Electron

I’d also like to register my concern over switching to Electron for the Mac app. I’ve been a customer since v2 and the most important feature to me has always been that 1Password is a well made, truly native app in the Apple ecosystem.

Even if performance issues with Electron turn out to be a complete non-issue, there are still inherent limitations with the Electron user experience that cannot be worked around. These have already been mentioned by others, such as menus being unable to go beyond the boundaries of windows, not working correctly with macOS work spaces, navigation discrepancies and many other small annoyances. I cannot see any amount of skill or dedication addressing these in a satisfactory way using Electron.

Personally I’d love to see the team dust off the SwiftUI front end. I would much rather wait a good long while for a SwiftUI version than move to the non-native Electron version in a month or two. I can certainly see how it’s easier on the development team to consolidate code bases and drop support for v7, but in the process the app is in danger of losing one of its most compelling features, compared to other offerings that often have lower price points.

For now I’ll stay on v7 which I’m really very happy with, and hope for a native front end version at some point down the line.