LastPass Gets A Makeover (kinda) • Hacker News Board

Re: LastPass Gets A Makeover (kinda)

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Post by cwhitaker01 » Thu, May 31, 2012, 3:55 AM UTC

petitmiam wrote: post #9

Nice. I think the font is too big. I can only see roughly 20 items on screen at a time, compared too 35 on the original site. Besides that, it seems to capture all the functionality of the original site, while giving it a fresher look.

Thanks for the input, I put this design together in a couple spare hours while at SXSW in March. I know with the appropriate amount of time I could drill down the functionality and overall design.

But this is what I create in a few hours... just to show any redesign is a huge difference.

Re: LastPass Gets A Makeover (kinda)

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Post by cwhitaker01 » Thu, May 31, 2012, 3:58 AM UTC

I did this redesign for Lastpass. I actually mocked it up in a few spare hours while at SXSW in Austin last March, so the design is far from perfect

Lastpass is an application I use daily, and it holds some of my most sensitive information. It also has one of the worst User Interfaces out there.

Good design can really give you a sense of security. Look at Mint.com; a site that asks for your bank account logins.

Re: LastPass Gets A Makeover (kinda)

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Post by twodayslate » Thu, May 31, 2012, 4:01 AM UTC

Why would I ever want to share a password? Not everything has to be social.

Re: LastPass Gets A Makeover (kinda)

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Post by jblock » Thu, May 31, 2012, 4:06 AM UTC

I guess a better question would be whether the interface is a factor in retaining customers at Lastpass. Clearly, their showpiece isn't the web interface--it's the ubiquity through all their browser extensions and apps so that you rarely need to go through said interface.

At the same time, I agree with other posters. It's low-density to the nth degree. I go to the lastpass web interface because I need to quickly sift through hundreds of websites to find a single password. I don't want to spend my time scrolling and waiting for animations. It looks pretty, in that it looks like 90% of websites shown on HN. That doesn't mean its all that suitable for the task at hand.

Re: LastPass Gets A Makeover (kinda)

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Post by yohui » Thu, May 31, 2012, 4:42 AM UTC

twodayslate wrote: post #23

Why would I ever want to share a password? Not everything has to be social.

Ask LastPass. That's copied from their current interface.

And I imagine it could be useful if you knew another LastPass user and wanted to pass along an account. Though that's probably a fringe case, and I agree that it seems incongruous for a password service to encourage "sharing".