Re:Master password in Firefox or Thunderbird? Do not bother
by takeda on Saturday March 10, 2018 @08:32PM
(#16561193)
Not really what article talks about, but I don't understand why browsers while they copied some nice Opera[1] features (Chrome first then FF out of Chrome) none bothered to copy Wand.
The way current browsers operate, makes it really inconvenient to use a master password, because each time you visit a page for which a password is stored, it will prompt you to enter a master password. This way you can't have a feature where master password is forgotten after for example 10 minutes of not using it.
Such behavior makes one either to not use master password at all, or enter it and be in memory for the entire time a browser is running.
Also pressing Command+Enter or Ctrl+Enter log in to a website was so much faster and convenient than the current way.
[1] Note I'm talking about actual Opera browser which sadly no longer exists, the current Opera browser is just a Chrome with a different skin.
The way current browsers operate, makes it really inconvenient to use a master password, because each time you visit a page for which a password is stored, it will prompt you to enter a master password. This way you can't have a feature where master password is forgotten after for example 10 minutes of not using it.
Such behavior makes one either to not use master password at all, or enter it and be in memory for the entire time a browser is running.
Also pressing Command+Enter or Ctrl+Enter log in to a website was so much faster and convenient than the current way.
[1] Note I'm talking about actual Opera browser which sadly no longer exists, the current Opera browser is just a Chrome with a different skin.