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Sxipper Automatically Fills in Web Forms
Posted by Adam Pash at 7:00 AM on June 17, 2008
Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): Firefox extension Sxipper automates your web logins and form filling through a simple, attractive interface. Once installed, you can create different personas into Sxipper for quick form filling for site registrations, and Sxipper automatically works with Firefox's existing saved logins. The extension can either learn and build personas based on information you've already used in forms, or you can import other form and password data from other programs like Roboform or plain old vCards. Sxipper is free, works wherever Firefox does.
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Temoto
Posted 8:05 AM 17/6/08
@Sunitkaul:
I didn't.
... I guess you have your answer, eh?
Temoto
dnthomps
Posted 8:00 AM 17/6/08
The only problem I have with this extension is that there is no option for a master password. It would be nice to have to option to supply a master password so people other than me cannot login to my sites (others in the house that may use my computer).
dnthomps
kuroshi
Posted 7:49 AM 17/6/08
@Sunitkaul: Neither did I. This is awesome! Thank you!
kuroshi
lordshippo
Posted 7:43 AM 17/6/08
@Sunitkaul: I didn't.
lordshippo
pratik5705
Posted 7:41 AM 17/6/08
Says author is not verified. Kind of sceptical supplying passwords to an extension without a verified source.
pratik5705
detection
Posted 7:26 AM 17/6/08
@Sunitkaul: I didn't. Thank you, Lifehacker!
detection
wickedcupofjoe
Posted 7:20 AM 17/6/08
Thanks Adam!
@Sunitkaul: I didn't. :|
wickedcupofjoe
ethanlechcharles
Posted 7:20 AM 17/6/08
@Sunitkaul: I didn't.
ethanlechcharles
Sunitkaul
Posted 7:20 AM 17/6/08
Sxipper, that is! I'm amazed there isn't a Wikipedia article on it till now.
Sunitkaul
Sunitkaul
Posted 7:16 AM 17/6/08
Isn't this a bit belated? Who doesn't know about skipper?
Sunitkaul
theRIAA
Posted 8:57 AM 17/6/08
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theRIAA
24wm
Posted 8:55 AM 17/6/08
This is better than Google Toolbar's "AutoFill" feature?
24wm
plasticjesus
Posted 8:42 AM 17/6/08
I've been using this extension for months and I couldn't live without it.
It even makes temporary email addresses (with a click of a button) that can be as "temporary" as you want them to be.
plasticjesus
Hopanoe
Posted 8:33 AM 17/6/08
Does it work with FF3? I fear downloading it on the eve of FF3's launch...
Hopanoe
Jim
Posted 9:16 AM 17/6/08
Is this better than AutoFill Forms?
Jim
artis
Posted 9:07 AM 17/6/08
@theRIAA: What? FormEater?
@Sunitkaul: I didn't know about it either, til now.
artis
SmackSack
Posted 9:07 AM 17/6/08
Ey! Ey didn't know bout it!
Kind'a like the PayPal plug-in feature. Or not? Just a stand-alone setup!
Love lil appz here and there! As long as they don't chew up my memory.
Love my mom too!
SmackSack
DavidONE
Posted 9:35 AM 17/6/08
I've been using Sxipper for ~2 months now, and it's very good.
Although, there are still a few rough edges and one annoying feature: if you find a form that has been trained incorrectly, you cannot override the training if the person who trained it has more experience than you. Very irritating.
However, I'm just happy to leave Roboform - the rudest, most ignorant tech support I've ever received.
DavidONE
Budo7
Posted 10:29 AM 17/6/08
I just had this on my blog, one of those must haves!
Budo7
wickedcupofjoe
Posted 10:53 AM 17/6/08
@DavidONE: Oh no! I've been a faithful user of Roboform for years. Thankfully I haven't had the need to call them.
wickedcupofjoe
hazlett
Posted 12:33 PM 17/6/08
Ha, Paypal does this, too.....and will generate a one time use credit card number as well.
hazlett
tmorriso
Posted 12:32 PM 17/6/08
I have been a paid Roboform user for a loooong time. I couldn't get my job done without it (I bet I have at least 30 logins). But I needed a cross-platform version, and for some reason, there's no version of Robofom for the Mac.
I tried several others, but just about 3 weeks ago I found Sxipper and after getting used to some of the quirks, dumped Roboform.
