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0 pointstrvr4y ago0 comments

I think a lot of the hate (myself included) is coming from the fact that we already had a really good native macOS app. Feels like something is being taken away. I do understand where you are coming from with Linux. It's better than what you had, no doubt. But that doesn't feel like the case to us macOS users.

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dangus4y ago

What features/usability/performance was lost with the switch to the Electron app?

If the answer is "nothing," then really the argument is purely about aesthetics.

I didn't even know it was an Electron app until months after I had installed it.

cytzol4y ago

I tried the Electron version six months ago, and I wrote up its weaknesses here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28147305

EDIT: I just tried the latest beta, and I'm happy to say that scrolling the list is now much faster! On the other hand, the blurry fonts, the lack of overscroll, the non-native dropdown menus, the inability to view your vault with the Preferences window open, and the lag when resizing the window are all still there. This does not fill me with hope that the final released version is going to be any better.

manwe1504y ago

I stopped my subscription to LastPass and bought a 1Password subscription because LastPass discontinued their native macOS app and went with an electron wrapper. But the new LastPass client was slow, glitchy, and broke OS integration (It lost a lot of features. I tried to report some of that, and their support team ignored me). The 1Password experience already seems to have more robust features than my experience with LastPass, so I am happy with the switch. I really hope they can preserve all that through the transition, or that they maintain the native client!

Y-bar4y ago

From my own experience with Electron apps and 1Password beta a few months ago, putting resource usage aside (even if we should not): OS-native spell checking is missing. Lack of OS standard shortcuts. Everything is a single window. UX performance: lots of things has just a little bit longer.

roustem4y ago

We added spellcheck and text transformations options recently. Our team contributed a few patches to Electron to enable better macOS integration. For example: https://github.com/electron/electron/pull/32024

I believe the UX performance in 1Password 8 is better than any other app we built in the past: https://twitter.com/mitchchn/status/1491253916004147203?s=20

Would love to learn more about the standard shortcuts that are missing — good keyboard shortcuts is a huge priority to us!

-- Roustem 1Password Founder

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somehnguy4y ago

I was fully prepared to say 'memory usage' as a kneejerk to Electron. But I decided to open System Monitor real quick and it turns out my 1Password 7 instance is using 201MB itself. Another ~30MB if the helpers are included. My machine has been on for about a week and I invoke 1Password a lot throughout the day + have about 500 entries.

How much memory is yours consuming (assuming you're using 8)?

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