Firefox Add-ons Automatically Back up Whatever You Type
Three Firefox add-ons let you replace lost text with just a few clicks
Three free Firefox add-ons automatically back up the text which you type while entering data in web forms so that you won't lose it if the the page freezes or you accidentally close it. If you want to be able to recover your web form data you can choose between Lazarus: Form Recovery, Textarea Cache and Clippings.
Lazarus: Form Recovery from the Interclue Team promises to keep you from having to re-enter Web-form data that gets erased inadvertently. Each time you type text into a field, the program places a copy in its clipboard. Right-click the field to select saved text and entire forms that appear on the context menu.
There's no denying the convenience of having copies of what you've been typing on Web pages readily available, but a keylogger is a keylogger, so you have to make sure your confidential data doesn't fall into the wrong hands.
To prevent copying credit-card numbers, the program automatically replaces strings of 13 and 16 numbers with zeros. This and other settings and security options are accessible by clicking the program's icon on the right side of the add-on bar and choosing Options.
Lazarus's text and form options are site-specific: the Gmail entries aren't available on Hotmail--or any other site, for that matter. To have ready access to blocks of text between sites, use either Textarea Cache from Hemiola Sun, or Clippings from AE Creations.
The biggest difference between the two Firefox add-ons is Textarea Cache's automatic operation: Clippings requires that you save each entry manually. The primary advantage of Clippings' manual approach is that you're less likely to copy sensitive information inadvertently.
Like Lazarus, Textarea Cache puts an icon in the add-on toolbar at the bottom of the Firefox screen. Unlike Lazarus, clicking the Textarea Cache icon opens the program's only window, which is also accessible from the context menu. In this window you can view the current selection, or choose one of the previously saved entries via the drop-down menu at the top of the window.
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