On Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:35:40 +0100, Robert Kaiser <ka...@kairo.at> wrote:
>JohnW-Mpls schrieb: >> I debated going back to SM 2.0 now but I'm spoiled by 1.18's much >> simpler handling of passwords for apps that require them. Question: >> is SM 2 going to be modified to handle passwords decently? And if so, >> about when might that change be expected? > >Could you define the actual problem you're having and what's not >"decent" in SM2 for that matter? > >Robert Kaiser I hope the following helps, Robert. If not enough, what would you like? SM 1.18 vs 2.0 Password Insertion SM 1.18 Within 2 seconds after getting a website's opening screen, 1.18 has inserted the User ID and Password for that site. (This assumes that I have clicked to save the password when at that site previously.) When I go to GoDaddy where I have over a half dozen accounts, it can take 5 seconds for SM to bring up a little screen listing all my accounts, from which screen I select the one account I want to open. At some sites where I had not logged out from my previous visit, I never even see the opening screen requesting ID & P/W - I go right to their home screen. At banking sites like Wells Fargo, the ID & P/W are never saved so never inserted by SM. SM 2.0 (The following assumes that I have clicked to save the User ID & password when at that site previously.) All sites stop at the opening screen waiting for the ID & P/W. I don't remember ever seeing their insertion without a bunch of clicking by me (right & left clicks) to get any saved data from SM. That takes 5-20 seconds, sometimes never, and typically just the ID and that I have to move to the proper box on the screen for the P/W to appear. While using 2.0, I started to save sites IDs & PWs so I could enter them manually - I could do that faster and without the frustration of hoping for SM to do something. I have over 100 sites in the password manager and some vendors like to assign their own IDs so I cannot rely on just a few for manual insertion. (I also have many passwords but that is no problem - SM fills those in quickly once the ID is identified.) + + + + + + Note that I'm surprised that this situation is not well known to you. It was mentioned in a number of messages right after 2.0 went from beta to live at the end of October. -- JohnW-Mpls john...@comcast.net 952-593-0954 _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
