Thread by @caseyliss

@1Password trying the 8 beta for Mac. Is it possible for 1Password to stay resident *without* the menu bar icon?

1) Turn off menu bar icon
2) Close 1P
3) Click the 1P extension icon in the toolbar
Expected: password entry via extension
Actual: full app opens 🤨

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@1Password (Also, PS: the extension's toolbar icon should either be monochrome or have the option for monochrome)

4) Enter password in the full app
Expected: Extension sees I'm logged in and presents passwords for current website
Actual: It just sits and spins

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@1Password This seems to be fixed by allowing 1Password 8 to stay resident in my menu bar, but I *don't* want that. I want the daemon/whatever running *but invisible*.

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@1Password Since I [may?] have your attention, I downloaded an Intel build for my iMac Pro and was asked if I'd like to enable TouchID. 🤨

@1Password It’s little touches like this — asking for a hardware feature that is impossible — that 1Password never used to do.

I understand the business reasons for cross-platform development. But it is *very* clear to anyone who looks that this is not a Mac-first app.

@1Password For a team that used to be a shining example of how to make a “Mac-assed Mac app”, this is severely disappointing.

With some exceptions — search being a great one — I don’t give a shit if 1P Windows and 1P Mac are equivalent. I give a shit they’re good platform citizens.

@1Password If going cross-platform is the way forward for financial reasons, that’s fine, but I can’t say I understand given how much funding you’ve taken.

If it’s for business/speed reasons, that’s fine, I guess. But here again, there’s a not very measurable consequence to your actions.

@1Password Ultimately, you’ve got me by the short-and-curlies. My wife and I have come to absolutely rely on 1Password for Families.

However, if improvements aren’t made before 1P 8 goes “RTM”, you’ll certainly have lost an evangelist. Which makes me super duper sad. ☹️

Time will tell.