Comments on: Firefox 3 Improves Password Saving

By: netster007x

netster007x — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 01:27:14 +0000

Just did. The new wand behavior is very annoying.

I’ve also noticed a bug w/ the tab bin being disabled after being emptied, then closing a background tab.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 09 Sep 2007 18:06:11 +0000

That’s interesting…I never use the Wand button though. Maybe you should file that off as a bug.

By: netster007x

netster007x — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 23:49:29 +0000

netster007x wrote:

TYPO: “It’s unobtrusive, small, and does interrupt the browsing experience.” My favorite part of Opera’s wand is that it auto-fills passwords, as well as other forms. It’s nice and convenient to just click the wand and have your info filled.

Hey, in Opera 9.5, clicking the wand no longer fills in personal info forms. Just passowords. To fill in the other forms, you have to click in the form and hit ctrl+enter, or right-click > insert personal. I want the wand button back!

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:08:03 +0000

Tinhed wrote:

Another One-up for Firefox over opera.

Well, I don't know if I would go that far. Opera's is pretty much the same thing.

Mick wrote:

Pieter wrote:
Speaking of the Password Manager: have they fixed that security issue yet? You know, the bug that could allow external websites to steal your passwords.
What on earth are you talking about? If you mean Mozilla Bug 360493, the one that uses cross-site forms with the Myspace example, that was fixed ages ago. If not, can you please tell me what you mean?

I think he's talking about this one: http://cybernetnews.com/firefox-password-manager-exposes-passwords-most-secure-browser/

By: Mick

Mick — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:25:53 +0000

Lefty wrote:

Actually Opera wand is still better, because it can save a lot more passwords than Firefox. For instance yahoo mail, or online bank login passwords can be saved in opera, but not in Firefox

That's because those sites (or at least I know Yahoo Mail's does) use the autocomplete=no attribute on their forms. Firefox respects this, and if what you're saying is true I guess that means Opera doesn't.

By: Mick

Mick — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 10:23:15 +0000

Pieter wrote:

Speaking of the Password Manager: have they fixed that security issue yet? You know, the bug that could allow external websites to steal your passwords.

What on earth are you talking about? If you mean Mozilla Bug 360493, the one that uses cross-site forms with the Myspace example, that was fixed ages ago. If not, can you please tell me what you mean?

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By: Tinhed

Tinhed — Tue, 04 Sep 2007 14:36:21 +0000

Another One-up for Firefox over opera.

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By: netster007x

netster007x — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 19:39:40 +0000

TYPO: “It’s unobtrusive, small, and does interrupt the browsing experience.”

My favorite part of Opera’s wand is that it auto-fills passwords, as well as other forms. It’s nice and convenient to just click the wand and have your info filled.