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

Less flippantly, I'm all for a ground up re-write, but this feels clunky. I'm not even necessarily judging it on the underlying tech here, just the end result. This feels like an Apple like "re-imagine" (that's also clunky) like when Apple went from iMovie 6 -> 7 or Final Cut Pro 7 -> X. Key features ppl relied on were missing for years until Apple restored them to the new design. I really hope that AgileBits continue to support v7 for a few years, as I won't be upgrading to this version any time soon.

We are still early in the 1Password 8 lifecycle and we will work through the issues. The rewrite was quite painful to be honest but we felt that we had to do this. It was really difficult to support multiple codebases especially when we have rapid development on 1Password.com server side that requires the client apps to keep up.

1Password 7 is being supported. We just published a new beta build this week.

Features-missing-wise, I miss being able to have a local vault as my primary vault, with a single memorable password used only for local 1Password unlock, and then have my multiple cloud vaults all added to the setup each with a SUPER complex password that I can't even remember! By adding them after my non-synced local vault it means I can have a super secure cloud passwords while maintaining a memorable one for my local devices (which are only accessible after I decrypt my FileVault and log into my Mac... etc.).

I see where you are coming from but the "single password" was a big kluge. We had many users confused why they can unlock their account on 1Password.com but not the app. Also, a lot of issues with changing passwords and with removing accounts in the app.

I would argue that it is better to use the same single memorable password for all accounts. The Secret Key provides the additional protection and there is really no need to use generated passwords.

Also, pressing Option no longer seems to reveal passwords when 1Password 8 is foremost app.

The problem with "hold Option key to reveal passwords" is that it was too easy to do that accidentally. For example, you might press ⌥⇧C or something like that. We really wanted to make 1Password 8 more "shoulder-surf" ("screenshare-surf"?) friendly and it would be bad if you could reveal your passwords by accident.

I'd love to find a better way to do this.