Switchers' Blog

Website Overhaul Coming Soon(ish)

from the mind of Dan Peterson, lead Agile designer.

Me, myself and I

Wow, my first Switchers' Blog post! As some of you probably already know I'm the lead designer for Agile Web Solutions. So far I've pretty much been working behind the scenes for AWS trying to improve on the visual aspects of all things Agile. Today I'd like to share a little something with all of you and I'd love to hear some feedback from the people I'm really doing all this work for.

Leopard Code Signing and Keychain Problems

OS X 10.5 Leopard brings a new Code Signing security feature that helps verify the integrity of an application. Applications are signed by their creators before being distributed using their private key, and then can be verified on the customer's machine using the companies public key.

The OS X Keychain Services leverage this new Code Signing feature to verify the signature of each application before it will allow access to the contents of the keychain. By verifying the signature, the OS X Keychain Services can detect when a potentially malicious change has been made to an application and thereby protect your sensitive data by denying the changed application access.

Since the upgrade to Leopard, many 1Password users have written in to mention that they cannot access their data, usually from within Safari. At first we were confused why the keychain data could not be accessed from within Safari, yet it was accessible from other browsers and the 1Password application.

Macworld Readers' Choice Awards

Macworld has announced the finalists for their annual Readers' Choice Awards, and guess what? 1Password has been nominated for the Mac Gem of the Year award! What a great honour it is to be nominated for such a prestigious award! Thank you to everyone who made this possible!

The list on nominees is impressive and it is great to be among them. You can review the full article about the Readers' Choice Awards and the Nominees here. Every vote counts and we would be very thankful if you cast yours.

Cast your vote now!

It is possible to influence the outcome by contacting Macworld via email. The article actively encourages you to "engage in a little friendly politicking on behalf of your favorite product", so please send Macworld an email explaining why you think 1Password should win this year's Mac Gem of the Year award.

"I've Moved" - Go & Fill Link in 1Password 2.5

In addition to the name change from 1Passwd to 1Password in version 2.5 there were significant changes in the user interface. We think most of it has been for the better but there has been some confusion regarding the Go & Fill functionality. In version 2.4.x and prior you could double-click on the web form entry or click on the little white arrow to launch Go & Fill.

Leopard and the Applications Folder on the Dock

Trying new things when you have a lot of users is always a hard thing. People tend to get used to how things are and get comfortable with the way it is. Apple has a huge user base so you can imagine the completely revamped Dock in Leopard is causing some confusion and aggravation, especially the new way Folders are shown.

Overall the Dock looks very nice I think: