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Re: Tap your iPhone to unlock your Mac

#61
The negativity in this thread is a perfect exemplar of the say-anything-critical-to-look-smart, "No wireless. Less space than a Nomad. Lame.", poisonous middlebrow dismissal that pg complains about.

This is an amazingly light convenience, with really solid, streamlined execution. People, it's ok to think something is good.

Re: Tap your iPhone to unlock your Mac

#62

I find this... useful. But I'm not sure why. I spent the $3.99, and it sort of feels like a novelty app... but I can see myself actually using it for it's intended purpose, so.. is it really a novelty at that point? I don't know, but I like how well it works.

Does the knock app have to be open to unlock your computer?

Re: Tap your iPhone to unlock your Mac

#67

If your page scrolls, you should have a scroll bar.

"If your page scrolls, you should have some indication that your page scrolls."

That's my approach. I don't think scrollbars are entirely necessary (and in a slide-to-slide webpage like this, having a scrollbar wouldn't really work since it'd break the UI), but having some indicator that you can scroll is necessary. It doesn't necessarily have to be a scrollbar though. Having content peeking out from beneath the fold is often enough to let the user know, "Hey! There's stuff down here! Scroll and check it out!"

Re: Tap your iPhone to unlock your Mac

#68

I dropped the $3.99 on the iOS app only to find that the Mac app wasn't compatible with my computer. Looks cool, but I was pretty disappointed that I paid money and it didn't work with no warning.

It's pretty clear in the App Store screen shots. I'm disappointed my 2011 MacBook can't use it :/

Re: Tap your iPhone to unlock your Mac

#69

+ Excellent website + Really well thought-out interactions (noticing when I download, auto installing to /Applications) + Plain-English ToS under creative commons. - An unsigned latest.zip for downloading, at least use a dmg so you can sign and have more control over the presentation - Extremely difficult to find Knock on the app store. The app could open a web page or itunes, right now I'm left searching and wading…

I disagree on the zip. dmg used to be the preferred format for reasons I never entirely fully understood, but that ship has sailed, and I think for the better. Zip is much more convenient. You can, of course, sign the app within the zip.

Re: Tap your iPhone to unlock your Mac

#70

>rolled up skinny jeans >hipster beard >authentic, vintage old storage space >edgy minimalism I am not buying it.

This is exactly DH0 [1]. I will therefore take the high ground and respond with DH1, "Of course you would say that, you're an anonymous internet troll. Crawl back into your cave."

[1]: http://www.paulgraham.com/disagree.html

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