I like OS X.2.8 I really do. But there is one thing that is driving me
nuts.

It seems that internet apps do not share preference files well.

Example 1: Load IE and then Entourage, perhaps. Try to save something in
IE's Autosave. Close the apps. Reopen IE. Your autosave stuff was not
saved. It only saves if you have just one internet application open at a
time.

Example 2: Open Safari 1.0 then open URL Manager Pro. Go to a site that
requires a password. One of the neat things about Safari is that it
remembers and enters passwords, etc., and you do not even have to enter
them. However try to do this with any other internet app such as URL
Manager Pro open and Safari gets amnesia. It asks whether or not to
decrypt the passwords rather than doing so automatically. Not a big deal
but a nuisance.

Are there any work arounds to this lame behavior? Does Panther fix this?

TIA,

Bob Vandiver

Safari remembers passwords. For other programs you have to set this feature
manually. IE 5.2 for example has an "AutoFill" Form where you can give it
information. You have to load passwords into "Keychain" to access them
anytime you need them.


Kind Regards,
Nathaniel
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in article bobv-B0486F.21433908122003@news-cent...h.giganews.com, Bob
Vandiver at bobv@hellyeah.com wrote on 12/8/03 9:43 PM:

> I like OS X.2.8 I really do. But there is one thing that is driving me
> nuts.
>
> It seems that internet apps do not share preference files well.
>
> Example 1: Load IE and then Entourage, perhaps. Try to save something in
> IE's Autosave. Close the apps. Reopen IE. Your autosave stuff was not
> saved. It only saves if you have just one internet application open at a
> time.
>
> Example 2: Open Safari 1.0 then open URL Manager Pro. Go to a site that
> requires a password. One of the neat things about Safari is that it
> remembers and enters passwords, etc., and you do not even have to enter
> them. However try to do this with any other internet app such as URL
> Manager Pro open and Safari gets amnesia. It asks whether or not to
> decrypt the passwords rather than doing so automatically. Not a big deal
> but a nuisance.
>
> Are there any work arounds to this lame behavior? Does Panther fix this?
>
> TIA,
>
> Bob Vandiver