Tags to organize entries
I've used 1Password and Bitwarden. They are both lack of generic feature - organization of entries.
Dealing with Search is a great way. But just full text search makes search results somekind of mess.
Having ability to Tag passwords and other entry types will make UX much better:
- search results can be ranked by tag names, titles and only then other fields
- ability to Pin tags into sidebar can be very handy (do not list all the available tags like 1Password do - it's useless)
- tags help to create many view perspectives onto my data
Please do not implement Folders like Bitwarden do. It is so restrictive. Implement tags instead with special UI so that specific tags could behave like folders (because many users prefer folders).
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Philippe
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In my opinion, vaults are not the most practical way of organising and sharing our passwords.
The advantage of tags for classification is that they allow several organisations. Who hasn't been embarrassed to choose to classify an email in the subject A or subject B folder when the email refers to subjects A and subject B? With tags, you add the 2 tags to the email and the problem is solved. We need to do the same thing with our items in ProtonPass. Classification is just one of the many uses offered by tags
For sharing, tags would also enable something that doesn't seem possible today. How do we share passwords A and B with group 1 and passwords B and C with group 2, knowing that a password can only be present in one vault? How do we manage access for password B? Using tags, we could create a group1 tag which we would position on passwords A and B and a group2 tag on passwords B and C.
With tags, it would also be easy to identify all the accesses of a user or a group with a simple search on the tag.
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Jm
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I used tags to group password in the past. It is almost impossible to structure and sort without tags. Without tags and other common features in other password managers, Proton Pass may always be behind what user already have and use in other solutions. Time to keep up.
Opensource and security is great, but going back in usability would be a big step.
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voyager2bird
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I'd prefer tags over folders. Tags are more versatile especially if smart search is included to show existing tags when typing.
The ability to store multiple tags per record is key. Tags are a requirement for me to migrate.
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uservoiceexpanse
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I have imported from 1Password without realizing it would not stay organized. I like having the tag or label feature because I can click it and see only the details needed for that tag/label. This is very critical to me due to organizational needs.
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Jason
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I agree. If users are expected to migrate hundreds of passwords away from 1Password, metadata tags are a critical feature.
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Ayne Hancer commented
I have the exact same wish, but unfortunately, I really think we may never see it on Proton Pass...
I don't know why so many people don't get how to add fully featured Tags into their SAAS, but that should be the reason why users don't get what they could be useful for.Do yourself a favor, even if it's not open source, get 1Password, that's the better alternative for a fully featured password manager, including tags.