JohnW-Mpls wrote:
On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 13:53:10 -0400, Phillip Jones
<[email protected]> wrote:
Robert Kaiser wrote:
JohnW-Mpls schrieb:
I am now back
to 1.19
If you like having unpatched security vulnerabilities on your computer,
have fun with it!
Are there any 2.x plans to fix the ID/Password processing?
You didn't tell us what the specific bugs are. If the specific problems
are filed as bug reports in bugzilla.mozilla.org, chances are that
someone might look at them. Without that, nobody sees that there could
be any problems.
And remember, any report need to be specific and to the point to what
the actual problem in an actual case is. "It's broken" is not helpful as
it doesn't tell us what doesn't work and a developer needs to be able
reproduce the problem on his setup to work on fixing it.
Robert Kaiser
That the fellow is mad about is in SM1.X when you saved user Name and
Password for say Bank (but others) the username and password would
automatically pop up in the form fields (the password would be shown as
a series of ••••••'s)
Because The Banking and Insurance and Securities Industries, held a club
over Mozilla's heads. That no longer happens. You actually have to type
in your username before it will fill in. So you have to memorize every
Username you use.
That's quite a feat to have to do, especially folks like me that have
trouble with spelling.
So there will be a lot of folks that will go back to SM1 and FF3.0 just
for that.
You got it. Phillip - it's not a bug but a design change/flaw. I went
to 2.x for better security but the design of ID/Password handling went
overboard.
I have a few hundred bookmarks and a few dozen with ID/Password
protection. The Wall St Journal is a nice example, one of the
publications I go to daily.
When I go to the WSJ site with 1.x, their site comes up with a "Hello,
John" greeting - they already know me as a customer. With 2.x. the
WSJ comes up but I am restricted till I click to login and then I need
to right-click for 5-15 seconds for 2.x to finally respond with my
ID/Password, or I need to enter in the first character of the ID I use
for that vendor.
I use a number of ID/Passwords for different purposes, for different
clients, etc. Remembering which one for which site is not practical
for a human - that's what I have a computer for, and the 1.x and even
old Netscape does it well - user friendly.
I expect I have a 100 I have to keep up with.
I think its over kill. myself.
First I use a Master Password in all the browsers I use. And I am her
just with my 85 year old mother that would know how to turn on my
computers much less operate them.
Why, on rare occasion I travel with my laptop. And when I don't travel.
I live in a run down neighborhood. when the sun goes down we lock all
the windows and doors and close the blinds. if someone breaks in a
swipes my computers I don't want the risk of any of my passwords being
used.
So if I use a Mater Password, why should the banking industry dictate
how my browser operates.
All those folks fussing about using a Master Password just don't care
about possibly getting your credit and identity ruined.
--
Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T. "If it's Fixed, Don't Break it"
http://www.phillipmjones.net http://www.vpea.org
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