1Password 8 - Non-native feel

@mia - if it wasn't clear, I'm an employee here as well. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't accidentally confusing or appearing to deceive anyone. The orange post header banners are the main "tell" for who is staff and who is community, and you can also click our profiles to verify the 1Password logo on it if you like.

I've heard the negative comments about Electron and the arguments against it just doesn't seem that compelling to me. The app runs fast.... Very fast.

Yep, and it's only going to get faster, and smoother, over time. Most people have their "bright lines" of what something they're willing to spend money on must have or can't have, and those will vary with individuals' tastes. We're aware we won't please everyone; that's why there are other offerings. What I will confess to not understanding is a perspective that places the requirement of specific local app UI toolkit seemingly above all other considerations, but that's the great thing: everyone gets to choose.

Glad you like Psst! sharing. It's a long-awaited feature that took a significant amount of care to make sure it was being done correctly and securely. Regarding other "3rd party-dependent" features, your point is well-taken, and we do develop features that are within our core wheelhouse when we can. Unfortunately, while we've grown substantially in the last couple of years, we're still nowhere near the size of Apple, meaning we don't already run our own email servers and infrastructure -- nor could we spin such a thing up quickly or easily. It would be great if we could, and who knows, someday we might have the kind of capacity to take on a large project like that quickly!

But even if we did, one of the things that's kept us at the forefront of the password management space over the years is a continual re-dedication to remembering to focus on the things that best suit our core offering (usable privacy and security), as well as our current resources. As I'm sure you can imagine, we've gotten tons of requests for all sorts of things over the years, and I place a lot of our success on us knowing how to choose the right ones for the right moment. Some suggestions are simply too big and not attainable at the moment they're offered. Some don't fit well with what we're trying to offer overall. Others are great and get adopted. And there are a myriad of other variations and reasons. We had our masked email feature well under development when Apple debuted their own offering, which maybe wasn't the ideal timing for us, but Apple don't share their roadmaps with us and there wasn't much we could (or can) do about the timing of Apple's feature releases. We love Apple's implementation, and for those who want to stick solely within the Apple ecosystem, it can be a great addition. But, in much the same way that 1Password itself works across browsers and platforms in a way that iCloud keychain does not, partnering with a great email provider like Fastmail means users can now enjoy the masked email feature wherever their digital life takes them.

Either way, both your passion and your comments are always appreciated, and I hope you'll stick around and continue to tell us what you think. :) :+1: