Private Passwords

We’ve made a few minor changes and upped the version to 0.3.0!

• Try to automatically send us your username if you’ve forgotten your username
• Added “View” link on folder management to view the folder
• Made link to mobile internet version work, even when not on a supported phone
• Added optional password count on folders list
• If you try to register when logged in, we redirect you to homepage
• Added support for Windows Live bookmarklet login
• Some minor bug fixes with bookmarklet login

OK so last post (which was some time ago!) we said we’d release the public beta yet, but unfortunately we still can’t afford the signed SSL certificate we want to get. However, we’ve still been adding new stuff and doing some fixes. The biggest change is our new bookmarklet which will allow you to log on to websites with one click! Shiny…

Anyway, a few more of our changes are:

• Added “Memorable Data” encrypted field
• Fixed an issue with search where searching for nothing would return all your passwords (!)
• Added curved borders for browsers that support it (not Internet Explorer…)
• Added auto-complete bookmarklet
• Update the notice which displays which fields are encrypted
• Added an invites system so you can invite up to 5 new people
• Fixed a display issue with notes field
• Various other back end tweaks

The latest release of Private Passwords is now out, and at the moment we are planning for this to be the last release before the public beta version.

Version 0.1.7 includes these changes:

• Move to/Copy to folder
• Password strength meter
• Changed home page HTML to be more semantically correct for non-CSS browsers
• Started adding more help files (we have made an a help file CMS to make it easy for us to maintain this now!)
• Made the “No” button on delete pages really big, and the “Yes” button really small
• Fixed bug in Google Chrome where menu items were wrapping round
• Added “Cancel” links to pages to cancel editing

Some of the planned changes to be implemented before the next release:

• More help content
• Better form validation
• Audit trail alerts
• Change account e-mail address or deactivate accounts
• More improvements to favicon fetching
• Add favourites to mobile version of Private Passwords
• OpenSearch search plug-in
• A few more

We’ve been busy developing the latest set of updates to Private Passwords and we’re confident we’re fixing stuff that will improve the usability and general usefulness of the site. We want Private Passwords to be a useful tool that people will use, so your feedback is really important to us. One new feature we’re really excited about is the introduction of Private Passwords for Mobile Internet Devices (such as iPhones, Blackberries, Android phones). Please let us know if there’s something you think would make the site better or easier to use! Here’s some of the things we’ve changed in our new version 0.1.6:

• All fields in a stored password are now encrypted except the name – previously only the password field was.
• We’ve implemented an audit trail to keep track of when your passwords are viewed, changed, deleted etc. (you can’t view it yet, we’re working on that!)
• We’ve introduced the mobile version designed for Android phones, iPhones, Blackberries and so on. Please let us know if you encounter any problems in your phone!
• Duplicate password notification
• Revealing passwords by default on the edit password page
• “Favourite” passwords feature (see My Account page)
• A load of other minor interface/UX changes

Like I said, we really appreciate your feedback and want to make using Private Passwords as easy as possible for everyone to use, so get in touch and let us know what you think!

We have made another release today, the 0.1.5 (alpha) release is live and in use. The main new feature we’ve introduced is the new search box which you’ll find in the top right when logged in.

There are several other fixes and general improvements we have also made, and here’s an overview of all the changes:

• Add “Cancel” link to Change Password page
• Folder list is now ordered by name
• Notes box is now in fixed-width font and new lines work properly
• If you’re logged in, going to the home page will redirect you to your main passwords page
• Fixed the issue where remembering your main login details in your browser caused the username/password fields on password add/edit form to be populated with your main login details
• Vastly improved the favicon fetching (please report any issues you have with the favicon fetcher!)
• Fixed the “Remember my login for a day” feature – it will now remember you for a day!
• Added basic search functionality

As always, we’ve got loads of things to do still, but we’ll keep this blog up to date with new releases and so on. As always, please use the reporting feature if you find any issues or have any ideas!