Windows 1Password vs Browser extensions

Former Member has offered some great perspective here!

One of the nice things about the 1Password apps is that they can be used in different ways, or you can omit certain ones entirely.

I likewise think of 1Password in the browser as my "daily driver" - I can do a quick lookup of credentials here, generate a new login, and so on. This is the app that also makes it possible for 1Password to auto-fill passwords into your browser, so I consider it a key piece of software for that reason.

When it comes to more full-featured editing, I much prefer the 1Password desktop app. This is where I do things with Collections, check over Watchtower results, remove any duplicates, erroneous items, or no-longer-valid logins, and work with Secure Notes.

When I need to fill a username / password combination into an app, or pull a login really fast for some other non-browser destination, I use Ctrl + Shift + Space to call up Quick Access.

But that's me - and for the most part, there's no one right way to use 1Password. While we do believe that the apps work best together, if your current setup with 1Password in Firefox is meeting your needs and making things easy, that's great! 😀