1Password 6 for Windows Preferences section

wkleem

I am uncertain if anything can be changed, but I dislike the new 1Password 6 for Windows Preferences vs the old 1Password 4 for Windows Prefs layout.

It appears incomplete but I still prefer the older "Tabbed" version.

Also, I hope that 1Password 6 Win will be available in 64bits as presently, the 32bit version is installed.

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1Password Version: 1Password 6.0.156d
Extension Version: Not Provided
OS Version: Windows 7
Sync Type: Not Provided

AGAlumB

@wkleem: We definitely want to add 64-bit down the road, but 32-bit has the advantage of covering just about everyone (except those poor souls stuck on Windows RT/ARM) while we're focused on building the new app.

Thanks for the feedback on the preferences! I'll admit to not being a fan...of either the old or new style. There's definitely room for improvement, and it's something we'll iterate on over time. Cheers! :)

wkleem

Hi

Mac Preferences?
https://support.1password.com/guides/mac/general-preferences.html

Windows v4 Preferences
https://support.1password.com/guides/windows/preferences-general.html

SergeyTheAgile

@wkleem nothing set in stone, but I'm not promising anything :) We tried tabs and it didn't work well with new app. From what I know it will be refined many more times in the future as we add more things to control (and we are trying to do more by less, so hopefully not too many things to control).

As for 32/64 bits... actually this app is architecture agnostic, it's .NET MSIL, which means it will compile on your first run to your CPU. We just used "Prefer 32 bits" flag, that way app runs in 32 bits even when it could run in 64. The reason is quite simple - unless app needs 2GB+ of memory to operate, there is little of value to have 64 bit process. Even worse, every internal pointer to allocated memory will require 8 bytes instead of 4, which will lead to more memory consumption.

EDIT: I just realized that we actually have this flag off (I personally took it off few months ago) to avoid 32 bit process running on 64 bit systems, as it caused confusion to people. The app is adopting to your CPU - you have 64 bit system, it will be 64 bit 1Password, otherwise it will be 32 bit 1Password. It installs into C:\Program Files (x86) folder because of installer have had to had one location and we defaulted to the place that exists in both worlds.

MikeT

Just to be clear, 1Password 6 is 64-bit ready already but it will be installed to Program Files (x86) directory because of a limitation in the installer.

You can confirm this easily via Task Manager:

AGAlumB

Indeed, I made a stupid mistake and was staring at my machine with the old (version 4) app for too long. Sorry for any confusion I may have caused anyone else!

wkleem

1Password 6 64bit in the x86 Program Files Folder? That sounds like what Firefox 64bit so doing.

AGAlumB

@wkleem: Yep! It's much easier to have a uniform location when it comes to dealing with "security" software, so I can imagine Firefox may be doing it for a similar reason — even more important with corporate policies.

MikeT

Hi guys,

It's a limitation in our installer, we want it to pick the right folder based on the CPU type but it requires a fixed location. So, we chose the Program Files (x86) for now.

/cc @brenty