1Password 8 - Non-native feel

I'm not sure why, but I read the entire thread this morning. I am not a developer nor a deep technologist, but I am a personal Mac user and have used 1Password personally since almost the very beginning. I am also CIO for a mid-size (c. 1,200 people) company, where windows is our primary user platform (80%) with a more or less equal distribution of 10% for Macs and Linux clients.

We are also half-way through an evaluation project at acquire a new enterprise password manager platform, not only for a number of specific business use-cases but also to provide the tool to each and every user in the company to reinforce user behaviour when it comes to Information Security. We have come across some client and user experiences which (even if the enterprise back-end was strong) I would not inflict upon my worst enemies. 1Password remains the highest-rated for UX (and not just because of the cross-platform - we would always need to give priority to Windows).

I understand the feedback in this thread from a large number of dedicated Mac users, regarding the feel of real integration both from a functional as well as a UX perspective. But I have not personally reacted this way (I didn't even notice the "X" to close preferences was on the top right until I read this thread). Now that people have mentioned performance, I can see that the refresh of an item's icon is visibly not instant (like 0.25 second), but I don't feel it myself.

I choose applications based on their functionality, performance, and user experience. This means I need to have Word, Office, and Excel on my Mac, along with OneDrive and OneNote. I use many apps in the web browser, where my day is bombarded with different design-related user experiences (good and bad). And the reason I love the Mac platform in my personal life is the amazing hardware and its native integration with the OS. Not because I want every app to follow every design rule in the MacOS playbook.

Finally, what prompted me to write, was the other aspects of the 1Password proposition and service. Users here have talked about moving away from 1Password (and I get that, especially if you manage everything in your own environment without a subscription); but when it comes to Information Security, trust and transparency (although it took a while for 1Password as company to become transparent), it is hard to find another service provider. Nothing of this has been mentioned in this thread (although I realise the focus is on being a native Mac App).