Can’t remember a Firefox password ? This will help

If you are lazy you let Firefox save passwords for you which are then automatically entered into the corresponding password form if you visit a website again. But what do you do if you forget that password but need to know it ? This is for instance a issue if you use Gmail and want to add it in your POP3 mail client as well.

There are actually two possibilities to reveal the password of a password form even if it is only displaying in asterisks. The first option would be to open the Firefox menu and visit the Security tab in there. (Tools > Options > Security Tab) Click on Show Passwords and in the new window again on the Show Passwords button. All of the passwords that have been saved are revealed now including the site url and the username.

There is however an even easier method that I would like to describe. All you need is a javascript one liner that you paste into the address bar of the browser when on the website that displays the password form.

javascript:(function(){var s,F,j,f,i; s = ""; F = document.forms; for(j=0; j

The password will be shown in a small Javascript popup after hitting enter.

via Raymond