Comments for Ask Mr. Tech http://www.askmrtech.com Technology News, Reviews, and more... Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:38:35 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 Comment on Your Own Web-Based Password Vault: Google Browser Sync by Mr. Tech http://www.askmrtech.com/your-own-web-based-password-vault-google-browser-sync/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Mr. Tech Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:38:35 +0000 http://www.askmrtech.com/your-own-web-based-password-vault-google-browser-sync/#comment-59 No, there is no online, encrypted password vault as part of Firefox 3 (currently in beta). But according to the <a href="http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/3.0b5/releasenotes/#whatsnew" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Firefox 3 beta release notes</a>, it will have an improved interface for saving passwords: "Easier password management: an information bar replaces the old password dialog so you can now save passwords after a successful login." Still, this is just an improvement to the interface for saving passwords in Firefox on ONE machine. But if you want those passwords saved online and accessible from any machine (and optionally bookmarks, browser history, cookies, and Tabs & Windows), simply follow the instructions provided in this article. No, there is no online, encrypted password vault as part of Firefox 3 (currently in beta). But according to the Firefox 3 beta release notes, it will have an improved interface for saving passwords: “Easier password management: an information bar replaces the old password dialog so you can now save passwords after a successful login.”

Still, this is just an improvement to the interface for saving passwords in Firefox on ONE machine. But if you want those passwords saved online and accessible from any machine (and optionally bookmarks, browser history, cookies, and Tabs & Windows), simply follow the instructions provided in this article.

]]> Comment on Your Own Web-Based Password Vault: Google Browser Sync by insub2 http://www.askmrtech.com/your-own-web-based-password-vault-google-browser-sync/comment-page-1/#comment-58 insub2 Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:26:07 +0000 http://www.askmrtech.com/your-own-web-based-password-vault-google-browser-sync/#comment-58 isn't that feature built into FF 3.0? isn’t that feature built into FF 3.0?

]]> Comment on Sync Google Calendars with iCal (and iPhone or iPod Touch) by Mr. Tech http://www.askmrtech.com/sync-google-calendars-with-ical-and-iphone-or-ipod-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-55 Mr. Tech Fri, 04 Apr 2008 21:18:23 +0000 http://www.askmrtech.com/sync-google-calendars-with-ical-and-iphone-or-ipod-touch/#comment-55 It's true you can't copy and paste on the iPhone: the iPhone 2.0 firmware will allow copying and pasting, so that feature is coming. But copying and pasting is not necessary in order to implement synching between iCal and Google Calendar(s). If you follow the step by step instructions, they actually require that you do this with iCal on your Mac, not on the iPhone -- perhaps I hadn't made that clear, so thanks for pointing that out! Once you setup syncing on your Mac between iCal and Google Calendar, any appointments you create in iCal -- on the Mac -- will sync to your iPhone (but only after you sync it with your Mac) and with Google Calendar. Similarly, anything you add to Google Calendar will sync to iCal, and thus to your iPhone (but again, only after a sync with your Mac). Thanks for your comments! Regards, -Mr. Tech It’s true you can’t copy and paste on the iPhone: the iPhone 2.0 firmware will allow copying and pasting, so that feature is coming.

But copying and pasting is not necessary in order to implement synching between iCal and Google Calendar(s). If you follow the step by step instructions, they actually require that you do this with iCal on your Mac, not on the iPhone — perhaps I hadn’t made that clear, so thanks for pointing that out!

Once you setup syncing on your Mac between iCal and Google Calendar, any appointments you create in iCal — on the Mac — will sync to your iPhone (but only after you sync it with your Mac) and with Google Calendar. Similarly, anything you add to Google Calendar will sync to iCal, and thus to your iPhone (but again, only after a sync with your Mac).

Thanks for your comments!

Regards,

-Mr. Tech

]]> Comment on Sync Google Calendars with iCal (and iPhone or iPod Touch) by Anne Marie http://www.askmrtech.com/sync-google-calendars-with-ical-and-iphone-or-ipod-touch/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Anne Marie Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:53:18 +0000 http://www.askmrtech.com/sync-google-calendars-with-ical-and-iphone-or-ipod-touch/#comment-48 You can't copy and paste on an iphone, so the article you recommend isn't all that helpful for the iphone...do you know how to subscribe to google calendar via ical WITHOUT copying and pasting? You can’t copy and paste on an iphone, so the article you recommend isn’t all that helpful for the iphone…do you know how to subscribe to google calendar via ical WITHOUT copying and pasting?

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