Add ability to choose a custom coordination server
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Re: Add ability to choose a custom coordination server
#2Big for tailscale IMO. Will just drastically increase the footprint of tailscale even when different control servers. Might lead to some form of federation protocol.
Re: Add ability to choose a custom coordination server
#3That's great!
What about iOS?
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#4That's great! What about iOS?
This has apparently been possible for a long time on iOS but you have to use an MDM profile to change the setting. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28573354
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#5Its really impressive how much Tailscale care about the UX of the whole product all the way down to the level of not over complicating their menus.
The whole Tailscale experience for an enduser (ie not Tailscale admin) is so much nicer than compared with something like OpenVPN in a place without MDM.
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#6Its really impressive how much Tailscale care about the UX of the whole product all the way down to the level of not over complicating their menus. The whole Tailscale experience for an enduser (ie not Tailscale admin) is so much nicer than compared with something like OpenVPN in a place without MDM.
Good UX is the whole point since they build on top of WireGuard which is already available, no?
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#7I love Tailscale but I am wary of allowing them access into my personal network. This way, I can use them for my stuff without my paranoia getting in the way, and I can recommend the hosted option for work, as it works perfectly.
Re: Add ability to choose a custom coordination server
#8Its really impressive how much Tailscale care about the UX of the whole product all the way down to the level of not over complicating their menus. The whole Tailscale experience for an enduser (ie not Tailscale admin) is so much nicer than compared with something like OpenVPN in a place without MDM.
> down to the level of not over complicating their menus
to be fair, their mobile UX has plenty of warts and behaviors that don't match platform expectations and are confusing (like what happens when you tap on any of the listed machines that you have access to).
This one seems to at least have been partially motivated by making sure that accessing tailscale without paying is not too visible.
I'm saying this as a huge fan (and paying customer) of tailscale.
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#9Believe it or not, this increases the likelihood of me recommending Tailscale for business use. Good for them!
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#10One interesting thing about Tailscale Android App is that it uses Gio UI(Golang GUI Framework).