I have used it off and on from the time it came out and love how it aggregates many of the apps I use everyday. Nevertheless, I find myself leaving Station for standalone apps/web apps for three reasons:
1. By aggregating all the apps I use, it invites almost as much distraction as the open web :) I would love it if there was a distraction free mode that locks Station for X amount of time in a pre-chosen cluster of apps. That way, I get to work with all the apps in my current workflow while being protected from the big bad web out there.
2. Resource use: not only does it become slower with multiple apps open, my laptop fan spins like crazy. Not the silent meditation I want as I attempt to enter a flow state.
3. My mental UNIX wants to work on one thing at a time and do that well. When I am in UNIX mode (i.e., whenever I am not distracted by the spawn of Zuck and Jack) I use the native/web app for that specific use case. I know switching out of that one app into another takes time, but it's still under my control.
In all, I am wondering if by recreating a full-fledged OS for apps Station is replicating the very problem that it's trying to eradicate.
1. Good idea, this is definitely something we have in mind as we look to revamp our dock and the way we handle notifications across all your apps
2. Improving performances is one of our main focus at the moment. You should definitely see improvements over the next few weeks and months.
3. Interesting. Actually one of the developers in our team has edited the app to remove the dock so he is not distracted by the icons on the left side. Essentially what would help you here is having some sort of full-screen mode that allows you to stay focused on one app only without being distracted by the Station interface.
The frustration we are trying to address is the way browsers handle applications. Indeed we could end up replicating the very problem we were trying to eradicate if we end up just creating yet another browser. We started from a blank page for that very reason - so we could in fact build the best experience possible for web apps. I do believe it gives us enough freedom to avoid running into the same issues you can find on traditional browsers. The future will tell!
1. By aggregating all the apps I use, it invites almost as much distraction as the open web :) I would love it if there was a distraction free mode that locks Station for X amount of time in a pre-chosen cluster of apps. That way, I get to work with all the apps in my current workflow while being protected from the big bad web out there.
2. Resource use: not only does it become slower with multiple apps open, my laptop fan spins like crazy. Not the silent meditation I want as I attempt to enter a flow state.
3. My mental UNIX wants to work on one thing at a time and do that well. When I am in UNIX mode (i.e., whenever I am not distracted by the spawn of Zuck and Jack) I use the native/web app for that specific use case. I know switching out of that one app into another takes time, but it's still under my control.
In all, I am wondering if by recreating a full-fledged OS for apps Station is replicating the very problem that it's trying to eradicate.