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Browser password managers
Raised as a usability problem by 14 people on Hacker News over 11 years (2014–2024), in 14 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
Every issue, all time, most people first
Browser password managers conflict with 1Password when saving loginsUnreviewed
20142026- Chrome saves passwords from web form flows but not from its own username/password fields2024-03-14
- Password managers inject JavaScript and autocomplete, so users can't control access and resort to copy-pasting2022-12-28
- Browsers' own password managers fight with 1Password over generating and saving logins2022-02-16
Autofill fails on many sites, requiring retyping address and birthdateUnreviewed
20142026- Auto-fill fails on many sites, so users must retype address and birthdate2022-12-27
- Auto-fill extensions don't work on many sites, so the user must copy and paste2019-04-05
- Browser auto-fill fails to fill in saved card details, so people must re-enter them2014-11-04
Autofill overwrites form fields with old passwords in change formsUnreviewed
20142026- Autofill fills the account password into a new room password field, with no way to disable it2020-03-31
- Autofill overwrites form fields, putting old saved passwords into change-password forms2019-10-13
- Autofill breaks on changed domains, two-step logins, and password changes, forcing manual recovery2019-05-28
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 14 complaints
- Chrome saves passwords from web form flows but not from its own username/password fields2024-03-14
- Password managers inject JavaScript and autocomplete, so users can't control access and resort to copy-pasting2022-12-28
- Auto-fill fails on many sites, so users must retype address and birthdate2022-12-27
- Password saving seems to work until it suddenly stops, with no early warning2022-06-06
- Browsers' own password managers fight with 1Password over generating and saving logins2022-02-16
- Autofill fills the account password into a new room password field, with no way to disable it2020-03-31
- Autofill overwrites form fields, putting old saved passwords into change-password forms2019-10-13
- Autofill breaks on changed domains, two-step logins, and password changes, forcing manual recovery2019-05-28
- Auto-fill extensions don't work on many sites, so the user must copy and paste2019-04-05
- Autocomplete dropdown is too narrow, hides similar entries, and blocks needed form fields2018-09-29
- Autofill puts phone number into random fields, user must manually delete it2017-01-06
- Autofilled form values aren't seen by page scripts, so submit wrongly reports missing data2016-06-16
- Browser auto-fill fails to fill in saved card details, so people must re-enter them2014-11-04
- Browser password managers have a bare bones interface compared to dedicated managers2014-04-10