[kaylarose]

How would you say the stability of this release compares to the last version?

I understand it's very new software, but the last version I played with (1-2 weeks ago) was incredibly buggy. Not just in terms of core functionality (hanging packages etc - some of which I see you have addressed https://github.com/kitematic/kitematic/milestones/v0.4.0) but just in terms of the general UI, buttons randomly disappearing/appearing.

I was/am really looking forward to using this but the bugginess did not give me a lot of confidence that the behind the scenes logic was behaving as expected.

[Elesant]

Hi kaylarose. Really sorry about the app being buggy and thank you for understanding that we're still very new. Previous versions of Kitematic relied on too many dependencies: VirtualBox, boot2docker, a DNS server inside the boot2docker VM and Unison for file syncing. The current version removed the need for the DNS server inside the VM and Unison, slimmed down the app and fixed a lot of the critical installer issues.

We're working hard to make the app reliable. In terms of UI, there are plans on making things more consistent and easier to understand as well.

Thank you again for trying out Kitematic! Definitely let us know if there are suggestions on things we can improve on :)

[kaylarose]

Excellent, thank you for the detailed reply! I am looking forward to the evolution of this app.

[mchiang]

Kitematic 0.4 is much more stable than previous versions. This is meant to address some stability issues rather than introducing new features.

We are still working hard to make the experience as smooth as possible.