Firefox to bring faster, safer site login with Account Manager
Posted by Percy Cabello on April 27th, 2010 • Tags: , , ,
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Mozilla Labs has released an alpha version of Account Manager, its latest project that takes on the problem of online authentication.

So there is a problem? Actually several. First of all, the process of logging on and off a web site is usually different from site to site, and it so common that becomes annoying over time to move around different interfaces for such simple actions as logging in and off.

So first thing Account Manager brings is a single user interface for connecting and disconnecting from web sites. It’s nothing too fancy right now as you can see in the screen shots.

Account Manager communicates with web sites and services to learn about their connect/disconnect methods, current logged on user, error handling and others through a new simple specification Mozilla is proposing and has opened to discussion with other interested parties.

Mozilla has also announced that Account Manager functionality will be integrated into Firefox “as soon as possible”.

Visit the Account Manager site to try the alpha extension which comes with built-in support for Facebook, Google, Yahoo!, Mozilla Add-ons, Mozilla Bugzilla, and GetPersonas.com.

Mozilla Labs’ Dan Mills talks about Account Manager in this  brief video:

Comments
Ken Saunders said on April 28, 2010, 2:30 am:

Thanks Percy, especially for the video.

I understand that this is an alpha version, but I’m a bit surprised and a little disappointed by the lack of more comprehensive information on the Account Manager page. The video should be there, and definitely a link to its Mozilla Wiki page.

KDS said on April 28, 2010, 5:03 pm:

This is like what Opera had for years in the same place, with a new name? Really, if it is the same, why not say that this is an inspired idea from Opera?