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Former Member
4 years ago1Password 8 - Non-native feel
Like many Mac users, I was greatly disappointed to read that 1Password is moving to Electron. I firmly believe that Electron is a bad framework for app development, and the 1Password 8 beta does not ...
Former Member
4 years agoChoosing to use Electron is the best choice for Agile Bits from a business perspective.
As a Mac user I honor and pay happily for apps that make the Mac great to use.
1Password used to be such an app but now it isn’t anymore. You chose to provide a web view as an app on all platforms. This is what your app basically is now.
I want to use apps that are great Mac citizens and integrate with macOS in every possible way. 1P8 cannot be such an app. Add to that the excessive resource usage, the bad web interface that has nothing to do with how good Mac apps work, and you can understand why Mac users are disappointed.
You just killed 1Password on the Mac and it would be better if you just drop support for the platform all together.
Text rendering, scrolling behavior and UI controls will always feel bad on an Electron app.
You have changed direction and focus as a company and I understand it. Just don’t try to pretend that your choice is great for Mac users. It ain’t and you deserve to get all the heat and bad publicity for that.
The right way to develop a cross platform app is by developing separate apps for each platform that fully takes advantage each platform. Not by using a framework that results in apps that just are native nowhere.
Since roustem mentioned ATP I would suggest that he listens carefully to what John Siracusa said. Electron is just lazy and provides a mediocre experience on all platforms. I guess congratulations are in order.
I am one step away of uninstalling 1P7 from all my systems. My subscription was cancelled and the only way for me to change my mind is if Agile Bits reverts its plans and drops Electron on the Mac.