Why doesn't Firefox on Ubuntu fill in passwords on forms?

[Matthew Flaschen]

Chris Mohler wrote:
> In short: no.  I can access most sites with stored passwords using
> Ubuntu 8.10 and FF3. There are exceptions though - notably Paypal.

That's deliberate.  PayPal has autocomplete="off" set on the field.  See
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=245333 , where Mozilla says
they will not provide a preference to ignore that attribute to avoid
pissing off the banks.  However, there are addons to do it, such as
https://www.squarefree.com/bookmarklets/forms.html#remember_password and
http://www.smart-roadster-club.de/off-topic/mozilla/extensions/activate-autocomplete/,
and hacks like
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=969285&start=0&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Matt Flaschen