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Affinity Studio now free

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1. danpalmer ◴[] No.45766683[source]
Using this free desktop app requires Canva sign-in, ok fine, I can stomach that, it's free after all.

Signing in launches a browser to complete the sign-in process, but on macOS it launches Safari, not my OS default browser – this takes extra work to do over just using the `openUrl` call on macOS. Safari is blocked.

Thankfully something on my system redirects the URL opening to pass it to my orgs enforced browser, I sign-in, and then nothing happens. The page says it has launched Affinity, but Affinity is sitting there doing nothing waiting for me to log in.

I realise I'm on a somewhat non-standard setup, but an OAuth login flow is not hard to get right. I've built dozens of these flows in my career and messing it up this much is hard.

Edit:

> To report a bug within the application, click the "?" button in the top-right corner of the workspace. From the panel, select "Report a Bug".

This menu is not accessible until you have signed in. No other method of bug reporting is provided.

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2. Torn ◴[] No.45767982[source]
I've had good experience contacting canva support in the past who've checked things with engineering teams, you should be able to contact them about their new affinity sign-in