[Feature]: Guest Mode / Use Without Account

[williamcheuk03]

Is your feature request related to a problem?

Currently, the first screen requires registration (email/google login).

Describe the solution you'd like

Adding a "Skip" or "Continue as Guest" option on the onboarding screen.

Describe alternatives you've considered

No response

Priority

Critical - Blocking my usage

Implementation Complexity (your estimate)

None

Additional context

No response

Code of Conduct

• I agree to follow this project's Code of Conduct

[nbvgoodman]

in the faq from the website you can find:

Do I need an account to use Lokus?

No account required! Lokus is fully local:

No sign-up process
No login credentials
No email verification
No terms of service to accept
No data collection

Just download, install, and start using it. Your data stays on your computer.

yet an account is somehow required in the first screen.

[Leta-de-Fiasco]

I created account just to say that I like the app idea, BUT I'm not gonna use anything that SUPPOSED to be OFFLINE and PRIVATE, BUT, for some VERY SUSPICEOUS REASON trying to IDENTIFY me and SEND MY DATA to the internet, ESPECIALLY, when there is NO SYNC FUNCTION

[CodeWithInferno]

Hey everyone, i understand the concern we implimented the login feature just for the upcoming features we are working on like sync with mobile using P2P technology and also just to have a idea how is the app performing no data of what note u take will ever go out, the
No sign-up process
No login credentials
No email verification
No terms of service to accept
No data collection
is my bad i didnt update it in the app i will surely add continue as guest feature in next release, I am a small developer learning so please forgive me for these mistakes and i will make sure this doesnt happen again thank you for reporting the problem

[williamcheuk03]

Hey everyone, i understand the concern we implimented the login feature just for the upcoming features we are working on like sync with mobile using P2P technology and also just to have a idea how is the app performing no data of what note u take will ever go out, the No sign-up process No login credentials No email verification No terms of service to accept No data collection is my bad i didnt update it in the app i will surely add continue as guest feature in next release, I am a small developer learning so please forgive me for these mistakes and i will make sure this doesnt happen again thank you for reporting the problem

When will the next release be available?

[CodeWithInferno]

later today or tomorrow @williamcheuk03

[CodeWithInferno]

@nbvgoodman @williamcheuk03 @Leta-de-Fiasco Fixed and now u can use it with new release 1.1.0

[Leta-de-Fiasco]

@nbvgoodman @williamcheuk03 @Leta-de-Fiasco Fixed and now u can use it with new release 1.1.0

Am I blind, or there is still no guest mode actually?

[CodeWithInferno]

make it full screen and its below for some reason in windows its not in frame @Leta-de-Fiasco

[CodeWithInferno]

[CodeWithInferno]

and honestly we would prefer to have a email because i have noticed people are spamming the app and also its good to have that so we can have your review there are only 2 emails sent by lokus to customer so far which were surveys, so signing up wont be a problem

[Leta-de-Fiasco]

If "spamming the app" means with issues reported by button(that does not work in my setup btw), then just make it accessible only after login. If you mean something other, that would be against your claims about no data collection. And I don't want even these 2 trash emails, and I'm sure nobody (except explicitly signed to receive) wants.

I just want clean app, that don't tries to get under my skin, identify me and leak my data to whoever.
For people like me even your "sign in" on start looks ominous and shady, you don't expect that from "private local app", sync has to be only an option in the settings.