Don't use autofill in your browser • Hacker News Board

Re: Don't use autofill in your browser

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Post by kevinmchugh » Fri, Nov 01, 2013, 9:28 PM UTC

ams6110 wrote: post #13

I always disable all "auto" functions in any browser. Autocompete for forms and URLs, remember passwords, everything I can find a switch for I turn off. Makes the browser faster and I feel like I'm more in control of it.

Have you quantified that the browser speed gain offsets the time spent doing work the browser could do for you?

Re: Don't use autofill in your browser

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Post by Groxx » Fri, Nov 01, 2013, 9:51 PM UTC

rejoinder wrote: post #65

kolev wrote: post #64

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You don't use "private browsing"? BTW, Chrome supports multiple profiles now.

I guess that's for signed in users?

No, it's for everything, though it might sound that way. Add a user on the settings page, it'll open up the switching UI, no sign-in required. (unless they changed that recently, of course. but that would suck.)

Re: Don't use autofill in your browser

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Post by rejoinder » Sat, Nov 02, 2013, 5:33 AM UTC

Groxx wrote: post #72

rejoinder wrote: post #65

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I guess that's for signed in users?

No, it's for everything, though it might sound that way. Add a user on the settings page, it'll open up the switching UI, no sign-in required. (unless they changed that recently, of course. but that would suck.)

Nice hidden feature! Cheers.

Re: Don't use autofill in your browser

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Post by kalleboo » Sat, Nov 02, 2013, 1:57 PM UTC

cowsandmilk wrote: post #29

kalleboo wrote: post #23

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This is true, and actually a pretty smart feature, but you have to take the time to double-check (which I suspect most users won't).

Usually I agree that people will blindly click through, but I don't see people clicking through this[1]. Especially if Safari said it would auto-fill your credit card number and you weren't buying anything? [1] https://www.evernote.com/shard/s356/sh/dcf7867e-eb16-4e0e-83...

For me if I just enter my first name, then I get the small AutoFill popup with my contact card preselected, and just hit enter, it autofills without me seeing the full popup with the detailed info in it.