This might be my favourite new feature because it introduces something which I use constantly in macOS to quickly open apps and find stuff. It works no matter where you are in the operating system. With 1Password 8 installed on Windows, if you hit Ctrl + Shift + Space, you’ll surface something called Quick Access. Oh, and it works with dark mode in Windows 11, which is, obviously, my default setting. Unlike the operating system on which it sits, the new design language for 1Password 8 is carried throughout the app (are you listening, Microsoft?), and extends to the browser experience, too. They’ve simply modernised every window, control, and text input field. It’s not in-your-face different, either, because it didn’t need to be. For instance, if an app has received a major facelift, I’m one of those people who can be sold pretty much instantly on it being “better”, regardless of what is – or isn’t – going on behind the scenes.ġPassword 8 for Windows achieves that feat, instantly, but it does, thankfully, go deeper.Īs AgileBits co-founder Dave Teare notes in his announcement blog, his team set out “to create a modern, first-class experience that feels right at home on Windows 11”. I’m a bit of a sucker for shiny new things. What’s more, 1Password 8 has just arrived on Windows, and I think it gives macOS users a lot to look forward to. And, although on an entirely different scale, I know exactly what it feels like. They dealt with the press and user feedback that followed brilliantly. Their decision to change the entire backend for the macOS version of the brilliant 1Password drew lots of criticism but having had the unique opportunity to chat with them about the reasons for the change, it’s clear that this was one of those tricky but necessary decisions. It’s why I’ve been so impressed by AgileBits over the last few months. For a while.īut I also know that you make those decisions because you deeply love the product and the people behind it. As a recovering director of a small software company, I know that for every instantly customer-pleasing decision you make, there’s one that will piss them off. No, not physically writing the lines of code – but the marketing and selling of it. My background is in software development.

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