Electron

I get the comments about being off. But I will attempt to give some concrete items I. Or cord.

For the How can they (agielbits) make it better?

To be honest electron isn’t inherently bad to me, not particularly my cup of tea. Due to the reasons I state below. It comes as the effects of how the app operates compared to how other apps operate that I consider first class citizens on the Mac.

examples:

TextMate, air buddy, better touch tool, Alfred.

Apps I am more then willing to pay for and have that user experience I expect.

Areas that are jarring:

Windowing - windows are bound to the main window. Including the search. Which is oddly limiting

Mini - context including apps. This was a great addition is now seemingly gone. The small easily pop up window that I could search, pin items without full interaction with the app, add new items. The workflow seems at odds of what you tend to be doing. Before it was help me get there. Now it’s more what item am I looking for when I try and navigate breaks the train of thought..

Local vaults - well,in this case choice? And people are paying. Tell the user hey this is vector of attack and relies on you (the end user) to trust where you save it.and isn’t that true of my home folder or cloud? You can encourage but not having it all is a bummer and loss of control. A very Mac centric perspective this is my computer I will decide where I keep stuff.

The security thing is interesting in the YouTube video. It seemed like analogous to turning off valves in your house for water. The only concern would be it’s implicit that you have tighten areas you don’t want to leak. As to oppose to being explicit and saying these are the only things I want you to do and nothing else. That maybe oversimplification, but just my impression.

Hopefully this is helpful.