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rctneil
4 years agoRegular Contributor
Couple of 1PW 8 for Mac comments
Hey,
I like the new design but overall I'm disappointed that it really doesn't feel very "Mac" like. It "feels" wrong. The preferences menu has a huge amount of missing features and information co...
Former Member
4 years agoMaybe this means the macOS third party app ecosystem is turning to trash.
This has been a general feeling of mine over the past few years, but I don't think it's isolated to the Mac. There's been a persistent trend among iOS developers to hide or even remove features that were previously available in their apps. It's frustrating.
Of those ten apps, the only ones that have a standard macOS preferences window are the ones made by Apple, five of them. That's highly anecdotal and I know there are many third party apps, perhaps most even, that have standard macOS preferences windows and typical macOS UI.
Highly subjective. I have precisely four apps that don't use a native preferences window:
- Discord. Trash app I have no choice but to use (it's marginally better than the webpage last I checked, but maybe I should revisit it).
- Obsidian. Powerful app that feels like trash to use. I'm almost certainly going to ditch it.
- Sublime Text. Powerful app that ... feels weird to use. Amusingly, it actually does bring up preferences in a separate window, though editing a JSON file is anything but standard.
- 1Password 8. I'm only keeping this on my system to see how the betas fare and to give feedback. I fully expect to remove it in favor of 1PW 7.
Personally, when I see app UX quality going down the drain, I don't think the appropriate response is to join the trend.