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1Password interface
Although this is not the review of the design
features of 1Password, I just want to present
one screenshot of the interface. This shows
the types of items in the Vault:
• Logins - this contains all web sites that I
saved the password for
• Accounts - this feature stores password and
account information for non web based services,
like FTP servers, wireless networks,
emails accounts, databases. Although 1Password
cannot automatically fill in the details,
you can copy and paste the information easily.
• Identities - I am fed up with registering on
new websites and filling all details again and
again. Identities allow me to create multiple
identities and then easily fill in the details to a
website. The results are not ideal all the time,
mainly because the standards for naming
conventions of forms elements are not followed
all the time.
• Secure notes - Mac OS provides Sticky
Notes for storing unstructured information.
Secure Notes is similar, except it is protected
by 1Password security.
• Software - This is a new feature of 1Password
3. Simply drag and drop an application
from Applications folder and 1Password will
create a new entry, identify the version number
and add the icon. I use this feature to
store all software licenses.
• Wallet - Another handy feature to fill in credit
cards effortlessly to a web page for payments.
Works 99% of time, with same caveats as explained
in Identities.
Behind the scenes
1Password 3 uses its own keychain type
which offers advantages compared to the Mac
OS X Keychain. See the table on the following
page, taken from 1Passwordʼs website.
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