pog
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1 edit | reply to antdude
Re: Stop Password Masking
From article...
More importantly, there's usually nobody looking over your shoulder when you log in to a website. It's just you, sitting all alone in your office, suffering reduced usability to protect against a non-issue. "Usually" is not "always"... but sure... lets unmask the fields.
edit: Was being a bit sarcastic above... however, since masking is a function of the browser (right?), it could become a user preference. It needn't/shouldn't be up to site operators.
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Mele20
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| said by pog  :edit: Was being a bit sarcastic above... however, since masking is a function of the browser (right?), it could become a user preference. It needn't/shouldn't be up to site operators. Is it a function of the browser? If so, then where do I change it to unmasked (Firefox, Opera and IE)? Where do I change it in Windows so that I can see what password I type for Vista? I have never used a password on any version of Windows before Vista because I cannot see what I am typing. I always make mistakes. No one is ever looking over my shoulder. I use very simple paswords hoping that will cut down on the mistakes.
So, if there is a setting I can change in my browsers and in Windows please tell me! To me, this has always been extremely inane for home users and for those in offices all the shoulder looker has to do is look at the keyboard. I have never understood how keeping someone from seeing what they typed is a security measure. Rather it is an annoyance and on some sites you get locked out after three tries that are wrong. That would not happen if you could see what you were typing.
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pog
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1 edit | said by Mele20 :Is it a function of the browser? It has to be a function of the browser because what causes it to happen is "type=password" in forms...
That doesn't mean, however, that any browser allows the user to configure the behavior directly. I don't see anything in FF, at least... but someone could maybe write an extension that switches type=password to type=text before rendering.
Oh... here's something that might help... »techie-buzz.com/featured/unmask-···lds.html
edit: the above greasemonkey script works well... you'll need the greasemonkey extension, of course!
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| I can't install any extensions currently. I get an install date of 1970 and notice of incompatibility with Fx3. (I can't update the ones I have either). I would try it though.
I need something that is global as Firefox is not the only browser I use. Besides, I like to keep my number of extensions to 10 or less if possible.
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