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Fast forward to auto-login

Fast forward to auto-login  
S.V. Groeneveld
 Re: Fast forward to auto-login  
Steven V. Gunhouse
 Re: Fast forward to auto-login  
S.V. Groeneveld
 Re: Fast forward to auto-login  
Rijk van Geijtenbeek
 Re: Fast forward to auto-login  
S.V. Groeneveld
 Re: Fast forward to auto-login  
Rijk van Geijtenbeek
From:S.V. Groeneveld
Subject:Fast forward to auto-login
Date:Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:46:26 +0100
Example page: http://www.hyperionics.com/forum/

On certain sites that require authentication the auto-login feature
behaves differently. There are yellow borders around the input fields, so
it means that the username and password are stored.

But the "FastForward" button is disabled (and doesn't say "Login"), and
the mouse gesture to fast forward does not work. However pressing the
"Wand" button or Ctrl+Enter DOES fill in and submit the fields.

What is the difference between the "Wand" button and the "FastForward" (or
"Login") button? And why does the "FastForward" button sometimes not work?
From:Steven V. Gunhouse
Subject:Re: Fast forward to auto-login
Date:Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:59:30 GMT
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:46:26 +0100, S.V. Groeneveld wrote:

> Example page: http://www.hyperionics.com/forum/
>
> On certain sites that require authentication the auto-login feature
> behaves differently. There are yellow borders around the input fields,
> so it means that the username and password are stored.
>
> But the "FastForward" button is disabled (and doesn't say "Login"), and
> the mouse gesture to fast forward does not work. However pressing the
> "Wand" button or Ctrl+Enter DOES fill in and submit the fields.
>
> What is the difference between the "Wand" button and the "FastForward"
> (or "Login") button? And why does the "FastForward" button sometimes not
> work?

Example page so we could see it?

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From:S.V. Groeneveld
Subject:Re: Fast forward to auto-login
Date:Mon, 10 Jan 2005 23:13:09 +0100
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:59:30 GMT, Steven V. Gunhouse
wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:46:26 +0100, S.V. Groeneveld wrote:
>
>> Example page: http://www.hyperionics.com/forum/
>>
>> On certain sites that require authentication the auto-login feature
>> behaves differently. There are yellow borders around the input fields,
>> so it means that the username and password are stored.
>>
>> But the "FastForward" button is disabled (and doesn't say "Login"), and
>> the mouse gesture to fast forward does not work. However pressing the
>> "Wand" button or Ctrl+Enter DOES fill in and submit the fields.
>>
>> What is the difference between the "Wand" button and the "FastForward"
>> (or "Login") button? And why does the "FastForward" button sometimes
>> not work?
>
> Example page so we could see it?
>

Now read the first message again and see if you can spot the hidden url...
;)
From:Rijk van Geijtenbeek
Subject:Re: Fast forward to auto-login
Date:Wed, 12 Jan 2005 00:44:50 +0100
>> On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:46:26 +0100, S.V. Groeneveld wrote:
>>
>>> Example page: http://www.hyperionics.com/forum/
>>>
>>> On certain sites that require authentication the auto-login feature
>>> behaves differently. There are yellow borders around the input fields,
>>> so it means that the username and password are stored.
>>>
>>> But the "FastForward" button is disabled (and doesn't say "Login"),

It says 'Log in (Shift+X)' here, and works.

>>> and the mouse gesture to fast forward does not work. However pressing
>>> the "Wand" button or Ctrl+Enter DOES fill in and submit the fields.
>>>
>>> What is the difference between the "Wand" button and the "FastForward"
>>> (or "Login") button? And why does the "FastForward" button sometimes
>>> not work?

