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The problem is Keychain Access doesn't pass the "mom test" (would you average consumer - e.g. your mom - actually use it)
by cj 4y ago
The problem is Keychain Access doesn't pass the "mom test" (would you average consumer - e.g. your mom - actually use it)
- airstrike 4y agoThey don't even know why it's called that
- shagie 4y agoBecause you can store non-passwords in there too. Secure notes, your own signing certificates, keys, root CAs, and specific self signed certs you've accepted for SSL.
- airstrike 4y agoStill, none of that means anything to the average user. Searching for "passwords" in Spotlight should also take you to your passwords
- shagie 4y agoMake an alias to Keychain access. Name it "Passwords" and have that a directory that is indexed by Spotlight (the Utilities directory under Applications where Keychain Access is found works fine). This will then show up in the launchpad. https://i.imgur.com/IRPOMC5.png https://i.imgur.com/IRPOMC5.png Searching for 'pass' in Spotlight does bring up Keychain access - as that's in the apps list of Keywords... however the list of apps is way down on the scrolling https://i.imgur.com/KFUC0G0.png https://i.imgur.com/KFUC0G0.png - it found 'password' as a string in 100 python files that I had to scroll through first.
- airstrike 4y ago> Make an alias to Keychain access. Sorry, but that also doesn't mean anything to the average user. If anything it's made it more complicated for them—they will remember to type in "key" before they learn how to make an alias That I don't have an issue with the word "keychain" doesn't mean it's not bad UX for the average Mac OS user
- shagie 4y agoSpecifically, what functionality would you like? If you do control-space (to bring up spotlight) and type in password, what do you want it to do and what is missing?
- airstrike 4y agoIf I type in "password" I get a bunch of results that aren't what I need My wife asks me weekly "honey, what's that word I gotta type to see my passwords again?"
- waynecochran 4y agoKeychain Access doesn't pass the "me" test and I have a PhD in CS.
- shagie 4y agoSince I use it quite a bit for secure notes, I've got it pinned in my toolbar. From the top down I've got Finder, System settings, Keychain Access, HomeKit, Launchpad, Safari... and then other things. The thing is, its the 3rd one down.
- Hamuko 4y agoNo password manager passes that as far as I'm concerned.