, OS and version detection' row, only OS detection. Three rows now: UDP port scan (netscli and nmap), service versions (netscli from banners, nmap by probing, Angry IP Scanner for web servers via its Server-header fetcher), OS detection (nmap only).
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Adds a "How NetsCLI compares" section to the landing page, between Features and Install: 11 rows, four columns, with a one-paragraph note under it. It replaces the 25-row docs page in #470.
Where it comes from
Compare.astrois copied from product-site-template, where nvx's comparison section was generalised, so a later template sync sees the same file on both sides.max-width:62ch, which squeezed a two-sentence note into a narrow column under a full-width table. nvx made the same change. It can go back to the template on the next sync.types.ts,sections.tsandindex.astroget the same wiring the template has.The rows
How the cells were checked
compare.ts.Checked locally
astro checkreports 0 errors, and the build succeeds./in both themes.