'Fast Forward' can perform three functions:
- activating a saved Wand login
- activating the Next link (either or a link found on the
page named 'next')
- activating a slide show of image links found on the page

The priority should be 1. Wand 2. Next 3. Show. You can control this by
editing fastforward.ini

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From:S.V. Groeneveld
Subject:Re: Fast forward to auto-login
Date:Wed, 12 Jan 2005 01:19:23 +0100
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 00:44:50 +0100, Rijk van Geijtenbeek
wrote:

>>> On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:46:26 +0100, S.V. Groeneveld wrote:
>>>
>>>> Example page: http://www.hyperionics.com/forum/
>>>>
>>>> On certain sites that require authentication the auto-login feature
>>>> behaves differently. There are yellow borders around the input
>>>> fields, so it means that the username and password are stored.
>>>>
>>>> But the "FastForward" button is disabled (and doesn't say "Login"),
>
> It says 'Log in (Shift+X)' here, and works.
>

So the question becomes: why does it behave differently on my system? Ok,
most of the times it says 'Login' when I can login on that page, but I'm
sure I've seen this behaviour on some other sites. And for me it is 100%
reproducable with this site, I'm not making this up:
http://venstraat.zapto.org/tmp/opera/autologin.png

>>>> and the mouse gesture to fast forward does not work. However pressing
>>>> the "Wand" button or Ctrl+Enter DOES fill in and submit the fields.
>>>>
>>>> What is the difference between the "Wand" button and the
>>>> "FastForward" (or "Login") button? And why does the "FastForward"
>>>> button sometimes not work?
>
> 'Fast Forward' can perform three functions:
> - activating a saved Wand login
> - activating the Next link (either or a link found on
> the page named 'next')
> - activating a slide show of image links found on the page
>
> The priority should be 1. Wand 2. Next 3. Show. You can control this by
> editing fastforward.ini
>

That's nice, I think I like the default priorities... Btw I'd LOVE to know
more about how exactly this slide show thing works, where does it get the
image urls from...?

In the Opera v8.0 beta, I've noticed that often when I click on one of the
images on the gallery page, I can no longer use fast-forward to view the
other images. I have to choose fast-forward from the index page (or
gallery page) in order to use the slide-show feature.
From:Rijk van Geijtenbeek
Subject:Re: Fast forward to auto-login
Date:Wed, 12 Jan 2005 09:46:23 +0100
On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 01:19:23 +0100, S.V. Groeneveld wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Jan 2005 00:44:50 +0100, Rijk van Geijtenbeek
> wrote:
>
>>>> On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 00:46:26 +0100, S.V. Groeneveld wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Example page: http://www.hyperionics.com/forum/
>>>>>
>>>>> On certain sites that require authentication the auto-login feature
>>>>> behaves differently. There are yellow borders around the input
>>>>> fields, so it means that the username and password are stored.
>>>>>
>>>>> But the "FastForward" button is disabled (and doesn't say "Login"),
>>
>> It says 'Log in (Shift+X)' here, and works.
>
> So the question becomes: why does it behave differently on my system?
> Ok, most of the times it says 'Login' when I can login on that page, but
> I'm sure I've seen this behaviour on some other sites. And for me it is
> 100% reproducable with this site, I'm not making this up:
> http://venstraat.zapto.org/tmp/opera/autologin.png

I can't explain this difference.

[.. about fast forward..]

> That's nice, I think I like the default priorities... Btw I'd LOVE to
> know more about how exactly this slide show thing works, where does it
> get the image urls from...?
>
> In the Opera v8.0 beta, I've noticed that often when I click on one of
> the images on the gallery page, I can no longer use fast-forward to view
> the other images. I have to choose fast-forward from the index page (or
> gallery page) in order to use the slide-show feature.

The slide show becomes available when a page offers one or more direct
links to image files, recognized by their extension (gif, jpg, png). And
you do indeed have to start clicking 'Show image'

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It can absorb as much time as | Documentation & QA
is required to ensure that you | Opera Software ASA
won't get any real work done. - J.Nielsen
|http://my.opera.com/Rijk/journal
   

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