Re: FireFox password management

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.