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Move Notes into General tab under fields in preview pane [$40 awarded] #1564

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TheZ3ro

TheZ3ro commented on Feb 28, 2018

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On small screens (1360*720) the Notes text field can't fit below there

phoerious

phoerious commented on Feb 28, 2018

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I prefer keep them panel as small as possible. Having a huge notes field there seems like a lot of wasted screen space. I don't want to maximize the KeePassXC window only to fit the panel.

droidmonkey

droidmonkey commented on Mar 1, 2018

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I do not agree with this change.

diimdeep

diimdeep commented on Mar 1, 2018

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It's just that I have been using almost every KeePass compatible client, recently more often MacPass and KeeWeb and I can't look without crying at KeePassXC current UI and UX.
It is small changes like this or complete UI redesign or else.

diimdeep

diimdeep commented on Mar 1, 2018

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Why even have tabs, this is 2009 KeePassX 0.4.4 as example
screen shot 2018-03-01 at 21 09 57

Comparing allocated screen space, in current KeePassXC, General tab not very good.

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droidmonkey

droidmonkey commented on Mar 1, 2018

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Compromise: if the details panel is currently set large enough, the notes get put in the available space below the expiration.

phoerious

phoerious commented on Mar 1, 2018

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You can definitely size the panel down. It doesn't look like it's at its minimum size.

TheZ3ro

TheZ3ro commented on Mar 1, 2018

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From one side people asking for keeping UX as close as KeePass, at the other side people asking for completely rewrite the UI cause doesn't fit.

Ready, steady, fight!!

dprime

dprime commented on Apr 1, 2018

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I definitely agree that the notes content should be viewable by default when navigated to. Eg, for my online banking entries I keep things like secret words,places, account numbers etc in the notes field. Having to constantly switch tab to the notes is a bit pointless. Especially when the general tab appears to just be repeated data from the main view anyway? Why not just remove the general tab or relegate it to some non-default tab and promote notes to the default?

droidmonkey

droidmonkey commented on Apr 1, 2018

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With the new extended columns, the default tab is rather useless

TheZ3ro

TheZ3ro commented on Apr 2, 2018

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Placing the notes view as default tab in the preview panel will conflict with the current behavior as in #541 and #342
Note: the hidden notes feature is not enforced in the preview panel right now

Also the same reasoning about the main view apply to notes as well.
You can select the notes field to be displayed on there

diimdeep

diimdeep commented on Apr 2, 2018

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IMHO this features is just unnecessary friction in UI, because after main password is entered only thing necessary is time to reach information.

TheZ3ro

TheZ3ro commented on Apr 2, 2018

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Time to reach information -> Shoulder surfing

Hiding notes it's not just an UI feature, it's a security countermeasure. If you store secrets in Notes and additional attributes they should behave like a password field.
Maybe some people prefer seeing passwords and secrets in clear text in the main view, but it shouldn't be a default

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