187172 - Filll in login much earlier during pageload

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 58724

(SeaMonkey :: Passwords & Permissions, enhancement)

Description

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

I use forced session cookies and rely on the password autofill feature for sites
to recognize me. So, if restarted the browser (e.g. after boot) and want to
visit sites which have personalized settings for me, I have to load the
frontpage, wait for Mozilla to fill in my login, click login and have the page
reloaded with my personalized settings. This takes some time, but this is
acceptable for the much-increased privacy.

However, Mozilla wastes far more of my time than necessary, by only filling in
passwords after the page loaded completely and by not filling them in at all, if
I press stop (the latter is bug 96131). This is especially annoying for
heavy-loaded sites (e.g. the TV schedule site I use when the 20:15 movies
start), because the full load (incl. all images) takes a long time then,
although the login box is already loaded completely. The difference here is
significant.

So:
1. Fill in login as soon as the form is loaded completely, don't wait for the
HTML page load to complete
2. In *no* case wait for the images to load before the login is being filled in.
They are completely irrelevant and the complete HTML page load is certainly
enough to fill in the login in all egde cases.
3. Fix/reopen bug 96131.

Yes, a much-improved cookie management could mabye make this problem less severe
in practice, but it would still exist, esp. for less often visited sites or for
novice users who don't know about the cookie management or users who are too
lazy for it. Ordinary users should never have to manage cookies, so I see them
as different issues.

Comment 1

[Sebastian Biallas]

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 58724 ***

Comment 2

[Ben Bucksch (:BenB)]

ops, didn't think that this was filed already. thanks.