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The OwnPass server application.
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Organizing credentials and notes in folders #5

Open waltertamboer opened 8 years ago

waltertamboer commented 8 years ago

When dealing with big amount of credentials and notes, it would be great if they can be organized in a folder structure. This way credentials and notes can be grouped in categories (the folders).

ei8fdb commented 8 years ago

Organising passwords into folders

I currently store my passwords in various folders inside my password manager. And it confuses the hell out of me!

I always come up with weird ways to save my passwords, and I end up forgetting why I put that password in *there. :)

A first step might be to give the user a powerful, and fast search facility. Design wise it would be very simple. It might be difficult from a development point of view?

If you like I can sketch something up to explain how it could work?

Organising passwords into folders would be useful. Once the goal of the software "to manage and protect passwords" was successful.

Notes

I see "notes" as an added, secondary feature - not central to the main function of a password manager.

Yes nice to have, but after the main purpose of the password manager has been achieved.

waltertamboer commented 8 years ago

Good point, search might even be more important than organizing into folders (?)

It might be difficult from a development point of view?

It depends on the things we search on. Currently we don't have that much data available.

It would be fairly simple to just search in these columns for matching results. It's not like we need an extensive searching functionality. At least, I guess?

If you like I can sketch something up to explain how it could work?

The more sketches, the better :+1: :)

I see "notes" as an added, secondary feature - not central to the main function of a password manager.

I agree but we should keep in mind that one maybe wants to save passwords not related to websites directly. For example, the WIFI password, or the password of a safe.