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Thank fuck someone said this.

Most users don't want to tweak anything related to their phones, tablets, computers, watches. If everything your app does, isn't reachable within 1-3 clicks/swipes/presses, then forget it.

Someone suggested using two versions KeePass files...one for shared passwords, one for not shared passwords. This is NOT a substitute for clicking Share Password and literally not doing anything else.

Someone suggested storing all your passwords in the browser. This is NOT a substitute for having all of your passwords available at the app level on your iPhone. This is NOT a substitute for sharing passwords with your whole family.

UI/UX is EVERYTHING



Yup.

I have been hearing about how X11/MOTIF will "end the Windows/Apple hegemony" for decades.

I don't know how often I've heard "X Windows is just as good as Mac OS."

It's like when your vegan friend keeps telling you that "Falafel tastes just like beef."

They have never tasted beef (or they hated the taste), so they don't have anything to compare it to. X Windows is GUI, written by people that hate GUI.

What could possibly go wrong?

All that said, it's a crazy amount of money, and I really feel that the only real work the password manager needs, is to be rewritten in native. Electron is less-than-excellent.

They must have some kind of strategy that goes beyond just being a password wallet.


Also, for some software "everyone uses" like e-mail or an office suite, you can afford maybe some complexity or annoyance. The alternative "do not use e-mail" or "do not use an office suite" is a no go for almost anyone.

The alternative "do not use a password manager" is however totally common. So if you want to get someone with limited time or affordance for annoyance (like your wife) to use a password manager, the process of setting it up and using it better be very smooth and frictionless.

1Password is very good at that part.




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