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-# javafx-scene-router
-Router navigation pattern implementation for JavaFX applications.
+# JavaFX Scene Router
+
+A router implementation for navigating between "pages" in your JavaFX
+application!
+
+On the web, we tend to take for granted the fact that you can click on a link,
+go to a new page, then go back, go forward again, click on something else, and
+it all works seamlessly to route you through the internet. In desktop apps,
+that's less common, since most apps are simple enough to be built with a single
+component tree.
+
+However, sometimes you'll want a web-like experience with your desktop app, and
+for that purpose, I've created javafx-scene-router. It allows you to initialize
+a router that controls the content of a Pane or similar, and depending on what
+route is selected, different content will be shown in that pane.