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Re: FireFox password management

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On 1/17/2022 1:10 AM, Robert Baer wrote:
> Paul wrote:
>> On 1/16/2022 7:51 PM, Robert Baer wrote:
>>>    See no way to do that in FF 96.0.
>>>    Follow Mozilla instructions and do NOT get the expected list of
>>> prog name, user name, password.
>>>    So, how in the heck can do any password management?
>>>
>>>     Thanks.
>>
>> Do you mean, instructions like this ?
>>
>> https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/password-manager-remember-delete-edit-logins#firefox:win7:fx96 
> * yes, that is one; the select that first one "Make Firefox remember usernames and passwords". Scroll down to "Click the menu Fx57Menu button and select Passwords" [[results of cut and paste]].
>    See my comment below.
> 
>>
>>
>> They include mention of means to disable the feature.
>> Make sure those disabling controls are not messing with you.
>>
>> It says that using "Private Browsing Mode" continuously, disabled
>> the feature. The purpose of Private Browsing is not to leave
>> any trace of your activity, and that includes recording
>> passwords to porno sites. That's why they disable it.
>>
>> The article also says:
>>
>>     about:logins
> * They say to manage passwords, click on the triple bar icon, then click on/select passwords and then one will get about:passwords.
>    Well, one no longer gets that list of passwords
>>
>> should open the password management page. But you can
>> have items stored in there, and if the feature and those
>> tick boxes depicted on the instruction page are not
>> ticked, then it won't do anything.
>>
>> There's really a lot of helpful hints there.
> * hints that no longer work.
> 
>>
>>     Paul
> 
>     Thanks.

Works here.

How I tested:

    Ubuntu Server, gnome-desktop, apache2, VirtualBox session, screenshots

Results:

    [Picture]  If empty picture frame shows, right click and "Reload image"

    https://i.postimg.cc/PJZFnYmD/FF96-saves-my-password.gif

   Paul

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FireFox password management Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2022-01-16 16:51 -0800
  Re: FireFox password management Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2022-01-16 20:37 -0500
    Re: FireFox password management Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2022-01-16 22:10 -0800
      Re: FireFox password management Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2022-01-17 06:54 -0500
        Re: FireFox password management Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2022-01-18 20:56 -0800
          Re: FireFox password management Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2022-01-19 00:12 -0500
            Re: FireFox password management Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2022-01-19 03:12 -0500
              FireFox password management 2 Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2022-01-28 21:31 -0800
                Re: FireFox password management 2 Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2022-01-29 08:40 -0500
                Re: FireFox password management 2 Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2022-01-30 09:26 +0000
                Re: FireFox password management 2 Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2022-01-30 09:16 -0500
                Re: FireFox password management 2 Robert Baer <robertbaer@localnet.com> - 2022-02-02 05:26 -0800

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