Concerns About 1P 8 for Mac from a Web and Software Developer

Thank you for your honest feedback. Many of the issues you mention are expected to be addressed. But some, like the number and kind of preferences will be different in version 8.

1Password 8 represents a ground-up rewrite for us, one in which we have gotten serious about sharing core functionality between all platforms (Mac, iOS, Linux, Windows, Android). Another aspect of this goal was a more unified UI design between platforms. Originally, we were writing the Mac version in Apple's new SwiftUI framework instead of Electron. I think if we had continued along that path, many of these same issues would still be present - because it's a new code base, there are a lot of parts missing, and a lot of parts without polish.

Mini is a good example where we lost our way a bit with version 7, and many saw it as a downgrade from version 6. I can tell you that the team working on mini v8 (now named Quick Access) is all about user experience, user testing, optimizing navigation flows, etc... It's a rethink of what 1Password mini should be. And it will be better to use. It's just in a _ very early_ form right now.