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Firefox/SeaMonkey/Mozilla/Netscape/Flock Browser Extension => Feature Requests / Enhancements => Topic started by: rdebay on May 14, 2009, 02:05:18 PM

Title: Add-on standard character sets should match online version
Post by: rdebay on May 14, 2009, 02:05:18 PM: The characters sets in the add-on drop-down should match the set available online.
I tried to select an alphanumeric set in the add-on, and it wasn't available. I cut & pasted from source of the online version, in order to make sure that passwords generated by the add-on matched the online version.

Rick DeBay
Title: Re: Add-on standard character sets should match online version
Post by: tanstaafl on May 14, 2009, 02:08:46 PM: I thought this was fixed?
Title: Re: Add-on standard character sets should match online version
Post by: rdebay on May 14, 2009, 02:45:34 PM: Quote from: tanstaafl on May 14, 2009, 02:08:46 PM
I thought this was fixed?

I have version 1.7.2 at work and at home, and both have only six options in the drop-down:
[A-Z][a-z][0-9][`-/]
[0-9][a-f]
[0-9]
[A-Z][a-z]
[`-/]
random
Title: Re: Add-on standard character sets should match online version
Post by: tanstaafl on May 14, 2009, 03:16:02 PM: And they are the same? If so, then I don't understand what you're asking for...
Title: Re: Add-on standard character sets should match online version
Post by: rdebay on May 14, 2009, 04:53:56 PM: Quote from: tanstaafl on May 14, 2009, 03:16:02 PM
And they are the same? If so, then I don't understand what you're asking for...

No, they are not the same. The previous post listed everything available in the Firefox add-on. If you were to examine the online version, you would see:

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789`~!@#$%^&*()_-+={}|[]\:";<>?,./
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789
0123456789abcdef
0123456789
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
`~!@#$%^&*()_-+={}|[]\:"'<>?,./

The difference between the two is that the add-on has a 'random' choice, and the on-line version has the alphabet in upper and lower case with digits.
The alphanumeric set needs to be added to the add-on.
Title: Re: Add-on standard character sets should match online version
Post by: tanstaafl on May 14, 2009, 05:35:06 PM: Ok, ur right... I never use the online version, so never noticed...

Yeah, I agree they should be the same...

It will be easier to change the online version to match what is in the extension, but that will be up to Eric...
Title: Re: Add-on standard character sets should match online version
Post by: rdebay on May 14, 2009, 08:57:49 PM: Quote from: tanstaafl on May 14, 2009, 05:35:06 PM
It will be easier to change the online version to match what is in the extension, but that will be up to Eric...

I hope the alphanumeric choice is NOT removed from the online version. It's the safest choice for most sites.
Title: Re: Add-on standard character sets should match online version
Post by: Miquel 'Fire' Burns on May 15, 2009, 12:48:07 AM: I never understood how useful the random feature is for the simple fact, if you lose your RDF, how do you recreate the character set?
Title: Re: Add-on standard character sets should match online version
Post by: tanstaafl on May 15, 2009, 03:33:29 PM: I agree, but to be honest, I never even knew it was there... maybe I saw it, but never looked closely at it...