This isn’t about SEO, but I’ve just discovered a REALLY handy trick for lost passwords.
I’m sure I’m not the only person who does this – I forget login passwords, as I save then in my browser – but then they’re hidden, so if I need the pass for another machine, or to give to someone else, I have a problem.
I’ve just discovered that there is a code you can use to unhide the hidden characters.
When you’re on the login page, and you can see the automatically generated password with the characters replaced by stars – paste this code into the address bar:
javascript:(function(){var s,F,j,f,i; s = “”; F = document.forms; for(j=0; j<F.length; ++j) { f = F[j]; for (i=0; i<f.length; ++i) { if (f[i].type.toLowerCase() == “password”) s += f[i].value + “\n”; } } if (s) alert(“Passwords in forms on this page:\n\n” + s); else alert(“There are no passwords in forms on this page.”);})();
And, hey presto – hidden passwords revealed!
I just tried this on a couple different sites where I have my passwords saved in my browser and it did not work. In fact, nothing happened at all. I’m using FireFox so maybe this only works in IE? In any case, there’s a way to easily reveal password if you’re using FireFox. Just go up to your settings and in the privacy tab you can access a list of all the sites on which you have saved passwords. There’s a button to reveal passwords and once you click it you can see all of your saved passwords. -Sandra