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snozdop
Super Contributor
5 years ago

Overcoming 25+ years of muscle-memory

I see that in the 3 months since the first 1Password 8 for Mac early access release there have been numerous comments about the non-standard Preferences window UI and close button positioning. I a...
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rctneil
Super Contributor
5 years ago

I'm 100% with you on this.

Especially this bit: "my mouse pointer STILL automatically heads off to the top-left of the Preferences window expecting find the close button EVERY SINGLE TIME. I then have to consciously make the effort to look to the top-right to find the non-standard X button to click. It's annoying." That exact process happens. Cognitively frustrating.

I think there are two possibilities here:

  1. Move the close button to the left just on MacOS. (not perfect but acceptable)

  2. Switch the Preferences window to be a real popup window that uses native traffic light controls. (Better)