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Switched from Opera to Firefox, some functionality confusion

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Initially, I only have two problems/questions I wasn't able to google a solution for.

Is there any way to force Firefox to keep form data when pressing the back button? This worked perfectly in Opera, but is completely missing here. It's especially annoying when posting on forums and similar places: for example, you post something, decide to delete it, go back, change it a bit, and repost. In Firefox, the form is reset.

Secondly, is it possible to assign a keyboard shortcut to log in to sites I have credentials saved for? In Opera I'd just press Ctrl+Enter. In Firefox, I have to click on forms, and either keep clicking the mouse, or press some keys, and then click log in. That's pretty awkward.
 
I don't want to be logged in automatically. I would like to do it with simple keyboard shortcut.

Btw, when I clicked on your link, I was prompted to allow something to install before the page even started loading at all (and it didn't anyway). Not sure what it was, but I didn't like it one bit.
 
Octopuss said:
I don't want to be logged in automatically. I would like to do it with simple keyboard shortcut.

Btw, when I clicked on your link, I was prompted to allow something to install before the page even started loading at all (and it didn't anyway). Not sure what it was, but I didn't like it one bit.
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Berryracer linked directly to the plugin, I believe, and not to the page.
 
Octopuss said:
I don't want to be logged in automatically. I would like to do it with simple keyboard shortcut.

Btw, when I clicked on your link, I was prompted to allow something to install before the page even started loading at all (and it didn't anyway). Not sure what it was, but I didn't like it one bit.
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Did you even see the name of the link or the address?

I'll make sure not to help you in the future! :twisted:
 
berryracer said:
Did you even see the name of the link or the address?

I'll make sure not to help you in the future! :twisted:
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It's generally not a good idea to link to direct downloads of anything. Instead you should link to a page with a description, warnings, compatibility, version info, etc.

I think you'll find many people including myself aren't comfortable with downloading random .exes, extensions, etc. from the interent. Either way I want to know more about the product or company before I introduce it to my computer. Safety first :thumbsup:
 
balloonshark said:
It's generally not a good idea to link to direct downloads of anything. Instead you should link to a page with a description, warnings, compatibility, version info, etc.

I think you'll find many people including myself aren't comfortable with downloading random .exes, extensions, etc. from the interent. Either way I want to know more about the product or company before I introduce it to my computer. Safety first :thumbsup:
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I agree, but I haven't linked to some bit.l shortened unknown link. my link said LASTPASS in Bold, and if you hover over the link, it clearly links to the Last Pass site. If one cannot google such a popular extension to know what I have linked, then I have no respect for him and will never help him again. In fact, I have added him to my ignore list to never see his posts again
 
Octopuss said:
Secondly, is it possible to assign a keyboard shortcut to log in to sites I have credentials saved for? In Opera I'd just press Ctrl+Enter. In Firefox, I have to click on forms, and either keep clicking the mouse, or press some keys, and then click log in. That's pretty awkward.
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Maybe FF has a native way to do it, but if not there's a "Secure Login" extension, which tends to mimic old Opera's behavior among other things.
 
+1 for Secure Login. It mimics Opera's Wand pretty well. You can have it set it so Ctrl+Enter fills out forms & login boxes.

Though, I always keep form filling turned off in Opera & FF, so I can't help you with how to keep the form data.
 
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balloonshark said:
It's generally not a good idea to link to direct downloads of anything. Instead you should link to a page with a description, warnings, compatibility, version info, etc.

I think you'll find many people including myself aren't comfortable with downloading random .exes, extensions, etc. from the interent. Either way I want to know more about the product or company before I introduce it to my computer. Safety first :thumbsup:
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Agreed and nice explanation. It's usually best and safest to link to the software information page instead of the extension directly, although I'm sure the OP's intentions were to be helpful.
 
imported_brandon said:
+1 for Secure Login. It mimics Opera's Wand pretty well. You can have it set it so Ctrl+Enter fills out forms & login boxes.

Though, I always keep form filling turned off in Opera & FF, so I can't help you with how to keep the form data.
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Yup, I gave it a shot and it works almost perfectly.

The other plugin I installed is something that enabled Ctrl+B functionality, which is an absolute must have for me.
 
Secure login seems to work fine on most webs I visit. Occasionally it either doesn't fill the fields correctly or something, but generally I am happy with it.
 
You can go Bookmarks / Show all bookmarks / Create new bookmark and give it some name, say maybe Password Saver.

