Try out Chrome frame. It's an IE plugin that uses Chrome's rendering engine instead of IE's. It can be installed without admin privileges so it should work in almost all work environments. http://www.google.com/chromeframe
Just so no one else is confused like I was for a few seconds - it's nothing of the sort. This is one guy's take at "redesigning" a popular site.
In fact, I'd really appreciate if a mod could retitle the site, because "LastPass gets a makeover (kinda)" implies a slight but official makeover, rather than "kinda LastPass" gets a makeover.
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.
LastPass (which is awesome, by the way) gets used maybe 15 seconds a day... I'd say that keeping the interface high-density and therefore fast is more important than aesthetics.
Almost all interaction with LastPass is done through the browser bar anyways. You only have to go into the website when you've got a complicated thing to do.
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".
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.
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[ 360 ms ] story [ 2941 ms ] threadI'm at work, so maybe Lastpass wouldn't be something I would use here anyway.
Edit: I should note that I did eventually open it in Firefox and it looked very sleek.
I can choose to use a Firefox stand alone install, but that does not have flash set up. And the world is still lonely without it.
In essence, I have been too lazy to find a better solution than the "it's there and it just works" solution..
LastPass is almost certainly going to have 1% or fewer visitors using IE8.
It would be absolutely reasonable if their site looked ugly to users of unpopular, old browsers that weren’t even good when they were knew.
In fact, I'd really appreciate if a mod could retitle the site, because "LastPass gets a makeover (kinda)" implies a slight but official makeover, rather than "kinda LastPass" gets a makeover.
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.
But this is what I create in a few hours... just to show any redesign is a huge difference.
Almost all interaction with LastPass is done through the browser bar anyways. You only have to go into the website when you've got a complicated thing to do.
Why are the mass applicable actions thrown in with completely random things. LastPass is an eye-sore, but it's 10x more functional than this.
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.
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".
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.