I exported my logins from Roboform to Sxipper (it walks you through it, nice touch!) and then exported the Roboform bookmarks out and into Foxmarks. Now I am all set!
p.s. I have had to call Roboform tech support only once. When they wouldn't let me reinstall it because they saw it was installed too many times (um, yeah, just formatted my HD, sorry I didn't call you first, lol). BUT, I can't lie, they were nice about it and gave me a few more installs since I had several licenses with them.
tmorriso
Nxqd3051990
Posted 12:53 PM 17/6/08
It looks nice and It can import from Roboform ? Great :)
Nxqd3051990
ErikH
Posted 12:45 PM 17/6/08
I've been using Sxiper for months and I must be doing something wrong. For me, it is more annoying than helpful but other comments make me think I'm missing something.
ErikH
magnoliasouth
Posted 2:08 PM 17/6/08
@theRIAA: Agreed! While the interface on Sxipper is perhaps prettier, InFormEnter has done this all along and is a nice little extension.
@artis: No. InFormEnter is a great little extension and I'll just stick with it instead of Sxipper.
magnoliasouth
Hez
Posted 5:04 PM 17/6/08
Hey Adam, I've been using Sxipper for the better part of a year now and give it two thumbs up. Is there any new info on the business end for Dick the developer? He's been an acquaintance for almost 15 years, but likely wouldn't take offense to hear himself categorized as something of a piece of work (takes one to know one, he could legitimately argue). In other words, I probably won't ask him myself, so I wonder if you or the VWags had any updates?
Hez
raincoaster
Posted 5:52 PM 17/6/08
@Hez: Well, he's still decorative and underfed, but I reckon you already know that. He doesn't seem to be the type to give up easily, and he's got big recognition at least in Canuckistan, which should guarantee him a decent stream of investment.
raincoaster
OX4
Posted 8:18 PM 17/6/08
They need a Wikipedia article on all the people that didn't know about it, cuz I didn't either.
Anyway, I've been using InFormEnter for months and it does this trick just fine.
OX4
_||_
Posted 11:48 PM 17/6/08
IE users can rely on IE7Pro (now IEPro) to take care of this as well
_||_
TheFionut
Posted 1:34 AM 18/6/08
Funny thing, just UNinstantiated this before coming on here, as it think it was slowing down my FF. But then again, it could have been another extension....
TheFionut
timepiece
Posted 1:44 AM 18/6/08
I like AutoFill Forms, with its customizable fields. And it's got multiple profiles, as well.
timepiece
angrykeyboarder
Posted 9:12 PM 19/6/08
@OX4:
It's up to someone who has the initiative to write such an article. Apparently nobody has thought of it or has been interested till now. So then.. why don't you write one. :)
angrykeyboarder
angrykeyboarder
Posted 9:10 PM 19/6/08
@Sunitkaul:
I'd never heard of it till a few days ago when it was a "recommended download" in Firefox. I have dozens of extensions installed (as always) and never came across this one till recently.
angrykeyboarder
Budo7
Posted 12:17 PM 22/6/08
As with most things I find here on lifehacker if I can I give it a try. So far I 3 thumbs up. Down side is user error. I should have taken the time to read the read me :)
Thanks Adam
Budo7
WL80
Posted 5:16 PM 22/6/08
@Jim: I would also like to know the answer to this question, AUtofill forms has remained a great roboforms alternative for me, and if I'm not mistaken it works with Firefox's master password.
WL80
cristianx
Posted 8:00 PM 18/6/08
I still prefer Roboform...there is the auto fill option for personal data and CC which I haven't found in sxipper. Sxipper's upside is that it works across OS which is lacking in roboform
cristianx
Enricus WEFUNK
Posted 7:29 AM 17/6/08
I've been using this extension for four months and it's really sweet to have forms automatically filled in selecting your 'persona'. I love it.
Enricus WEFUNK
tommertron
Posted 1:14 AM 24/6/08
I found Sxipper a little too much for me. What I really want is something just to fill out forms, not manage passwords, since I share my computer at home. And I got really irritated seeing that dog in all the fields.
Fireform works really great for me, and I'm glad they've finally updated it for FF3. Really key in an application like this is to say 'train this field as' so the application gets better at filling out forms as you use it. Sxipper didn't have this.
The other annoying thing about Sxipper was assuming I always wanted it to generate a random password and store it for me, which really burned me when I tried to log in from somewhere else.
tommertron