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Is there a simple, easy way to use Autofill on Firefox 57.0 (64-bit) for Mac?

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Marc Z
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I have read the thread:

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1183672

I have not been able to find a simple, easy way to implement Autofill. Is it even available? It needs to be, for me - I switched to Firefox from Chrome when I updated my Mac OS. I answer consumer research studies daily so I really do need autofill!

Please advise.

NOTE: in the above thread when Happy112 suggested "those prefs in 'about:config', I tried this and got a warning that doing this would void my warranty. So I did not proceed. Thanks.

I have read the thread: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/1183672 I have not been able to find a simple, easy way to implement Autofill. Is it even available? It needs to be, for me - I switched to Firefox from Chrome when I updated my Mac OS. I answer consumer research studies daily so I really do need autofill! Please advise. NOTE: in the above thread when Happy112 suggested "those prefs in 'about:config', I tried this and got a warning that doing this would void my warranty. So I did not proceed. Thanks.

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FredMcD
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Firefox's autofill may not work the way you want. You can try using an auto-fill add-on.

Go to the Mozilla Add-ons Web Page {web Link} (There’s a lot of good stuff here) and search for what you want.

Marc Z
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Thanks Fred - I'm finding that none of the add-on's work with Firefox 57.0. Is there anything I can do about that?

Also, Yyou mentioned above that Firefox's autofill may not work the way I want. My question to you is: DOES Firefox 57.0 actually have autofill?? If so, where is it? I have not been able to locate it anywhere in preferences.

FredMcD
FredMcD
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Yes, it does. But it is not very reliable

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/firefox-doesnt-save-web-form-entries Firefox's autocomplete feature lets you save and reuse text field entries in web forms.

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/control-whether-firefox-automatically-fills-forms

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/automatically-fill-your-address-forms