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by muzzio 1777 days ago
I moved to Bitwarden from Lastpass also, and I'm definitely happy for the most part.

The chrome extension leaves a tiny bit to be desired, but definitely still usable:

* Not as good about determining correct sign-in URL and lots of times will send me through the auth redirect from registration

* Launching sites without mouse isn't possible (shortcut exists to open extension but can't select site to launch it using arrow keys, for instance)

* Button locations aren't consistent between search view and opening it on a site you have a password on

Definitely still the best for me though. It's frustrating, though, that I don't feel like the paid plans really give me anything useful, so I'd be paying basically just to support the product (which I'm happy to do!). It's a weird spot for sure, I feel like table-stakes for a free password product is infinite devices + usable browser extension + phone apps + password generation. But figuring out what to add on top of that is always either directed at businesses or families, or things I don't care about like 2FA or an authenticator. I want to support you, damnit!

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One other thing I do not like about BW (but not enough to switch) is that when you click out of the bitwarden window, it disappears and loses your place so you have to navigate to the secret again. Kind of annoying if you are on a website that resists autofill or want to copy something from custom fields.
Tip: Pop-out the extension as a window. Even if you close it, your browser’s Ctrl+Shift+N is going to restore that window with the same secret/state, even if the vault locks.
I don’t have issues with the URL, there’s lots of options for how the matching works. I found it to be superior to 1Password (tho I haven’t used that in a few years so I donno if they improved it)
The paid plan support OTP token and allow big file so you can embed stuff like google cloud json token file. The free has 1000character limit(per field) if I remember correctly.

Bitwarden run so much faster than 1password despite being a browser extension.

The CLI is great too. I pretty much use it like a cheap version of Vault to feed secret into K8S.

I use chrome shortcuts. In extensions, look at the option to assign keyboard shortcuts. I have set it Alt+D combination. The 2FA codes are copied in the background, and when the screen comes, ctrl+v does the magic. Simple.