# Why won't the Mozilla Password Manager work with some websites?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 17, 2006, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-the-mozilla-password-manager-work-with-some-websites/340323 "2006-01-17T05:21:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-the-mozilla-password-manager-work-with-some-websites/340323/1 "2006-01-17T05:21:43Z")

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I’ve noticed that the password dialog doesn’t appear with certain sites like Yahoo! and this one (SDMB). Anyone have a clue as to why?

Thanks,

Adam

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**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-the-mozilla-password-manager-work-with-some-websites/340323/2 "2006-01-17T06:22:11Z")

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Some sites use an attribute in the HTML Form tag to set the autocomplete off. They do this for your security - my bank does it as well. With Firefox, there is a bookmarklet to override that feature on a one-time basis. You can get the bookmarklet [here](http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/forms.html).

To use it, for example with my bank site, I go to the page where I log in, then in my bookmarks I select the “remember password” one as if it were a URL, and then I see a box that tells me it ran (I’m still at my bank login page). Then I enter my account number and password, hit Submit, and the normal prompt appears to have Firefox remember the password.

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**Author:** ![Agent\_Foxtrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9fc29f/32.png) [@Agent\_Foxtrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agent_Foxtrot)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-the-mozilla-password-manager-work-with-some-websites/340323/3 "2006-01-17T06:36:13Z")

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> [@CurtC](#):
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> Some sites use an attribute in the HTML Form tag to set the autocomplete off. They do this for your security - my bank does it as well. With Firefox, there is a bookmarklet to override that feature on a one-time basis. You can get the bookmarklet [here](http://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/forms.html).
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> To use it, for example with my bank site, I go to the page where I log in, then in my bookmarks I select the “remember password” one as if it were a URL, and then I see a box that tells me it ran (I’m still at my bank login page). Then I enter my account number and password, hit Submit, and the normal prompt appears to have Firefox remember the password.

This is great! Thanks!

Is it legal…?

Adam

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**Author:** ![DarrenS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DarrenS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DarrenS)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2006, 7:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-the-mozilla-password-manager-work-with-some-websites/340323/4 "2006-01-17T07:21:50Z")

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I find [this](http://roachfiend.com/archives/2005/03/03/always-remember-password/) extension a little easier to use than the bookmarklet.