1Password 8 Feedback

Just installed 1P8, and I'm loving the update for the most part. I'm having trouble with a behavior that worked in 1P7, but I'm not sure how to do it in 1P8.

I routinely run several different browsers. I used to be able to launch 1Password mini with a shortcut key, type to filter the list, then hit enter on a site I want to open and fill. This would result in the site being opened in the active browser window (Safari, Chrome, Brave, Firefox).

With Quick Access, hitting enter opens the page in my default browser (Safari) regardless of which browser had focus when I launched quick access. It looks like Shift+Enter detects the application with focus, but assumes I'm sending the login to the browser application itself rather than opening the site in the browser and filling the login. Loading the page before launching quick access does cause the shift+enter shortcut to fill the password on the page in a non-default browser, but that means I have to grab the url out of 1P first before applying the login.

I can confirm 1P detects (e.g.) Firefox when I'm autofilling (Shift+Enter), because I get the warning about 1P not being able to determine if Firefox should have access to the login. There just doesn't seem to be a way to launch and fill in a non-default browser through quick access.

I know I can click the 1P extension icon in Firefox/Chrome/Brave to launch and fill in one of these browsers, but there's no shortcut key to open the extension, and it wouldn't be a universal action like Quick Access is. It would be really nice if the Quick Access screen used the browser window with focus as its first option, followed by a new default browser window as its second option if there is no browser with focus.

I also noticed that unlocking vaults using the Apple Watch is spotty at best. It used to work 95% of the time in 1Password 7. In 1Password 8 my experience is less than 50% of the time. Plus, now I have to enter individual password for both my vaults. I am thinking of going back to 1Password 7! The added annoyances are like an itch that won't stop. I hope it gets better soon.

I tried 1password 8 for a week, and I downgraded back to 7. I miss the old menu bar drop down, the ease of access for generating passwords, and all of the interface items that were easily accessible and standard in 1password 7. I understand that 1password 8 is trying to be more minimalist, but I prefer the easy accessibility and functionality. Bring 1password 7 menus and interface back!

I've been using 1password 7 for a long time and it has been great. Recently upgraded to 1password 8 and downgraded again. I've had two specific issues with 1password 8 on MacOS 12.

1. Frequent hanging when attempting to fill passwords in to websites (using Brave browser)
2. User flow to get OTP is significantly poorer (and again is further aggravated by the lag / hanging). The number of key strokes required to get an OTP into a terminal application is much longer

A feature that I thought was great was that 1password 8 seemed to be able to much better fill in fields in OKTA, and even could fill in the OTP (when it worked). I believe using the accessibility features to get the job done is a pretty good approach, but it really can't come at the cost of the user's ability to gain back control when the automations don't work.

The primary function of the app is a password database with a search feature, and we should be able to access passwords and OTPs easily when the autofill doesn't work. Everything else is secondary.

I feel like after the downgrade, I would stick to 1password 7 until I can have the confidence that 1password 8 fixes things, or 1password 9 comes along hopefully, as it really isn't feasible to check continually whether 1password 8 has fixed these issues.