I know most of us are liking Firefox 3’s new save password dialog box. Very slick. If you frequent sites on the internet where you have to login (Gmail, Pandora, Facebook, Flickr, Vimeo, Garden Gate Delivery, the Commons Cam, etc….) you aren’t going to want to enter your password every single time! Here are AWP we login into dozens of sites every day in order to access our site, our client sites, internal project pages, and our blog, of course.

The save password feature is nice for preserving my own brain capacity! But you might be wondering, what about when Molly asks me, hey what is the login for AWP’s WebTree so I can post some juicy details about the project I just finished? I go to the site, and of course I can login (because I choose Remember my password). But I can’t give the password to Molly, because it is hidden. Is Molly out of luck? No!

Firefox does store your passwords where you can see them. Although a bit cumbersome, just head to Security > Saved Passwords. (Note: This is also where you can delete passwords that you saved accidentally, which might happen if your cat walked across your keyboard without you knowing).

But here is an even better method. Download this great Firefox Add-On, Web Developer Toolbar from Chris Pederick. As the name suggests, this toolbar is great for Web Developers. I use this tool when developing websites to examine what they will look like in a smaller browser, determine rendered font size, disable cache, disable images or css, outline table cells and even edit html live.

However, I use Web Developer Toolbar most for its Show Password feature. Once you have this spiffy toolbar installed, simply visit the site with the hidden password and choose Show Passwords from the Form menu. Password revealed, just like that! Completely for free! Imagine what I can do with the time I saved looking up obscure passwords!