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Acrylic team joins Facebook (blog.acrylicapps.com)
16 points by iamhenry 5082 days ago
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Great. Facebook just bought the application that manages my passwords. That makes me feel good.
This might just be the quote of the decade! Yes, I know I'll get downvoted.

Not to bring my sour notes from the discussion on the just announced Sparrow team acquisition but the Acrylic blog post mentions that the products and services remain and the wording makes it appear to be a hire(not an acquisition) if that makes you feel any safer.

Yeah, calvinlough and antr mentioned that. Not actually all that worried.

Although, I'm not a huge fan of the lack of attention that these products will be getting because of the creators being sucked into big companies.

This sounds more like he applied for and got a job at Facebook, rather than a formal acquisition. As far as I know, Acrylic is a one person team.
on the blog post Dustin mentions that FB is not buying the software, so its a pure hire
Could somebody please enlighten me as to how one would go about utilizing 100% of the bevy of high caliber design talent that Facebook has amassed? Facebook products don't change very often, I'm rather curious as what it is they plan to do there.
Prevent them from creating facebook competitors?
They do, subtly. It's only major overhauls that are rare. However, I think they'll be working on mobile apps a fair bit and the subtleties of interaction, since Google+ has grown in leaps and bounds through major design overhauls (both the new app and web interface are very good looking and good to use) and flashy ad campaigns. I guess they're trying to pre-empt the effect the relatively good-looking Facebook had on disgruntled MySpace users jumping ship from over-customised profiles.
I just hope they open source wallet for the community to maintain/develop. I use it every day, and was looking forward using it on Mountain Lion
You could switch to 1Password and yes I realize this would cost something though for the information in question revenue to support ongoing development and maintenance seems reasonable. The AgileBits folks are very solid and I don't see them being aqui-hired anytime soon, and I've used 1P for years with little to no trouble.
... but 1Password isn't as pretty...