We really don’t want to do this, but we’d be lying if we said it hadn't crossed our minds.Simply deciding to focus our efforts on Apple platforms, including Safari, and not supporting alternatives:.Not likely to happen, but you never know!.Waiting for browsers to support Apple’s AutoFill system:.We're currently leaning towards this one.Some combination of the Mac Menu Bar App solution and a light-weight browser extension to enable true AutoFill with a fraction of the work and future maintenance for us:.Dragging usernames and passwords would be slightly more effort than a proper AutoFill solution, but it would work 100% of the time which tends not to be the case with AutoFill solutions, including Apple’s AutoFill. Apples head of WebKit engineering has confirmed that Safari is now redirecting Google Safe Browsing traffic through its own servers to protect user information in iOS 14. This may be a reasonable alternative for many people because it’s always available via the status bar (or global keyboard shortcut) and can support drag and drop into any text field. Apple has confirmed it is redirecting Google Safe Browsing traffic in iOS 14.5 through its own servers to better protect user info.It will also distract us from improving the main Minimalist app experience. This will be a lot of work and future maintenance.Full-featured extensions for each browser:. We’re currently exploring options for AutoFill support in non-Safari browsers which include: Add support for Apple's AutoFill system on Mac.So please submit feedback to your favorite browser maker requesting them to: Most software companies are looking for ways to improve their products and user experience, we just need to let them know how! To our knowledge no other browser manufacture has announced plans to integrate with Apple's AutoFill system. When will other browsers integrate with Apple's AutoFill system on Mac? Our hope is for other browsers to integrate with Apple's AutoFill system on Mac so third party password managers like Minimalist will “just work” like they already do on iOS. Moreover, Apple’s AutoFill system has some pretty significant benefits regarding security, privacy, and convenience which you can read about in AutoFill without Browser Extensions. However, on the other hand we have limited resources and developing dedicated browser plugins is a non-trivial amount of work and future maintenance. On the one hand we completely understand the need for cross-browser AutoFill. We’re really stuck between a rock and a hard place on this one. Safari ranks pretty high for privacy and security, but it lacks the customizable. It’s got a clean design and is straightforward to use. Why don’t we have browser extensions for non-Safari browsers? Safari is the native browser for Mac and iOS devices. On Mac however, it's currently limited to Safari only. On iOS this includes virtually all of them: Chrome, FireFox, Brave, DuckDuckGo, Edge, Opera, and probably many others. Minimalist AutoFill is currently limited to browsers and apps which support Apple’s AutoFill system.
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