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PfP: Pain-free Passwords is no longer being developed, this is going to be the last release. It contains a corresponding notice, informing users about their options.

Other changes:

• Added the option to export data into generic CSV, for import in other password managers.
• Removed support for legacy (PBKDF2) passwords. Migration of data from EasyPasswords 1.x will no longer happen, neither will it be possible to import old backups.
• Fixed: Browsers won’t always display a focus ring around links.

This web-only release makes the web client compatible with websites using localStorage for data unrelated to PfP. Previously, such data might cause PfP to fail.

• Implemented access keys in the user interface, displayed when Alt key is kept down.
• Various improvements to the way autofill works (issues #102, #108, #109, #110, #111).
• Updated and unified icons.
• Switched to another code generation tool, producing more compact and more readable application code.

This release affects the web client only. It fixes a minor security issue: when opening external links from the web client, these pages could replace the web client by a different document.

This release fixes display of sync errors in Firefox on Android (issue #105). In addition, there is a number of minor improvements:

• Esc key will no longer lock passwords, previously this made it impossible to close pop-up via keyboard without locking.
• Improved styling of unexpected errors in pop-up, no overlap with the tab strip any more.
• Made sure a field gets keyboard focus after recovery code is entered.
• Improved display of recovery code errors, particularly wrong format version.
• Made the user interface more accessible for screen readers.
• Improved localization approach, each component now has a separate localization file.

This release drops backwards compatibility with EasyPasswords 1.x. Any legacy passwords will be converted to stored passwords, and unencrypted backups will no longer be imported.

Also, the user interface has been reorganized to make it more intuitive and convenient. There is a tab strip on the left side of the PfP pop-up, allowing to switch between different parts of the functionality. Ctrl+Up and Ctrl+Down shortcut keys are an alternative to using the mouse here.

Other changes

• Default shortcut key is Ctrl+Shift+F now (can be adjusted via browser's configuration interface), it will work both on Firefox and Chrome.
• Improved autofill functionality on pages with user name input only, if the user name field has keyboard focus it will be filled out and submitted (issue #82).
• Made "Fill in" button of the first password focused initially, so that pressing Enter will immediately fill in the password (issue #42).
• Improved sync protocol to make it more resistant against tampering by the storage provider (issue #86).
• Improved initial scaling of the pop-up in Firefox on Android (issue #94).
• Added remoteStorage as sync backend (issue #87).
• Displaying extension options in the pop-up as well now, to make them easier to discover.
• Turned website name into a clickable link (issue #101).
• Added "Copy user name" item to the password menu (issue #101).
• Made it more obvious which icon in the password list the mouse cursor points to.
• Improved keyboard navigation in the password menu (Home/End keys will work as well now), added similar keyboard navigation to sync storage provider selection.
• Added keyboard navigation via arrow key to the password list, both horizontally and vertically.
• Fixed: Import would always convert all generated passwords to stored if triggered when passwords are locked.
• Fixed: Copying password to clipboard results in loss of keyboard focus.

This is an intermediate release on the way to PfP: Pain-free Passwords 2.2. The user interface received a major overhaul but the visible changes are only few at this point. More coming soon!

Changes

• Fixed: Keep password notes when converting legacy passwords, also keep notes by default when password revision is bumped or a stored password is replaced by a generated one (issue #100).
• Removed PfP logo next to master password prompt, not helpful.
• Many parts of the pop-up implemented as overlays now, which makes them more obvious. Also, there is a consistent way of closing them.
• Switching to recovery codes no longer opens a separate page when adding a stored password.
• More consistent and reliable recovery code input.
• Better keyboard navigation in the password menu, UpArrow and DownArrow keys will work.
• More consistent support for the Esc key (not working in Firefox due to https://bugzil.la/1443758), pressing Esc will dismiss current action, on the password list it will lock passwords.
• No more modal prompts on the All Passwords page, user interface consistent with the pop-up here.
• Better and more consistent presentation of unexpected errors, also possible to dismiss now.

This minor release adds "Replace by generated password" password menu option making it easier to replace stored passwords. Also, websites not enabling buttons after password has been filled in by PfP should hopefully not happen any more.

The major change in this release is the new sync functionality via storage providers Dropbox and Google Drive (issue #24, #83, #84). It can be used as an automatic backup, but also to sync changes between multiple devices.

Other changes

• Backups created with a different master password can be imported, generated passwords will be converted into stored passwords then (issue #69).
• Pop-up now allows selecting a different website and will display an autocomplete list to aid site selection (issue #52).
• Better support for passwords not bound to a website, one can select the special (none) site name from the autocomplete list (issue #41).
• Keyboard navigation: pressing Escape won't close the pop-up but trigger the Cancel button instead (doesn't work in Firefox).

For the first time, there is now a public release for Microsoft Edge. A number of work-arounds for Edge bugs has been implemented (some limitations still remain), at least Edge 41 is required. In addition, an incompatibility with older Firefox versions has been resolved (issue #78).