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Hierdie gesprek is in die argief. Vra asseblief 'n nuwe vraag as jy hulp nodig het.

Why can't FireFox remember a NEW password???

joelwmson
joelwmson
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I had to change my Yahoo email login password. FireFox USED TO be able to recognize a new password and ask if it should remember it. Now it is oblivious. Everytime I have to login to Yahoo email Firefox blithely supplies my old password. When I replace it with my new password, Firefox ignores it, and next time supplies my old password. YES, under Tools->Security I have selected "Remember passwords for site."

PLEASE FIX THIS. It is VERY annoying.

Best regards,

Joel Williamson P.S. PLEASE actually read and consider what I've said intead of having a robot scan for keywords and give an inane response.

I had to change my Yahoo email login password. FireFox USED TO be able to recognize a new password and ask if it should remember it. Now it is oblivious. Everytime I have to login to Yahoo email Firefox blithely supplies my old password. When I replace it with my new password, Firefox ignores it, and next time supplies my old password. YES, under Tools->Security I have selected "Remember passwords for site." PLEASE FIX THIS. It is VERY annoying. Best regards, Joel Williamson P.S. PLEASE actually read and consider what I've said intead of having a robot scan for keywords and give an inane response.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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I don't use this feature, so I can't tell you from personal experience whether there are certain circumstances in which it just fails.

But I can say that you can remove an old password that you don't want Firefox to keep using by going here:

orange Firefox button or Tools menu > Options > Security > "Saved Passwords" button

If that doesn't work, your passwords file may have become corrupted. Fingers crossed that is not the case.

joelwmson
joelwmson Vraag-eienaar
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Thanks jscher2000. That worked, BUT, it's still very annoying that Firefox used to deal with such changes smoothly and automatically. Now it's a manual correction that I must make.

Thanks again for your help.

I can only guess that Firefox 5.0 will be even worse (I am avoiding it because it will cancel my add-ons just like 4.0 did). A new version every month means my add-ons will never work if I keep up. After years of satisfaction with FF I am now considering other browsers.

jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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I really don't know whether Firefox has changed, or it's something about Yahoo in particular, or your password file is showing signs of corruption. So I wouldn't take it as a sign that you will be unhappy with Firefox 5.

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Regarding add-ons, though, due to the new way Firefox versions are numbered, I predict this will be an area of continuing discontent.

If you are inclined to experiment, you can force Firefox to ignore add-on version restrictions by (what else) installing an add-on. Then you can test whether the add-ons important to you actually work in Firefox 4, 5, 6, 7...

Add-on Compatibility Reporter :: Add-ons for Firefox

After you install this add-on and restart Firefox, there will still be a message that "--- is incompatible with Firefox x.0" but the add-on will be enabled and a Disable button will appear for that entry.