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by scrollaway 1777 days ago
> Users don't desire to have the same UI across different OS environments

Um, speak for yourself. I personally don't like having the docs showcase completely different UIs to the one I'm using. I also like having an app i can run on Linux, which has been happening a lot more since Electron became a thing (no sane company wants to write apps in GTK, and much as Qt is a great toolkit it requires expertise most SaaS vendors don't have).

You're speaking as if it's fait accompli that 1password made a mistake picking electron. It is not, and I am fairly certain they did not.

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There's an argument to be made the other way around:

Maybe if you choose to use multiple platforms you should just deal with the multiple approaches to UI? Why should the single platform citizens suffer from a UI that's inconsistent with the rest of the platform?

To stretch it to an absurd case:

Imagine Slack decided that the shortcut to copy text will be Ctrl+C on all platforms. And Windows users who occasionaly use a mac would rejoice because it would save them from having to think which button to press.

What percentage of users will be using the app across multiple operating systems and notice and prefer having a consistent interface?
Anecdote, but, my workstation is Linux, my work laptop is macOS, my personal computer is Windows where I run Linux VMs. I run 1Password across all these operating systems. Having a consistent interface is nice and it means I don't have to relearn the UI three times.
I think many people here will have a similar setup but that isn't representative of the general population or probably even 1Password's client base.
I feel like you didn't read my comment if that's your take away.