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Adding an email account does not allow password generation
On windows, when adding a new email account (in 1Password), you cannot generate a new password. You have to start by adding a new login, generate a password, copy the password, cancel the creation of the login. Then add an email account and paste the password there.
That's just too cumbersome, while the feature does exist on the mac version.
That's just too cumbersome, while the feature does exist on the mac version.
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Akufen, welcome to the forum!
It's a [i]little[/i] easier than that: in 1Password, choose [b]File[/b] > [b]New Item[/b] > [b]Password[/b]; set up the password parameters, and click the [b]Copy[/b] button; close the Strong Password Generator; click the [b]+Account[/b] tool; and paste the copied password in to the Password field.
If you lose the password at any point along the way, you can get it from the New Password item in the Generated Passwords vault.
Here's a video illustration: [i]http://screencast.com/t/fNgLoWyI[/i]Flag 0 -
Akufen, as documented in the user's guide, you need to enable [b]View[/b] > [b]Generated Passwords[/b] in order to see the Generated Passwords vault and the [b]Password[/b] command on the [b]File[/b] > [b]New Item[/b] menu.
It's certainly possible that the Generate Password button will appear in more places in the 1Password interface in a future release. It's currently not in the new-account dialog box because, as co-founder Roustem likes to say, "No one has written that code, yet." <img src='http://forum.agile.ws/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':D' />Flag 0 -
[quote name='EIKA' timestamp='1306771051' post='28130']
But why do not add "plus" Password button to the bar next to the Identities? Of course if View > Generated Passwords is enabled.
It will be more convenient than make a 3 clicks in menu and more obvious.
[/quote]Hi EIKA,
We agree with you, it makes sense to add a “Generate” button to all password fields. Right now, we have a plan to overhaul the interface for 1Password for Windows and once we complete it, it should have what you’re looking for. I do not have a timeframe on this.Flag 0 -
Hi, EIKA.
Mike's right that it makes sense to have a [b]Generate[/b] button next to all password fields; but you were asking why there isn't a [b]+Password[/b] button on the 1Password tool bar, and that has to do with the "real estate" that would be required. The developer felt (and may still feel) that it's such a seldom used function (outside of Login items, of course) that going through the menu wasn't/isn't a frequent enough inconvenience to warrant extending the size of the window or defining new, smaller icons to make room for another tool.
Also, it's not so much that we plan to overhaul the interface of 1Password for Windows, at least not in the way I interpret that phrase. Remember, work on 1Password for Windows was begun over a year ago, when 1Password 3 was still in beta development, and the decision was made at that time to base the design and features of 1Password for Windows on the current product, 1Password 2. We've moved way beyond that in features, already, but the look and organization are still closely matched to 1Password 2.
Please be assured that we plan to introduce many of the features and much of the look of 1Password 3 in future releases of 1Password for Windows.Flag 0
