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Interesting:

> 1Password for Linux also debuts with several features that are coming soon to 1Password for Mac, Windows, iOS, and Android

That should be encouraging for Linux users. It suggests that the Linux version is not just a port that will forever at best follow the other platforms. It can get pretty annoying when you have something that is available on multiple platforms, and your platform tends to always lag the others.

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Yup! In many ways Linux is leading the charge. Not just with these features but also for development as a whole. Here's the background story on how 1Password for Linux started and how it was built:

https://dteare.medium.com/behind-the-scenes-of-1password-for...

++dave; 1Password Founder

Thanks for the product, have been using it for years. This is a very cool development!

Have you looked into using Sciter instead of Electron? It seems to be considerably more lightweight.

You're welcome! And thank you for supporting us all these years. <3

We looked around a bit but Electron worked so well for us when we started development in 2019 that we didn't have a need to continue searching. Electron also has such a strong community and momentum behind it that I'm happy to continue using it.

Sciter looks interesting and so does Tauri. Perhaps one of those will win out next time we do a deep dive here. :) Until then I've been really impressed with how well Electron is working when paired with Rust.

Cheers!

++dave;

What happened to accessibility on 1P for Mac? It's completely invisible to VoiceOver now.

Hey disgrunt. We have a number of VoiceOver users on Mac, so something doesn't sound quite right (no pun intended). Please reach out to our support team at support+mac@1password.com and we'll be happy to help.

- Ben, 1Password

Since 1Password for Linux appears to be backed by Electron, perhaps it’s a sign that other platforms’ native clients will be replaced by an Electron-based client to get these new features.

The "behind the scenes" blog post linked in a sibling notes that they've architected the Linux release with a headless backend component that they'll be moving every client to use. So while there will be HTML-based clients with Linux and browser extensions, I think there's a decent chance of greater feature parity across platforms with native clients in the future too.

1Password in Firefox unlocking the desktop app caught my eye. I'm on Mac and have to unlock 1Password in Firefox completely separately from the desktop Mac app.

We're bringing this feature to Mac and Windows as well. It's currently in beta and will be coming to the official release soon.

If you'd like to play with this now be sure to install the beta of the Desktop app as well as the beta of the browser extension.

++dave; 1Password Founder

Ohh exciting! I will be installing the beta right away!

Just a warning for people who don't know the grandparent is referring to the extension formerly called 1Password X (now just 1Password in the browser because AgileBits wants you to use that one) which puts ALL OF YOUR PASSWORDS into your browser's memory.

The "classic" 1Password browser extension already unlocked with the desktop app and does not dump your entire vault into browser memory just to fill one password.

I think you might have a misunderstanding of how our browser extension works. Just like our desktop app, your password is only in memory if you copy it to the clipboard, fill it in the browser, or reveal it within the app. Your passwords are always stored encrypted on both the desktop app and browser extension, and we make an active effort to keep secrets out of memory. I hope this clarifies things.

- Jackson Lewis, 1Password Developer

Turns out that yes, I thought that the vaults were encrypted as a whole, but according to the security white paper that changed at some point. So you can decrypt individual passwords.

Thanks for taking the time to check out the white paper!

- Ben, 1Password

I noticed this as well and if I am honest it is a tiny bit annoying when the app is open in another workspace it pulls me to it instead of pulling the app to the current firefox instance. This forces me to bounce back to whichever workspace the firefox was on. Not a huge issue though.

KeepassXC has had this feature for years.

Use the "classic" extension, it already does this. And has the added bonus of not putting ALL of your passwords into your browser memory.

Did the classic extension work on Linux? When I switched from MacOS having to use the (terrible) 1PasswordX was one of the things that really annoyed me.

Sorry, ignore me I was wrong

Reads like a love letter to Linux, it's great.

Thanks! That's what I was going for.

++dave; 1Password Founder

This does look amazing. Reading the announcement show a level of deep integration not just for Linux, but for individual distributions and UI’s.

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