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4 years agoSuper Contributor
Electron
This discussion was created from comments split from: 1PW8 for macOS.
Former Member
4 years agoThe menu clipping is just a result of a web render limitation. That can’t be fixed in its current state.
Besides there are bigger issues with 1P8 I just don’t see being resolved.
- no local vaults. I now can’t store things like encryption keys, crypto passphrases, and secrets offline. Despite being a paid customer, they’ve taken that functionality away. Having both options and being able to choose what data is uploaded to the cloud and what stays local was a keystone feature for 1P. Even if you don’t bring back the syncing. Having local vaults is so important.
- memory issues, although they claim to be looking at that and honestly a good chunk of the memory issues COULD be analytics logging. However I don’t know. It is more likely that memory creep will happen with electrons awful GC and memory allocation. although VS code shows it is possible to make a decent electron app, it’s the only one in its class I’ve ever seen succeed.
- No menu app, honestly if they brought back a native helper menu app I might actually ignore the other issues and resubscribe. The menu bar was 95% of my interactions and I’d settle for a native menu drop down like 1p7.
- The app because it’s a wrapper can’t function in two desktops. Open 1P, move to another desktop space and try to open it. It’ll flip you back to the other space because it’s just a wrapper. A native menu app would solve this.
Again I honestly applaud the devs answering questions. I’ve seen a lot of companies bury their heads.
That being said the above issues go way past beta bugs. These are core issues I don’t think you can or will solve. It’s got nothing to do with your dedication and dev work and everything to do with your PMs and Execs thinking they know best for its users.
1p8 was obviously designed around windows first and then brought to Mac after.
The lack of menu support, changed shortcuts, and not working across spaces is a huge mistake windows devs do when they port windows apps to Mac.
So I say, roustem or whoever. Prove me and everyone wrong and show us you still care about the OS that made you who you are. I don’t think it’s entitlement to say we deserve a little more care and effort and give us the polish we are asking.
My subscription ends in 2022, I very likely won’t be turning my sub back on but who knows. Give us some of the fixes above and I can look past certain things. I don’t envy you devs right now but the only leverage we customers have is our wallet.