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[–] victorz@lemmy.world -1 points 8 months ago (3 children)

UI is basically considered UX. Bitwarden's app looks dated af and I have had strong doubts about committing to BW due to only that. It gives the impression that it is abandoned. Looks bad, basically. Not pretty. These things matter. It stands out among all my other modern looking apps, in a bad way.

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

I've used Bitwarden because it's available everywhere I need it, including a good Firefox desktop extension. The only thing I worry about how they raised VC funds in 2022, and hope that doesn't lead to enshittification. Fortunately I'm prepared to switch to self-hosted alternatives if that's the case.

[–] Crow_of_Minerva@feddit.it 7 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] keyez@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

I wonder if they wouldn't have needed VC funding if all these vaultwarden users paid the small price for premium or an organization licenses.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I've used Bitwarden because it's available everywhere I need it

I mean that's true about Proton and several others too, right? Like Firefox itself, can fill passwords and sync them across devices. That's basically what I'm using for convenience. No extra app needed to store passwords.

Maybe that's unsafe? I dunno. I just haven't found something as convenient as that yet.

[–] dantheclamman@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, whatever floats your boat! Firefox password manager is fine, but I have some devices where I don't use Firefox, so I need cross-platform. Plus, Bitwarden can save other stuff securely like notes, and the features it has for secure password generation work very well.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Definitely am missing those other features. πŸ™‚ That's why I've been browsing for a standalone password manager. Notes, cards, stuff like that. Password generation is readily available on Linux, or when using a sign-up form in Firefox with the proper input types. But it's not really very configurable in Firefox.

I'm really hopeful for Bitwarden now! I'm like split evenly between BW and Proton because it's also very ~~confident~~ convenient to have them in the same service, if I ever become a Proton customer, which I've been looking to possibly become some time in the future. So I'm really looking for pros and cons between them both. βš–οΈ

[–] soulfirethewolf@lemdro.id 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I would definitely agree. I would say that UI and UX are pretty important in open source.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

You mean they are especially important in open source? Because I would say they're important for all users of all software. That's why the first word is "User" 😁

Or you mean also in open source? πŸ‘

[–] SuperSpecialNickname@lemmy.ml 0 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Just because it doesn't look like it was made for old people with eyesight problems doesn't mean it's outdated.

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago

No, but it does because I was using Android when apps looked like this, and it was freaking ages ago. And it looks worse. Subjectively of course.