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Not looking for a fight here, but it seems like there is a disconnect between 1Password/AgileBits praising version 8 while also trying to bury the fact that it is an Electron app. It seems like you are proud of what you are building (and that's awesome), but the Releases page for beta [1] doesn't contain the word Electron.

1: https://releases.1password.com/mac/beta/

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Electron is effectively a UI and code framework, much like SwiftUI or just Swift with AppKit; I don't see why either would need to be a marketing point or referenced in the changelog. 1Password 7[0] doesn't say what it's made in either.

0: https://support.1password.com/explore/whats-new-mac/

This is a specious argument imo. The beta does mention that some part of it is written in Rust, why exclude Swift/Objective-C to JavaScript if you're in the business of talking up implementation changes?

Why jump to "trying to bury" if you're not looking for a fight?

There are many reasons for not specifying what framework an app is built in, the most obvious of which is that the general public both has no clue what Electron is nor a desire to find out.

Just because something isn't listed doesn't mean it's "buried". Like the other commenter said, you don't routinely see users of other frameworks and languages put it front and center, why should that expectation change with Electron?

That's fair. I just found it odd that they specifically called out Rust.

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