Re: [Bug-gnu-pw-mgr] Another use case for web login

[Brandon Invergo]

> For these reasons, I think it is useful for all the output
> to be displayed in the GUI window, allowing the user to
> look at and select the text they want.

For what it's worth, I'm with Bruce on this one.  I would much rather be
able to view, copy and paste the password manually.  Perhaps, as a
luxury, the password corresponding to the most recent (i.e. last-listed)
seed can be automatically copied to the primary (middle-click) clipboard
and cleared after a short timeout, but I don't think that's necessary.

In addition to the reasons that Bruce has outlined, I'll give three
more:

- some websites do not give a single text entry box for a password, but
  rather they give several, in which the user is to enter a given
  character from the password (i.e. they might have to enter the 3rd,
  5th and 9th characters, each one in a separate text entry box).

- some websites do not allow passwords to be pasted into the text entry
  box.  I'm not sure if your proposed auto-fill mechanism depends on the
  clipboard, but this is something to keep in mind

- some websites disable keyboard input for PIN entry, depending instead
  on mouse selection of randomly ordered digits.  I'm not sure if any
  automated form-filling could get around this.

-brandon

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Brandon Invergo
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