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1Password on Mac - phenomenal UX, all around joy to use Not as pleased with the Windows version, but it's serviceable
by repeek 10y ago
1Password on Mac - phenomenal UX, all around joy to use
Not as pleased with the Windows version, but it's serviceable
- tomc1985 10y agoIt's unfortunate that their browser extensions were an infrequently-upgraded, bloated mess (or at least they were before I stopped using it)
- blakeyrat 10y agoStarting from the top, I think you're the first person to mention user experience. Man, this topic has done nothing but remind me how far I am outside the "software development mainstream". Vim? Git? Are there seriously that many developers who enjoy using such unusable software?
- statictype 10y agoGood UX for power-user tools is different from good UX for casual-user tools. Vim is highly usable as a power-user tool. Its logical and has a few primitives that can easily be chained and built-up into larger features.
- bryondowd 10y agoI never got my head around using Vim rather than an IDE, but I can say I genuinely enjoy git. It's very easy to get a lot of value out of it without needing to learn the esoteric details by just keeping to a simple workflow planned out by someone who understands it better. Of course, it was the first version tracking system I'd worked with, so I have nothing to compare it to. It just made me incredibly happy after working on a very large system with no version tracking beyond a boatload of comments referencing a date and ticket/project.
- blakeyrat 10y agoI guess different strokes. For me, Git is the worst software I've been compelled to use since Lotus Notes. I think it's terrible. I would never use it if I didn't absolutely have to as a condition of employment.
- bryondowd 10y agoInteresting. I wonder if it's a usage difference. A hammer can be a terrible tool if you try to put in screws with it. It works best when the workflow is designed around it and the user only needs to remember a handful of commands to do specific tasks.
- hosh 10y agoYep. vim, git, and spacemacs are among some of the major tools I use and generally enjoy using them.
- mrkgnao 10y agoThe difference between vim and, say, Notepad++ as "programmer's editors" is that one is easy to start with, but you soon reach a limiting level of competence, beyond which your tools cannot take you. With vim, this does not happen, at least not for a very long time. Such tools are indeed hard to learn, but, properly used, they amplify your skills far beyond what you can do with "consumer-grade" software. A child with a keyboard that has prerecorded music on it has much more fun with it than they would with a grand piano. And that's perfectly fine! However, if you're a professional pianist, you're going to want to go the Steinway route, even though it takes decades of practice to really make sense on one. (Perhaps violins would make more sense as an example?)
- the_watcher 10y ago> Git? It's relative to other VCS systems in this case. > Vim? As a primary editor, I get the dislike and confusion from non-power users, but for a command line editor, it's just so much better than anything else.
- anexprogrammer 10y agoI generally like 1pw but haven't forgiven them for not yet fixing the opvault security hole on android. Must be about a year now. Raised it with support when a big Android update came along a few months back. "Subscribe to 1pw for families" was their suggestion. I'm actively looking at alternatives now.
- enraged_camel 10y agoI want to like 1Password, I really do. But it just fails to auto-recognize too many login pages for sites I visit frequently. And having to manually click the Chrome extension and pick the login credentials is pretty annoying.
- ivanyv 10y agoAbsolutely. I used LastPass for a long time when it first came out. Then I tried Dashlane to see if it sucked less (it does in some ways, but still sucks). 1Password is a joy to use compared to those two.