Anyone got the finger printer reader to work with firefox ?

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Anyone got the finger printer reader to work with firefox ?

#1 Post by MIB » Sun May 14, 2006 10:04 pm

the finger print reader on my x60s is quite handy, but I couldn't get it to work with firefox so far to automatically enter pw, but it works perfectly for windows longon... I tried the CSS but it is quite clumsy.Any hint ?

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there is a hack

#2 Post by nikemen » Mon May 15, 2006 9:27 am

there is a hack, or extension for this.

try a google search, or search the mozilla forums.

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Re: there is a hack

#3 Post by MIB » Mon May 15, 2006 12:34 pm

nikemen wrote:there is a hack, or extension for this.

try a google search, or search the mozilla forums.
Mind giving some hint? I tried googling , the closest I can find is a firefox extendsion for microsoft finger printer reader, but some comment said it is not compaitible with tp finger printer reader..

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sorry

#4 Post by nikemen » Mon May 15, 2006 12:43 pm

I am sorry, I totally screwed the pooch on that one,

I meant the MSFT finger print reader, which is only MSIE enabled,

as for thinkpads, not sure.

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#5 Post by intelbrain » Tue May 16, 2006 12:09 pm

i don't think it's that covience at all. You have to enter your screen name manually and click on the password field and then swipe finger. It's probably faster to type the password in manually. Maybe i'm doing something wrong, this is on firefox.

(I have a microsoft finger reader, it would remember the screen name and password on internet explorer, all i have to do it scan the finger and i'm in. No typing of any kind.)
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#6 Post by MIB » Tue May 16, 2006 4:37 pm

intelbrain wrote:i don't think it's that covience at all. You have to enter your screen name manually and click on the password field and then swipe finger. It's probably faster to type the password in manually. Maybe i'm doing something wrong, this is on firefox.

(I have a microsoft finger reader, it would remember the screen name and password on internet explorer, all i have to do it scan the finger and i'm in. No typing of any kind.)
same here, the ms finger reader way is what I want my thinkpad reader to behave like. I am using firefox too. Right now the whole process is just tedious.

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Is there a fix for this?

#7 Post by jimmcclarty » Mon May 22, 2006 9:37 am

I completely agree. the fingerprint reader has a cool factor, but usability is not at all intuitive. I can't make it work for anything except logging into windows... lame...
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