update main README file: replace outdated contents

README.md

@@ -6,44 +6,34 @@
 ![PyPI](https://img.shields.io/pypi/v/e3sm-quickview?label=pypi%20package)
 [![Conda Version](https://img.shields.io/conda/vn/conda-forge/e3sm-quickview.svg)](https://anaconda.org/conda-forge/e3sm-quickview)
 
-**EAM QuickView** is an open-source, interactive visualization tool
-designed for scientists working with the atmospheric component of the
-[Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM)](https://e3sm.org/),
-known as the E3SM Atmosphere Model (EAM).
-Its Python- and [Trame](https://www.kitware.com/trame/)-based
-Graphical User Interface (GUI) provides
-intuitive access to [ParaView](https://www.paraview.org/)'s
-powerful analysis and visualization capabilities, without the steep learning curve.
+**QuickView** is an open-source, interactive visualization
+tool designed to help Earth system modelers take a quick look at
+a collection of physical quantities in their simulation files.
+The physical quantities are presented in the form of global or regional maps.
+Currently, QuickView supports only the cubed-sphere "physics" grids,
+i.e., the ne\*pg2 meshes used by the atmosphere component of the
+[Energy Exascale Earth System Model (E3SM)](https://e3sm.org),
+but extensions to other grids are underway.
+QuickView's Python- and
+[trame](https://www.kitware.com/trame/)-based User Interface (UI)
+provides intuitive access to [ParaView](https://www.paraview.org/)'s powerful
+analysis and visualization capabilities without requiring a steep learning curve.
+
 
 ![Application](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kitware/QuickView/master/QuickView-app.png)
 
 ## Key Features
 
-- Intuitive, minimalist interface tailored for atmospheric modeling.
-- Multi-variable visualization with drag-and-drop layout.
-- Persistent sessions - pick up where you left off.
-- Support for EAM v2, v3, and upcoming v4 output formats.
+- Intuitive, minimalist interface tailored for Earth system modeling.
+- Multi-variable visualization.
+- Persistent sessions—pick up where you left off.
+- Support for EAM v2, v3, and upcoming v4 output formats
+  as well as the E3SM land model ELM's input and output files
+  on ne*pg2 grids.
 
 ## Quick Start
 
-- Install and launch the app for [end users](docs/setup/for_end_users.md)
-  or [app developers](docs/setup/for_app_developers.md).
-- Download connectivity files of EAM's cubed-sphere grids from
-  [Zenodo](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.16908566).
-- Optional: download [sample simulation output](https://zenodo.org/records/16922607)
-  to test the app.
-- For EAMv2 and v3 developers and users: if your simulation data files
-  are *not* the original files written out by the model,
-  i.e., if your files were generated by NCO, CDO, etc.
-  check QuickView's [data format requirements](docs/userguide/data_requirements.md).
-- For EAMxx developers and users: EAMxx's most recent output format
-  changes might not have been accommodated. If your run into problems
-  opening your data files, please check the
-  [Issues tab on GitHub](https://github.com/ayenpure/QuickView/issues) and
-  open a new issue if needed.
-
-More detailed descriptions of how to download, install, and use QuickView
-can be found in the [documentation](https://quickview.readthedocs.io/en/latest/).
+See [documentation page](https://kitware.github.io/QuickView/guides/quickview/quickstart.html).
 
 ## Project Background
 
@@ -58,9 +48,8 @@ programs via [SciDAC](https://www.scidac.gov/).
 
 ### Contributors
 
-- **Lead Developer**: Abhishek Yenpure (Kitware, Inc.)
-- **Key Contributors**: Berk Geveci, Sebastien Jourdain (Kitware, Inc.); Hui
-  Wan, Kai Zhang (PNNL)
+- **Lead Developer**: Abhishek Yenpure (now at NVIDIA) for version 1; [Sebastien Jourdain](https://www.kitware.com/sebastien-jourdain/) ([Kitware, Inc.](https://www.kitware.com/)) from version 2 onwards.
+- **Key Contributors**: Berk Geveci, Patrick O'Leary, Dan Lipsa, Will Dunklin (Kitware, Inc.); Hui Wan, Kai Zhang (PNNL)
 
 ## License
 

docs/guides/quickview/index.md

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ platform that streamlines the analysis of atmospheric simulations. It minimizes
 the need for E3SM developers and users to write custom scripts, thereby
 shortening the path from data to insight.
 
-The core goal of QuickView is a first glance at the contents in a simulation
+The primary goal of QuickView is a first glance at the contents in a simulation
 data file, i.e., a first inspection of the characteristic values of physical
 quantities and their variations with respect to geographical location, altitude,
 and time, as well as a quick inspection across different physical quantities for