In the Location window for your bookmark enter this entire javascript:

Code: 
[/SIZE][/FONT][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2][FONT=Trebuchet MS][SIZE=2]javascript:(function(){var ca,cea,cs,df,dfe,i,j,x,y;function  n(i,what){return i+"  "+what+((i==1)?"":"s")}ca=cea=cs=0;df=document.forms;for(i=0;i<df.length;++i){x=df[i];dfe=x.elements;if(x.onsubmit){x.onsubmit="";++cs;}if(x.attributes["autocomplete"]){x.attributes["autocomplete"].value="on";++ca;}for(j=0;j<dfe.length;++j){y=dfe[j];if(y.attributes["autocomplete"]){y.attributes["autocomplete"].value="on";++cea;}}}alert("Removed  autocomplete=off from "+n(ca,"form")+" and from "+n(cea,"form  element")+", and removed onsubmit from "+n(cs,"form")+". After you type  your password and submit the form, the browser will offer to remember  your password.")})();[/SIZE][/FONT]
Reference

It used to work really well but lately it isn't working for my web pages of my banks. So when you log in the 1st time, click that bookmark and when you return to log in again it will enter the field(s) for you (userid & pwd).
 
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In the Location window for your bookmark enter this entire javascript:

javascript🙁function(){var%20ca,cea,cs,df,dfe,i,j,x,y;function%20n(i,what){return%20i+"%20"+what+((i==1)?"":"s")}ca=cea=cs=0;df=document.forms;for(i=0;i<df.length;++i){x=df;dfe=x.elements;if(x.onsubmit){x.onsubmit="";++cs;}if(x.attributes["autocomplete"]){x.attributes["autocomplete"].value="on";++ca;}for(j=0;j<dfe.length;++j){y=dfe[j];if(y.attributes["autocomplete"]){y.attributes["autocomplete"].value="on";++cea;}}}alert("Removed%20autocomplete=off%20from%20"+n(ca,"form")+"%20and%20from%20"+n(cea,"form%20element")+",%20and%20removed%20onsubmit%20from%20"+n(cs,"form")+".%20After%20you%20type%20your%20password%20and%20submit%20the%20form,%20the%20browser%20will%20offer%20to%20remember%20your%20password.")})();
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Code: 
javascript:(function(){var%20ca,cea,cs,df,dfe,i,j,x,y;function%20n(i,what){return%20i+"%20"+what+((i==1)?"":"s")}ca=cea=cs=0;df=document.forms;for(i=0;i<df.length;++i){x=df[i];dfe=x.elements;if(x.onsubmit){x.onsubmit="";++cs;}if(x.attributes["autocomplete"]){x.attributes["autocomplete"].value="on";++ca;}for(j=0;j<dfe.length;++j){y=dfe[j];if(y.attributes["autocomplete"]){y.attributes["autocomplete"].value="on";++cea;}}}alert("Removed%20autocomplete=off%20from%20"+n(ca,"form")+"%20and%20from%20"+n(cea,"form%20element")+",%20and%20removed%20onsubmit%20from%20"+n(cs,"form")+".%20After%20you%20type%20your%20password%20and%20submit%20the%20form,%20the%20browser%20will%20offer%20to%20remember%20your%20password.")})();

Code tags should be used when posting code, or things can get ugly and break.
 
I have to take it back. Secure login sucks. It's completely unclear how it works, and despite having proper credentials saved, I am constantly getting login errors on forums when I use it. It's also apparently abandoned plugin, because there hasn't been any update for over a year, and the help button takes you to nonexisting part of some web. Bollocks.
Any tips for an alternative?
 
not a firefox extension and maybe its not what u want, but worth to say at least 🙂

i use KeePass + dropbox for all my password needs and its working well for me, use a long and good master password to encrypt the password database file, then i upload (allready encrypted) to dropbox. That way i have synced passwords over laptop, main computer, work computer, and the smartphone. Works for me on Windows, Debian and android.

from the keepass app, just pressing CTRL+V on a password entry does the auto filll user/password on the active firefox window, and i dont have to store passwords on a web browser (never liked that, seems very insecure).
 
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I would very much prefer a simple FF plugin (or extension or whatever the difference is 😛) so I don't have to keep track of gazzilion things.

What you're taking about here might be an alternative to my Excel sheet with all the passwords I use, though. Gotta look at it further.
 
well keepass its just your Excel file but on way more features related to the passwords, can even export/import the passwords to/from excel 😀

I dont even know the password i am using there in Anandtech for example, keepass maded a random one using the template i choosed (usually 40-bit hex key) like this: 70a5130674, but can use longer ones 128 or 256-bit.

I dont share any password on any other site, and its not much much work to do it, i used excel files in the past, and was a nightmare for me compared to this.

theres the feature list and some pics:

http://keepass.info/features.html
http://keepass.info/screenshots.html

Edit: just found out that theres a firefox extension for keepass use http://keefox.org/features gonna try it myself 😀
 
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Keepass is great. Definitely much more secure than excel + many more options, so I'd recommend switching to that as soon as you can.

Octopuss said:
I would very much prefer a simple FF plugin (or extension or whatever the difference is 😛) so I don't have to keep track of gazzilion things.

What you're taking about here might be an alternative to my Excel sheet with all the passwords I use, though. Gotta look at it further.
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