{"id":727,"date":"2008-07-29T12:26:45","date_gmt":"2008-07-29T12:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2008\/07\/2008_07_29_2026.php"},"modified":"2017-02-11T08:18:35","modified_gmt":"2017-02-11T08:18:35","slug":"1password","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/07\/29\/1password","title":{"rendered":"1Password"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/1password.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3140\/2712957395_970d988482_t.jpg\" align=\"right\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Arguably <strong>the<\/strong> most useful application on the Mac, the <a href=\"http:\/\/agilewebsolutions.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/18\/1password-coming-soon-to-an-app-store-near-you\" title=\"read about it\">mobile version<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/agilewebsolutions.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/18\/1password-coming-soon-to-an-app-store-near-you\" title=\"read about it\">1Password<\/a> can now be found on the AppStore.<\/p>\n<p>Gotta be honest here&#8230; if I didn&#8217;t already have an iPhone, it&#8217;s applications like this that&#8217;ll make me want to get one <em>asap<\/em> &#8211; it&#8217;s just so fucking useful.<\/p>\n<p>For the uninitiated, 1Password, in it&#8217;s most basic form is a password storage application. Much like Firefox&#8217;s password manager, or the Apple Keychain built right into OSX.<\/p>\n<p>The reason why it so much better though, the reason why I myself have purchased the application despite my ability to easily source a pirated license, is how well thought out the whole application is. It&#8217;s one of those things that just clicks with you once you start using it&#8230; and you suddenly find out that you can&#8217;t live without it.<!--more--><a href=\"http:\/\/agilewebsolutions.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/18\/1password-coming-soon-to-an-app-store-near-you\" title=\"read about it\">1<\/a>: <a href=\"http:\/\/support.agilewebsolutions.com\/showthread.php?t=9856\">http:\/\/support.agilewebsolutions.com\/showthread.php?t=9856<\/a> &#8220;view post&#8221;<\/p>\n<h1>The Desktop App<\/h1>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the promo video:<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<!-- iframe plugin v.5.1 wordpress.org\/plugins\/iframe\/ -->\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/88901304\" width=\"370\" height=\"208\" frameborder=\"0\" 0=\"webkitallowfullscreen\" 1=\"mozallowfullscreen\" 2=\"allowfullscreen\" scrolling=\"yes\" class=\"iframe-class\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>As you can see, on the password management front alone, 1Password already proves itself to be invaluable. But what&#8217;s even better is that you can store different information as well, bank accounts, secure notes, etc. etc. So you now have a single <strong>secure<\/strong> point of accessing sensitive information &#8211; very useful for people who forget things easily.<\/p>\n<h1>The Mobile App<\/h1>\n<p>1Password used to put a Safari bookmarklet in the iPhone so you can fill up login information via JavaScript. At the time it was a stopgap, a <em>hack<\/em> if you will &#8211; but a very useful one at that. You could automatically fill up forms or login fields even on the iPhone&#8230; and we all know the iPhone doesn&#8217;t have cut and paste&#8230; so that right there makes for another invaluable tool as demonstrated by the animated image below (click on it for a bigger version).<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<a rel=\"lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3163\/2714591843_56e401d5b3_o.gif\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"You may click on the image for more details\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3163\/2714591843_56e401d5b3_o.gif\" width=\"240\" height=\"160\"><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>Now it&#8217;s an official iPhone application. The only application close to it is Illium Software&#8217;s eWallet (which I used to use in my XDA days), however the latter isn&#8217;t as elegant and browser compatible as 1Password &#8211; eWallet doesn&#8217;t have the kind browser interactivity 1Password offers&#8230; and we all know how crucial browsers have become to the wired generation.<\/p>\n<h1>The Downside<\/h1>\n<p>The only downside I can see is with regards to the aforementioned removal of the bookmarklets in the advent of the native app. <a href=\"http:\/\/agilewebsolutions.com\/blog\/2008\/07\/18\/1password-coming-soon-to-an-app-store-near-you\" title=\"read about it\">They have explained why this was removed<\/a>, but personally &#8211; I think instead of removing it, they should find a way to tune it to allow users to still use it <em>while<\/em> being secure. I&#8217;m not sure if this is even feasible given the limitations of the OS architecture and SDK, but I won&#8217;t lose hope.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s what I wrote in their support forums:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I think us users wanting the bookmarklet back are on a losing battle, but here&#8217;s my last 2 cents on the matter:<\/p>\n<p>The reason why I think they should be put back is simple. Removing it and stating that native app would do the browsing is similar to implementing a browsing client in the desktop app and urge users to use that instead. We all know that&#8217;s just bollocks.<\/p>\n<p>Apps that have built-in browsers (e.g. NetNewsWire) still give you the option to use your standard browser &#8211; but what makes 1Password different is the fact that you need to interact more with the said browser. But I think simply requiring the use of the built-in browser is a weak argument in 1Passwords case: remember, the <em>very thing<\/em> that set this application apart from other password managers is precisely the ability to integrate and automate form-filling in <strong>any browser<\/strong> (talking about the desktop app here) &#8211; the approach of the native (iPhone) app is not true with that vision that made the desktop app so great in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>The only time it would be compelling to use the native app for browsing, is if by some miracle you could make the &#8220;browser&#8221; perform as good as, if not better, than Mobile Safari&#8230; in that case we could just use 1Password as an alternate browser for the iPhone like the Firefoxes of the world &#8211; but given he situation of iPhone development scene, I seriously doubt this will ever be the case.<\/p>\n<p>Plus I wouldn&#8217;t want you guys to spend development time in BROWSER programming when it would be better to focus on what makes 1Password awesome: INTEGRATION.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>If it&#8217;s truly a dead-end, then why not just include it with a disclaimer or fine print&#8230; or have an option to enable it buried deep in the preferences (and have it disabled by default). Give the users the option to take the risks themselves hehehehe. I personally am responsible in my browsing so the loss of the bookmarks is more bad than good for me &#8211; as I&#8217;m losing much needed functionality over &#8220;safety\/security&#8221; which I already have regardless of the exploit.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h1>Current Workaround<\/h1>\n<p>In the forums, they suggested that people rollback to 2.7.x if they <em>really<\/em> can&#8217;t live without the bookmarklets. They&#8217;re announcing <code>2.8.1<\/code> as the official upgrade to <code>2.7.x<\/code> Unfortunately this would mean no WiFi sync for the iPhone\/iPod touch.<\/p>\n<p>But you can actually get <em>both<\/em> WiFi sync and bookmarklets &#8211; the magic number is <strong>2.8.0<\/strong> there&#8217;s a beta 2.8.0 available here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/agile\/dmg\/1Password-2.8.0.dmg\">http:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/agile\/dmg\/1Password-2.8.0.dmg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I just hope the link stays alive.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Arguably the most useful application on the Mac, the mobile version of 1Password can now be found on the AppStore. Gotta be honest here&#8230; if I didn&#8217;t already have an iPhone, it&#8217;s applications like this that&#8217;ll make me want to get one asap &#8211; it&#8217;s just so fucking useful. 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