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Rockstar Customers Roundup: 1Password 3 beta and other reviews

Over the years, 1Password has won quite a few awards and testimonials from the press and happy customers alike. Naturally, when we find out about these kind words, we take a short break from trying to make 1Password even more awesome, congratulate each other on a job well done, and humbly collect the sentiment for our Testimonials page. We then get back to work right away, but I figured it was time to start thanking our rockstar customers in a more public venue like, for example, this blog, for saying nice things about 1Password.

Thus begins a new quasi-regular series dubbed "Rockstar Customers" here on the Agile Web Solutions blog, where we highlight new and notable testimonials from our customers and the media. Our customers really do say the darndest things, and the least we can do is offer a hat-tip in return!

As icing on the cake, this week is a killer time to kick this series off due to 1Password 3 going public beta. We've had some great reactions and general feedback so far, so let's get to it:

Gordon Schulz, "1Password is just awesome and even more":

I read about 1Password on macnews.de today. That’s it. Played around with the software for 15 minutes and bought it. Sad thing is – you can’t describe how awesome it is with words, you have to use it. Then you will want it. For ages I have been using crappy passwords, same passwords on multiple sites, etc… no more.

John Hickman:

It is truly an awesome piece of software! It is a must app for me and I always pass on my opinion for this app being a must own. I look forward to your official release! Keep up the great work.

Brett Kelly, TUAW, 1Password 3 Beta brings a sweet new interface and Snow Leopard support:

"Several of us at TUAW are big fans of 1Password, and today our pointy party hats are standing taller than ever thanks to the opening of the public beta for 1Password 3. This new version brings with it a massive list of changes, improvements and new features.

Nicholas Bonsack, Macworld, 1Password 3 beta now open to all:

If you missed out when Agile Web Solutions was offering a private beta of 1Password 3 to customers on Snow Leopard, there’s good news! 1Password 3 is now available as a public beta for one and all. Yes, that means you. Feel special? You should!

Erik Vlietinck, IT Enquirer, 1Password version 3 review:

Agile Web Solutions has released a public beta of its version 3 of 1Password, and if you thought (like I did) they couldn't improve this industry leading password and license manager anymore, they've proven us wrong. 1Password 3 is nicer to look at, better structured, and has time saving features even.

Jacqui Cheng, Ars Technica: 1Password 3.0 goes public beta with Snow Leopard support:

Agile released the public beta of 1Password 3.0, taking us one step closer to native password management bliss.

Justin Williams, My Ultimate Developer and Power Users Tool List for Mac OS X:

I love [1Password] in so many ways because it has made my life so much easier when it comes to remembering logins, filling out web forms, etc.

MacNN:

Agile launches public beta of 1Password 3

That's it for this first Rockstar Customers roundup, but we're keeping an ever-watchful eye on feedback across the web. Until next time!

David Chartier
Chief Media Producer, Agile Web Solutions

1Password in Cool Stuff on Mac Geek Gab Podcast

I was delighted to hear 1Password mentioned on The Mac Observer Mac Geek Gab Podcast in episode #162.

The original show was recorded on August 4th, 2008, so you can see I am behind on getting this post completed. In my defense, this podcast was released about the same time the iPhone version of 1Password was published so you can probably guess why I'm late :)

1Password was brought up by Dave Hamilton in the Cool Stuff portion on the show, directly following DropBox, a really awesome application that Roustem and I had planned to write but never had the time. We're delighted that Evenflow beat us to it!

1Password is discussed at about the 10 minute mark. Here are some excerpts:

"It's fantastic."

"I have Safari...Dude! The day I checked this out I realized how wrong I've been."

"What it does is it is a password manager, but it is a password manager on rails."

"I don't know how I could recommend it any more."

Thanks for the great show Dave!

Rich Mogull Recommends 1Password on MacVoices

I was listening to MacVoices today and was delighted to hear 1Password recommended as a solution to help users better protect themselves.

In show #8111 Chuck Joiner discussed Mac Security and the recent Black Hat conference with Rich Mogull, the host of the Network Security Podcast.

From the show description:

Rich Mogull discusses some of the security issues that came to light at the recent Black Hat and DEFCON conferences in Las Vegas. Rich walks us through why even Mac users need to be concerned with security in the browser, in Google Widgets and Google Gears, and even when using your favorite social network. Rich explains that even he got hacked by a social engineering trick at the conference, covers how malicious code can be hidden almost anywhere, even in an image file and more. Most important, Rich helps us understand the DNS vulnerabilities that were the talk of the conferences, and reveals a simple precaution that any Mac user can take to protect themselves.

I was very proud to hear Rich mention 1Password as his first item when answering Chuck's question about how users can better protect themselves. Chuck asks this question near the 17:30 mark.

You can subscribe to MacVoices in iTunes here.

Thanks for the great show Chuck!

AppFresh: Helping Your Mac Applications to Stay Fresh

Today we updated 1passwd.com web site to make it compatible with AppFresh — great little utility that helps to keep your Mac updated with the latest versions of the programs you use.

One of the interesting features of AppFresh is the integration with iUseThis a popular web site for Mac OS X users.