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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 ...
@fletchni - thanks for the perspective, it's much appreciated. And yes, this thread isn't specifically about what you discussed, but your points about being a Mac user yet not really noticing many of the issues brought up in this (and other) thread(s), are well-taken.
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.
Exactly. Since each person's assessment applies only to their own user requirements and preferences, it's not wrong to make "mac-like design" one's primary or even sole criterion for how one chooses what apps and services to use. It's not even wrong to switch to another solution. But it's worth remembering that 1Password 8 for Mac is still in Early Access. Many of our Mac-based users may not even know it exists yet because they don't frequent Mac-focused subreddits or tech blogs/forums, etc. They want a product that works for them. Currently, 1Password 7 is that product because it is still our production version.
Will 1Password 8 for Mac be a change? Sure, in some ways, -- and for some users more than others, depending on how they currently use 1Password. But when we introduced 1Password 7 for Mac as the successor to version 6, it was a significant change to many user's workflow, too. We added new features, refined others, and moved some things around (much of it in response to user feedback, in fact! ;) ). And some people right here on this forum didn't like the changes, enough to leave impassioned feedback or even talk of downgrading to version 6. Same thing when we switched from 1Password 5 for Mac to 6, and so on, back into even earlier versions. Each time, we listened to feedback, incorporated some of it into later revisions, and kept working to make 1Password the best password manager available. We'll do the same this time as well, keeping in mind that the result won't be everyone's choice.
