several issues after upgrading to V8 — is it possible to downgrade back to V7?

The board ate my last post, hopefully this doesn't become a duplicate. If it does, kindly disregard.

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Since this seems to be turning into a feedback thread, I'll throw in my 10 cents.

I've been on 1Password 8 for a week or two and I can't say I'm a fan. There's a few reasons . . .

1 - In many ways the UX feels like a step sideways. It's hard for me to quantify since I'm not a UX analyst, it just feels strange (and mostly not in a good way) whereas previous version changes always felt like a mostly positive improvement. An example that sticks out at me is the Watchtower score - is it really necessary to show a 3 second counting animation every time I click on that page, much less a "Share my score" button that I (without question) will NEVER use?

2 - The Search bar used to filter actively as you type, showing you the first record that matched your search alphabetically - now I get a dropdown with the closest matches but I have to hit the Return key to see them. I'd really like the previous functionality back.

3 - I HATE that "Keep 1Password in the menu bar" can't be disabled without sacrificing browser plugin experience (Safari, Firefox). Until now I never kept 1Password in my menu bar because it didn't add any value that a keyboard shortcut didn't - now I have to have it enabled (or suffer several extra clicks) and I'm unhappy about it. Before you think me strange, consider the Windows System Tray (Notification Area, whatever) - it started out innocuously enough but quickly became a dumpster fire, and I don't want that same thing on my Mac.

I'll be honest, I'm not considering moving to a different password manager, and I get you're not looking backward at v7. I genuinely like what you bring to the table with 1Password, and I hope you accept this feedback in the spirit it's meant - improving v8.

PS - THANK YOU for the Appearance Density preference - had I been stuck with "Comfortable" density I would have backdated to v7 and lived with it until it broke!!

EDIT: After some Googling, it seems that my feedback (at least item #1, possibly all 3) is due to the fact that 1Password 8 is an Electron app and not native. I genuinely didn’t know that when I made this post, so please read this feedback as coming from who loves the Mac (has since the late 80s) and was evaluating v7 vs v8 without the tinge of the Electron drama I’m sure you’re all sick to death of.

But still . . . sigh.