A few dumb questions immediately after installing 1Password 8 on Mac

gussic

Our Lead Designer, Dan Peterson talks more in-depth about why we changed how categories work over here. It might be worth a read!

Thanks @kaitlyn - it'd be great to get feedback from the dev team if they're around.

I have to say, the new App looks very pretty and feels fast when using it, but the switch to Electron has made it more resource hungry than the old 1P7 - I must admit there are a number of things (like this issue and the Electron issue) that have me gravely concerned for the future of 1P.

Thanks for the feedback, gussic and @mikebore! It's been passed to the rest of the team here at 1Password. I don't know the reasoning behind the move to a new place, no. Perhaps someone from the development team can chime in, though.

@kaitlyn I agree with gussic. It is not a big change but it is in the wrong direction. If it enables some worthwhile benefit in use cases not applicable to gussic and me I will accept it.

@kaitlyn - Thanks - but yes as you've noted having to click to select a drop down find the item then click in again etc - all needlessly inefficient. I'd prefer it being brought back into the sidebar, or the option at least so that people who like it that way can still use it.

Can I ask why this was taken away in thee first place? Surely I can't be the only person to see that this is not particularly user friendly?

gussic – You shouldn't need to scroll to the top to find "All Categories." It's fixed, so it should remain available to click no matter where you're at in your scrolling journey. I'll pass along your feedback regarding having the option to select categories directly in the sidebar, though, that way we can track how many folks miss it. I'd be happy with a keyboard shortcut, myself, which I can only hope is on the roadmap. :)

ref: dev/projects/customer-feature-requests#844

I agree with gussic ...this is a retrograde step in usability, with no obvious benefit. The sidebar where the Categories used to appear is now a big empty space (on my setup) so not being used for anything else.

@kaitlyn Thank you - I can see that :)

Is there a way to get it to display permanently on the sidebar? It isn't a great user experience to have scroll to the top and click a drop down list to then select the category you want, find the item, then go back up to a dropdown list select the next category and so on. It seems like a huge reversion in usability and number of clicks?

gussic – Sure thing! You can access all of your categories by clicking "All Categories" in the screenshot below.

Let me know if you have any trouble. I'm glad to help. :)

@Kaitlyn random question - how do you get the 1P8 EA to show 'Categories' like it did before - i.e. Logins, Credit Cards, Documents etc? These all used to be in the sidebar, and were very useful.