Comments on: Firefox 3: Password management

By: ECartman

ECartman — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 22:03:55 +0000

But there remains one HUGE FLAW with stored usernames and passwords … they are no longer in alphabetical order when you go to autocomplete them on a website. There is a flaw in that the “value” field was left out in the index for the stored usernames, so they don't sort on name. There are hundreds of complaints on this on the FF3 forums but no action yet.

By: Jim P

Jim P — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:00:38 +0000

I’d like to bring my passwords from work to home & and overwrite Firefox’s settings so they are consistent Can anyone advise me of the file and location to copy from my work PC and transfer to my home Firefox set up?

Thanks.

By: Jim P

Jim P — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:00:38 +0000

Thanks.

By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 06:09:10 +0000

At least on my system (Windows XP), the keyboard shortcuts for this feature from Firefox 2 no longer work in Firefox 3.

For example, in Firefox 2, after submitting a login, the dialog box would pop up, and just hitting "R" would tell Firefox to remember the password.

In Firefox 3, the 'R' on the "Remember" button is underlined, indicating that hitting the "R" key should work as a keyboard shortcut. But it doesn't work.

This actually makes password handling in FF2 a bit easier to use, at least in my view.

By: Erik

Erik — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 05:09:10 +0000

At least on my system (Windows XP), the keyboard shortcuts for this feature from Firefox 2 no longer work in Firefox 3.

For example, in Firefox 2, after submitting a login, the dialog box would pop up, and just hitting “R” would tell Firefox to remember the password.

In Firefox 3, the ‘R’ on the “Remember” button is underlined, indicating that hitting the “R” key should work as a keyboard shortcut. But it doesn’t work.

This actually makes password handling in FF2 a bit easier to use, at least in my view.

By: Erik Corry

Erik Corry — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 19:37:44 +0000

I think there should be a middle road between “Having a master password that you have to enter on every session” and “Showing all your passwords to anyone who has your computer long enough to click 3 times with the mouse”. Something like “Require a master password before displaying your passwords on the screen in plain text”. It wouldn’t work against a tech savvy attacker, but it would slow down normal people who might want to see how many passwords they can memorize in the 10s it takes you to refill your coffee cup.

By: Erik Corry

Erik Corry — Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:37:44 +0000

By: Firefox 3 is Awesome at Toolness

Firefox 3 is Awesome at Toolness — Sat, 17 May 2008 17:14:43 +0000

[...] These pictures, too, were stolen from Deb’s blog, this time from her article on Firefox 3 password management. [...]

By: Ehsan Akhgari

Ehsan Akhgari — Thu, 15 May 2008 19:14:12 +0000

Two other things which are of less importance, but still worth being mentioned here are:

1. The new information bar which appears when prompting the user to change their password.
2. The fact that the Saved Passwords dialog filtering works for the passwords themselves (try hitting Show Passwords on that dialog, and then entering a search phrase; it will be matched against passwords as well as the site and username fields.)

Thanks for the great write-ups on the new Firefox 3 features, BTW. :-)

By: Ehsan Akhgari

Ehsan Akhgari — Thu, 15 May 2008 18:14:12 +0000

Two other things which are of less importance, but still worth being mentioned here are:

1. The new information bar which appears when prompting the user to change their password.
2. The fact that the Saved Passwords dialog filtering works for the passwords themselves (try hitting Show Passwords on that dialog, and then entering a search phrase; it will be matched against passwords as well as the site and username fields.)

Thanks for the great write-ups on the new Firefox 3 features, BTW. :-)