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1Password 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 ...
The simple answer there?
Electron apps near universally suck. An app being electron based is a near certain indicator it will be poor to use and suck up system resources.
While 1P8 is a much better electron implementation than most, you’re still replacing a first class native app with one that doesn’t fit macOS’s UI design.
That’s why there’s such a backlash. If you’d never had a really good native app at all, people would care a lot less.
