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LastPass Autocompletes Logins and Forms in Chrome, iPhone

In Bookmarklets, Autocomplete, Passwords, Password Management, Password Managers, Webapps, / 20 January 2009 / 0 comments

Windows/Mac/Linux: Previously mentioned LastPass—which adds web-based autocomplete for logins and forms with Firefox and Internet Explorer add-ons—has created several new bookmarklets to support auto-fill from any browser, including Google Chrome, Opera, and even Safari on your iPhone.
As you can see from the video, all you need to do is login to your LastPass account (registration is free) and drag the bookmarklets to your bookmark toolbar. (If you want to use LastPass on your iPhone, you'll have to create the bookmark on your desktop and then sync it to your iPhone.)

LastPass received an honorable mention in our Hive Five Best Password Managers very shortly after its release, and its quick development and impressive features have won over many more users since its initial release. The official Firefox extension and IE plug-in are both still better options when you're using those browsers, but for browsers that don't support add-ons, the bookmarklet support is a godsend.

LastPass
Opera, Google Chrome, Safari, iPhone, Opera Mini and more with Bookmarklets [LastPass Blog via Download Squad]
Transfer Outlook Auto-Complete Addresses Between Computers

In How To, Autocomplete, Outlook, Transitions, Password Managers, Webapps, / 01 April 2008 / 0 comments

Auto-complete is one of those features that gets more and more convenient the more you use it—so losing it completely on a new system, or just new Outlook installation, can be a shock. The Tech Recipes blog details the process for hunting down, copying, and pasting your .NK2 file from system to system, saving you the trouble of re-training your email mind. For most users, the file can be found in your "Application Data" (XP) or "App Data" (Vista) folders, nested inside "Microsoft->Outlook." For help on actually editing and removing entries from Auto-Complete, check out NK2View.

Outlook: Transfer AutoComplete Addresses to a New Computer [Tech-Recipes.com]
Turn On Auto-Complete on Google

In Google, Autocomplete, Search Engines, Keyword Shortcuts, Search, Webapps, / 27 November 2007 / 0 comments

Google's Experimental Search section has added a feature that lets users enable auto-completion of search queries from their main Google pages. While certainly not a new function in the search world, "Keyword suggestions" can help you spell out hard-to-remember words like onomatopoeia and harness the searches used by other Google searchers to find what you're looking for. Unfortunately, turning on keyword auto-complete will turn off any other Experimental features you have enabled, such as keyboard shortcuts, and doesn't carry over to iGoogle home pages yet. For those who still use the streamline basic Google page, however, it couldn't hurt to try it out.

Google Experimental Search [via Google Blogoscoped]
Avoid Auto-Complete Email Mixups

In Email, Address Book, Autocomplete, Email Apps, Netiquette, Webapps, / 12 October 2007 / 0 comments

Auto-complete can save a lot of time in addressing emails, but sending a tossed-off "Can't wait for this day to end" to your boss Rick instead of your friend Rick ... well, that's trouble. Rob Griffiths at Macworld offers his simple solution for avoiding this in OS X's Mail, but it's valid for nearly any email client:

In my case, I created two new groups in Address Book (File -> New Group, or click the plus sign in the lower left corner). I named one da boss (because, well, he is) and the other wrx (which is the brand of car my friend Jason owns) ... I then dragged Jason Snell's contact record into da boss group, and my friend Jason's card into the wrx group.
Tips on other methods to keep contacts separate are welcome in the comments.
Avoid misdirected Mail messages [Macworld]

LastPass Autocompletes Logins and Forms in Chrome, iPhone

Transfer Outlook Auto-Complete Addresses Between Computers

Turn On Auto-Complete on Google

Avoid Auto-Complete Email Mixups

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