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> Our target audience is personal users, families, or groups of friends. Although Upspin might have application in enterprise environments, we think that focusi
by alexcroox 10y ago
> Our target audience is personal users, families, or groups of friends. Although Upspin might have application in enterprise environments, we think that focusing on the consumer case enables easy-to-understand and easy-to-use sharing.
This definitely does not look "easy to use" unless the target audience of families only includes families where all have technical backgrounds. If I gave anyone in my family that list of instructions they would stare at me blankly. There is a reason Dropbox does so well, its simple and doesn't require you do any manual fiddling.
- legostormtroopr 10y ago> There is a reason Dropbox does so well, its simple and doesn't require you do any manual fiddling Cue someone linking to that that HN chain of messages about how Dropbox just won't work.
- enneff 10y agoIn case it's not clear, this project is in its very early stage of development. There's a ton of work to do to get it into the hands of non-technical users. From the readme: "Upspin has rough edges, and is not yet suitable for non-technical users."
- remir 10y agoPublic key, private key, etc... Yeah, next to Facebook, Dropbox, GDrive, etc, it won't be easy to convince grandma, "Jenny the hairdresser" and "Joe Sixpack" to use this thing.
- stdgy 10y agoIt seems like they're currently designing the APIs which, once solidified, can be used to make a user friendly service. The foundation, as described, isn't easy for customers. But it is easy for developers and engineers! And once this framework/API work is complete, people will be able to use this to create customer-friendly solutions.