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Re: 1Password for Mac Moving to Electron

#11

Post by rcarmo »

bussierem wrote: post #4
cloogshicer wrote: post #2

Currently 1Password's UX is just awful. - On macOS, half the time auto fill doesn't work. Saving a password is very inconsistent. - When you auto generate a password, the least resistance UI workflow is to first save and fill it - but then when you create the account it is saved again, making it a duplicate. - The "move to trash" button is obscurely hidden somehow (used to be much better). - And don't get me started…

Highly recommend trying BitWarden! I'm a paying user of it myself. It also has export of data and full self-hosted options as well. The browser plugins work amazingly well. The phone app is...i would say 75-80%. I've had trouble sometimes getting it to popup the "auto-fill" but otherwise it works very slick (supporting biometric unlock too).

Bitwarden doesn't do iCloud sync to iOS, or does it? (didn't when I had a look at it a while back).

Re: 1Password for Mac Moving to Electron

#12

Post by bgentry »

newman314 wrote: post #10
bgentry wrote: post #5

The most disturbing part about this is that their support team has been misleading people on Twitter all morning, not truthfully answering straightforward questions about whether the app is Electron: https://twitter.com/1Password/status/1425429965747720200 https://twitter.com/1Password/status/1425470169133031435 https://twitter.com/1Password/status/1425476888072495111

I'm curious to see if they have finally killed off standalone. I've been a 1Password user for years but have staunchly resisted going to their subscription model because I want my data local. It's infuriating that 1Password has steadily downplayed standalone versions to the point where it's almost impossible to find.

They have, the removal of a standalone option was also part of this announcement.

Re: 1Password for Mac Moving to Electron

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Post by newman314 »

bgentry wrote: post #12
newman314 wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm curious to see if they have finally killed off standalone. I've been a 1Password user for years but have staunchly resisted going to their subscription model because I want my data local. It's infuriating that 1Password has steadily downplayed standalone versions to the point where it's almost impossible to find.

They have, the removal of a standalone option was also part of this announcement.

Well, crap.

I guess I'm staying on the current version for as long as possible and then considering options.

I will state for the record that I think this is mindblowingly stupid.

Re: 1Password for Mac Moving to Electron

#15

Post by derimagia »

cloogshicer wrote: post #2

Currently 1Password's UX is just awful. - On macOS, half the time auto fill doesn't work. Saving a password is very inconsistent. - When you auto generate a password, the least resistance UI workflow is to first save and fill it - but then when you create the account it is saved again, making it a duplicate. - The "move to trash" button is obscurely hidden somehow (used to be much better). - And don't get me started…

If anyone has the issue with Windows and it taking forever try uninstalling, wiping all your user data in AppData and then reinstalling. Worked for me at least after being extremely frustrated. I think they are converting the windows version to the same platform.

Not saying it doesn't frustrate me with other things. I haven't used the Mac client in a while but I remember it being really good though

Re: 1Password for Mac Moving to Electron

#16

Post by room505 »

bussierem wrote: post #4
cloogshicer wrote: post #2

Currently 1Password's UX is just awful. - On macOS, half the time auto fill doesn't work. Saving a password is very inconsistent. - When you auto generate a password, the least resistance UI workflow is to first save and fill it - but then when you create the account it is saved again, making it a duplicate. - The "move to trash" button is obscurely hidden somehow (used to be much better). - And don't get me started…

Highly recommend trying BitWarden! I'm a paying user of it myself. It also has export of data and full self-hosted options as well. The browser plugins work amazingly well. The phone app is...i would say 75-80%. I've had trouble sometimes getting it to popup the "auto-fill" but otherwise it works very slick (supporting biometric unlock too).

Does Bitwarden's desktop application use Electron?

Edit: Okay, it sounds like from the comments, it does use Electron. Then my followup question is, if people are upset with 1Password moving in this direction, then Bitwarden would not be a good alternative, no?

Re: 1Password for Mac Moving to Electron

#17

Post by mcyukon »

room505 wrote: post #16
bussierem wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Highly recommend trying BitWarden! I'm a paying user of it myself. It also has export of data and full self-hosted options as well. The browser plugins work amazingly well. The phone app is...i would say 75-80%. I've had trouble sometimes getting it to popup the "auto-fill" but otherwise it works very slick (supporting biometric unlock too).

Does Bitwarden's desktop application use Electron? Edit: Okay, it sounds like from the comments, it does use Electron. Then my followup question is, if people are upset with 1Password moving in this direction, then Bitwarden would not be a good alternative, no?

Yes, from their Github page "The Bitwarden desktop app is written using Electron and Angular. The application installs on Windows, macOS, and Linux distributions."

Re: 1Password for Mac Moving to Electron

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Post by bussierem »

room505 wrote: post #16
bussierem wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Highly recommend trying BitWarden! I'm a paying user of it myself. It also has export of data and full self-hosted options as well. The browser plugins work amazingly well. The phone app is...i would say 75-80%. I've had trouble sometimes getting it to popup the "auto-fill" but otherwise it works very slick (supporting biometric unlock too).

Does Bitwarden's desktop application use Electron? Edit: Okay, it sounds like from the comments, it does use Electron. Then my followup question is, if people are upset with 1Password moving in this direction, then Bitwarden would not be a good alternative, no?

It does, but I have yet to need it. I use the browser plugin for everything. If a desktop app needs a password, I just open the FF plugin and copy the password myself haha.

Re: 1Password for Mac Moving to Electron

#19

Post by Rebelgecko »

bussierem wrote: post #4
cloogshicer wrote: post #2

Currently 1Password's UX is just awful. - On macOS, half the time auto fill doesn't work. Saving a password is very inconsistent. - When you auto generate a password, the least resistance UI workflow is to first save and fill it - but then when you create the account it is saved again, making it a duplicate. - The "move to trash" button is obscurely hidden somehow (used to be much better). - And don't get me started…

Highly recommend trying BitWarden! I'm a paying user of it myself. It also has export of data and full self-hosted options as well. The browser plugins work amazingly well. The phone app is...i would say 75-80%. I've had trouble sometimes getting it to popup the "auto-fill" but otherwise it works very slick (supporting biometric unlock too).

FWIW, my experience has been that Bitwarden's autofill is pretty bad compared to other password managers (I recently migrated from Lastpass, and used 1password in the past). I end up having to manually copy and paste a lot of passwords because the browser extension can't find the right fields.

Re: 1Password for Mac Moving to Electron

#20

Post by bussierem »

rcarmo wrote: post #11
bussierem wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Highly recommend trying BitWarden! I'm a paying user of it myself. It also has export of data and full self-hosted options as well. The browser plugins work amazingly well. The phone app is...i would say 75-80%. I've had trouble sometimes getting it to popup the "auto-fill" but otherwise it works very slick (supporting biometric unlock too).

Bitwarden doesn't do iCloud sync to iOS, or does it? (didn't when I had a look at it a while back).

I do not have an iPhone so I am not sure, sorry!
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