The browser methods are not that great as they don't save everything and anything. They save some things. And the data is only good in that browser. This is a place where an external program with browser plug-ins can do a much better job and it can also save any type of data (credit card numbers, pins, whatever) you want in a very secure manner, and support automated backup and x-platform secure sharing of the data.


1passwd is what mac users use. Though it has both a pc and a mac version if you use both, that's a good choice. The browser integration on the pc is not as good as roboform. (it's not a huge problem, you get a pop-up instead of a pull down from the menu bar.) You only need to pay once per platform for 1passwd. (buy the mac version, and you can install it on all your macs. Buy the pc version and you can install it on all your pcs.) 1passwd supports roboform passwd import, with instructions on how to do it on their web site. 1passwd supports dropbox integration, so if you are using another backup, you can just get the free space for dropbox and just use that for dropbox sync across all your machines.

AI Roboform is what PC users use. It's great. But you need a license for each device you use it on, so it can get a little expensive. You can use any of the online backup methods for x-platform sync with roboform, including, I think, their own free method. (goodsync).

Both of those have app versions for i<devices>, which you may or may not like, at least you can get the passwd on those devices and copy/paste it, but the browser integration in them is basically non-existant or terrible. Both of those also have strong password generators, and they will typically remember the generated passwd for you when you use it, though you have to be careful about that with some web sites.

I've used both, but when I started buying Mac's last year, I has to switch over to 1passwd, since roboform does not have a mac version.

There's also something called lastpass, which is an alternative, but I've never tried it. You should check it out also. I just checked their web site, it is x-platform. If we have a x-platform lastpass user here, hopefully they will post it's good points and bad points in this thread.

-David