Re: FireFox password management

Paul wrote:
> 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
   Maybe because Linux is involved?

   Thanks.