Historically, the most popular BeOS downloads were, by far, hardware drivers; little software snippets that allowed BeOS to communicate with various sound cards, video cards, etc.  Why?  Because BeOS' built-in hardware support was quite limited.  One of the biggest obstacles to using BeOS was in making it work on any particular user's computer.

As with BeOS, Haiku is starting its public life with a limited selection of supported hardware.  To increase its usefulness to the largest number of people, it's essential, it's crucial, that we get as much information about what does work out to the masses, and the sooner the better.

Now that Haikuware has this beautiful web site, and a good start has been made at posting information about compatible hardware, there are no more good excuses for any of us not to put information on there about hardware that works with Haiku.  I've just posted information on the components that work for me, and I'd encourage absolutely everyone to do the same.

Even if another version of the hardware, i.e., another make and model of card with the same chipset already been posted, don't let that stop you from posting yours.  Not everyone is going to understand that their hardware will work as well because its onboard processor is the same.  They need to see those makes and models listed.

To my mind, it's one of the fastest, easiest ways to help the "Haiku Cause" in a very real way.