Like many of the other commenters here I find this issue and its workarounds infuriating on multiple dimensions
- Non-persistence of edit window (Is this just a facet of how extensions work?)
- Loss of site focus recognition on pop out
- Inability to tile and control pop-out with window manager (linux/firefox)
- Search responsiveness (slow)
As a user I would like to be able to copy information from a website to the in situ extension edit window. (the frustrating part, is losing data before this action is tried, it’s possible to already have something in your clipboard before even navigating to the edit window, putting that in, and then trying the next copy)
This has been an open issue for a long time and as a paid user I was looking for a reliable open-source LastPass alternative that had a sustainable business model. On that front, I thought BW was a good idea, but this issue has me second-guessing. It has to be usable to me and those that rely on me to recommend them a solution. I understand that there are probably a couple of technical barriers here with how the extension model is allowed to work and data loss in the other direction. From a decision-maker standpoint, I would triage which issue is more likely and which is more of a liability. Ultimately more b2b oriented secrets managers need a VCS so the other data loss concern I saw in this thread is likely null and void once version control is in place later down the road.