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Having your passwords quickly available on every computer, every phone, every OS, and every browser is great. Browser-plugin + app password managers do all 4, w

Having your passwords quickly available on every computer, every phone, every OS, and every browser is great. Browser-plugin + app password managers do all 4, while password managers provided by the OS or browser typically fail at one of those. They fail hard, too, by making it difficult to manually extract passwords when you need to. They also tend to lack features like password generation, note storage, etc. It's a completely different experience, really.

kwhitefoot 7y ago
> by making it difficult to manually extract passwords Not true for Firefox. Just go the privacy settings, forms, saved logins.
- crumpets 7y ago
  That’s difficult for a common workflow. Going into “settings” for a password is as goofy as going into settings to look at your calendar.
  - Gracana 7y ago
    What common workflow requires accessing usernames and passwords manually?
    - iopq 7y ago
      When the URL of the login form changes, or Firefox doesn't see it, or you need to log in to a mobile app
- nkozyra 7y ago
  Similarly easy for Chrome - Settings -> Passwords then once OS password entered you can see each.
arianvanp 7y ago
Euhm the firefox password manager syncs between devices and even has a standalone app https://lockwise.firefox.com/ https://lockwise.firefox.com/ Edit: Though Lockwise is relatively new, and currently opt in. And misses features like importing passwords bulk from other password managers
- dontbenebby 7y ago
  It would be nice if they added a way to import Keepass DBs.
- Tomte 7y ago
  And — at least on iOS — is glacially slow. Startup times of twenty seconds weren't the rule, but not uncommon, when I tried Lockwise last week. Even at the best of times startup took five seconds at least.