Why Doesn't AutoComplete Always Work in Firefox?

If you're the type of person that always allows Firefox to save your login credentials for the sites you visit, you might be very frustrated when you come across a site that doesn't even prompt you to save the credentials. We've got the lowdown on what's going on here.

Here's that awful form I have to type into almost every day… I'm really getting tired of it.

So I take a look into the source for the page, and here's the culprit: the AUTOCOMPLETE="off" on the form will tell Firefox to disable auto completing for that form. The form elements themselves also have the same tag on them.

You'll find this happens quite often on corporate vpns, banks, and other sites where they are worried about security and don't want you to save your passwords, so they use this tag in their pages to prevent your browser from saving the credentials.

Your Best Option: Greasemonkey it!

You can use a greasemonkey script to re-enable the autocomplete on the form elements. You can find a number of them at userscripts.org:

http://userscripts.org/scripts/search?q=autocomplete

Or you can write your own if you feel like it… for some reason the other scripts did not work on my screwy corporate vpn at work, so I created a new script that manually set the attributes of each.

var frm = document.forms[0];
frm.setAttribute('autocomplete', 'on');
frm.elements[0].setAttribute('autocomplete', 'on');
frm.elements[1].setAttribute('autocomplete', 'on');

Hint: the Firebug extension is a great way to figure out what the elements are if you are writing a script.

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Automate Filling in Wordpress Comment Fields


Automate Filling in Wordpress Comment Fields

One of the more annoying things about visiting blogs is having to fill out all the comment fields. They are the same on every blog (including this one). Sure, you can hit the down arrow key and Firefox might remember what you typed last, but it's still a pain, especially as a blogger when you want to leave a lot of comments.

A much simpler way is to use an application to fill out the fields for you. I've chosen the Texter application, just because it's the latest software that I've been playing with.

Download and install the software, and go through the tutorial on the download page. Once you've got it installed, hit Ctrl+Shift+H to bring up the Add new hotstring dialog, and enter the following, making sure to set the dropdown to "Script", or else it won't replace the {Tab} with an actual tab key.

My Name{Tab}my@email.com{Tab}http://www.mysite.com{Tab}My Message Here

You'll want to give it a unique hotstring, something that you wouldn't need to use in other applications. I chose wp1.

So now just type in wp1 into the name field in any comments box:

Hit the tab key, and you should see it auto-fill in the fields, and position the cursor in the comment box so you can write a personalized comment.

This tool is unbelievably useful.

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Change Update Interval of Live Bookmarks in Firefox

If you are a fan of the Live Bookmarks feature, you might wonder how to make them update quicker since the default update time is once per hour, and there isn't a place in the interface to configure this.

You can always manually right-click on the bookmark and choose Reload Live Bookmark, but that's hardly efficient if you have dozens of feeds bookmarked.

You can change the default interval for all live bookmarks with a config setting. Just type about:config into the address bar, and then filter by the following key:

browser.bookmarks.livemark_refresh_seconds

If it doesn't exist, which is most likely the case, then right-click in the blank area and choose New \ Integer.

Copy in the key from above as the name, and then set the default value to 1800, which is 30 minutes in seconds.

The default value used internally is 3600 if the setting does not exist. You should be careful about not setting this value too low, as you might get banned by the server you are trying to connect to if you have the browser updating too often. The minimum value accepted is 60 seconds, but you should never set it that low.

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Conserve Space in Firefox by Combining Toolbars

I'm not a fan of wasted space in user interfaces, so any time I can consolidate down to only useful functionality I'm happy about it. The subject today is how to consolidate the Firefox toolbars down to just the items we actually use, to save space for the 45 tabs I like to have open.

Hide the Menu Toolbar with Personal Menu Extension

There are a number of ways to hide the Menu toolbar, but I prefer using the Personal Menu extension. Once you've installed the extension, you'll be able to hide the menus toolbar:

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To show the menu toolbar again you can use the Alt key. You'll also notice that some new items will be added to your menu, which can be customized or just removed.

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Make Trillian on Vista Open Links in Firefox

When I switched to Vista, one of the biggest annoyances was that Trillian started opening links in Internet Explorer instead of Firefox, even though Firefox is set as my default browser and works everywhere else.

Turns out it's an extremely simple setting. Just open Trillian Preferences and click on Text Conversations.

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In this dialog, uncheck the option for "Open links in a new browser window"

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I have to assume that Trillian uses some sort of built-in "new browser" mechanism that isn't compatible with Vista.

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