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I've been using LastPass for years now, but I'm starting to explore other options. For me, the biggest pain point is the interface. The automatic form filling

I've been using LastPass for years now, but I'm starting to explore other options. For me, the biggest pain point is the interface. The automatic form filling rarely works as it should; I click the LastPass icon in the username field, select the site, and it only populates the username (even though there is an input with type="password" right below it). I then have to: 1) Press ALT+W to bring up the LastPass site search 2) Type in the domain name 3) Find the correct entry, and then click "Show Password" 4) Use my mouse to highlight the password and copy it (there is no quick way to copy the password) 5) Close the tab, go back to the original site, put my cursor in the password field and paste it And then I have to worry about what password I may or may not have lingering in my clipboard. If anyone has a better workflow please let me know. I'm envious when I watch coworkers use 1Password to populate a form in two steps using hotkeys.

benologist 10y ago
I use 1Password like that. I'm starting to explore other options because I'd much rather pay for open source software. Dropbox and 1Password are the only proprietary software I really depend on... cause it's 2016 and everyone else got the memo, even Microsoft is changing.
ufmace 10y ago
What browser are you using? Lastpass usually autofills for me, and if it doesn't, there's a menu widget in both the password field and the plugin menu that goes right to the domain, and has a copy password to clipboard option.
PhasmaFelis 10y ago
Using Chrome on Windows, I can right-click anywhere in the browser window, select "LastPass", select "Copy Password", and click the domain/user. (There's usually only one listed, unless I have multiple accounts on the site.) Then just click the password field and Ctrl-V, of course. If you're concerned about the clipboard, get in the habit of typing Shift-LeftArrow Ctrl-C after entering the password, to quickly replace your clipboard with a single character.
tedmiston 10y ago
> And then I have to worry about what password I may or may not have lingering in my clipboard. I'm not sure how LastPass does it, but 1Password does clear the clipboard after a short period of time (configurable, I think 90 seconds by default). I use clipboard logging via Alfred, and can confirm that however they clear the clipboard works to keep them out of its log.

benologist 10y ago

I use 1Password like that. I'm starting to explore other options because I'd much rather pay for open source software. Dropbox and 1Password are the only proprietary software I really depend on... cause it's 2016 and everyone else got the memo, even Microsoft is changing.

ufmace 10y ago

What browser are you using? Lastpass usually autofills for me, and if it doesn't, there's a menu widget in both the password field and the plugin menu that goes right to the domain, and has a copy password to clipboard option.

PhasmaFelis 10y ago

Using Chrome on Windows, I can right-click anywhere in the browser window, select "LastPass", select "Copy Password", and click the domain/user. (There's usually only one listed, unless I have multiple accounts on the site.) Then just click the password field and Ctrl-V, of course. If you're concerned about the clipboard, get in the habit of typing Shift-LeftArrow Ctrl-C after entering the password, to quickly replace your clipboard with a single character.

tedmiston 10y ago

> And then I have to worry about what password I may or may not have lingering in my clipboard. I'm not sure how LastPass does it, but 1Password does clear the clipboard after a short period of time (configurable, I think 90 seconds by default). I use clipboard logging via Alfred, and can confirm that however they clear the clipboard works to keep them out of its log.