Experiment #3 - Nearby Items

Hello everyone,

First off all, I find it impressive to see that 1Password not only seeks feedback from the community for new experiments but also actively responds to the community's reactions. 👍🏻
When I enabled the feature, I initially had the same experience that “johnjamesjacoby” refers to in his first comment.
I was really searching for where I could edit and add “items”.
However, after 5-10 minutes of exploring and trying things out, I suddenly realized that maybe I needed to activate it for my “item” and per item itself. Eventually, I figured it out.
After that, I started to think about how this feature could actually benefit me. What is truly interesting for me about this feature? Something I’ve always run into that this now finally makes possible? After pondering it for a few more days, the answer ultimately was. No idea. At least, no real “Wow, this is genuinely going to help me” kind of idea.
Then I thought, maybe I’ve forgotten, maybe if I read the community feedback I’ll think “oh yes… that’s useful!”
Now, having read through the entire community feedback, I see a lot of enthusiasts responding and coming up with ideas.
It’s super nice to see the positive reactions and even nicer to see 1Password react so enthusiastically. That it really adds value for 1Password.
Yet, I still don’t see a superior advantage in this feature.
And that’s why I thought it’s important to share my view on this as well. (Without stepping on the toes of other enthusiasts, I do bring in some examples from them to bolster my arguments. So please don’t feel attacked, as that’s not my intention.)

My view on this feature:
To be honest, I must say that when it comes to features, I’m conservative. I have been working with 1Password for years, and in my business, I advise and implement this password manager for my clients. Why 1Password? Unlike many other password managers, the companies behind them often have other activities, and password management is just another product of such a company.
Security is the core activity of AgileBits in the form of the app 1Password. Here, they are truly masters. (As all community members will attest)
A feature like this, in my opinion, deviates from the core quality of AgileBits.
This feature is about “convenience,” and as I see it now, this feature has nothing to do with the core of security.
Maybe because I don’t see it, that could certainly also be the case, but then please explain to me where the “security” aspect of this is.
If I read it’s handy to have my PIN code directly at hand when I’m at the ATM, my first thought is, “Are there really so many people who can’t remember their PIN code. How often is this feature really going to be used?”
Insurance card at the medical doctor’s office. How often in a year do you really need to show that? Is it so much work to do a search in 1password when you need this information?
Passwords per location, why? 1Password automatically fills in the password for me wherever I am. I don’t need to search for it and then fill it in, making it convenient that my office passwords are visible first when I’m there.
Maybe it’s a cultural difference why I don’t see it. That could be. In Amsterdam, we hardly do anything with cash anymore (read here we rarely go to the ATM and know PIN codes by heart), here we maybe go to a doctor less annually, post offices here have almost all disappeared, smart locks for houses are available, but in general we just lend the physical key directly.
If you ask me, I’d say: AgileBits, stick to what you are incredibly good at; 1password's security.
And don’t add extra nice to haves to your app because that only distracts from what it should really be about.

Additionally, my advice to 1Password for every (new) feature you roll out in the lab would also be to assign a rating according to the Moscow method to the experiment in “The primary questions I'm trying to answer.”
* Must have
* Should have
* Could have
* Won't have
This also gives a good insight into how important people actually find the feature.
For now, my importance for this feature is: Won’t have

All the best to everyone.