Day 17 of the Ghacks Christmas Giveaway. The giveaway is slowly reaching the end with another week to go before it closes its door for this year on December 24. Today’s application is the popular password manager, note taking and form filler RoboForm.
RoboForm is available for Microsoft Windows operating systems and can be installed directly, on a USB device or on mobile devices such as Windows Mobile, Symbian or Blackberry. The software integrates nicely with web browsers like Firefox, Internet Explorer or AOL / MSN and displays a toolbar that provides access to all the application’s functions and there is also a System Tray icon providing the same.
The password manager will automatically catch data that is entered in password forms and provides the means to store those passwords in the application so that it can be used to automatically log into the website or service.
Information are stored in so called passcards which do not only contain information like the username or password but additional parameters like cookie length or emails. The information can be protected with a master password which is similar to the feature of the same name in Firefox. The data is therefor protected and save from prying eyes until the master password is provided.
Keyboard shortcuts speed up the process further by providing access to some of the functions and menus. The password manager is only one of the features of RoboForm. It will also aid the user during registration.
It is not a problem to use very long and secure passwords since all passwords are stored in the application. The password generator helps the user by generating a secure password for the website or service.
It provides options to select the length of the password, the allowed characters and the minimum amount of numbers. The password generator will also display the bit strength of the password to give the user an indication of the strength.
Passwords are only one type of information that have to be provided during registration. RoboForm makes use of so called identities that can be used to fill in the other information automatically as well. Identities are data sets that contain information such as names, email addresses, phone numbers and any other type of data the user likes to add.
These information can then be used to automatically fill a registration form which can be a huge time saver for users who regularly sign up for new services on the Internet. Different identities are available to distinguish different users or different environments such as work and home.
Another useful feature of RoboForm is the note taking module. It can be used to store notes securely on the computer. Notes can also be protected by the master password so that no one can access them without providing the master password first. Notes are simple text documents that contain information saved by the user.
RoboForm is an interesting application for users who spend a lot of time on the Internet. If you ever had to register to 20+ services on a day you know how much time it takes to fill out all the information over and over again. Using RoboForm this could have been done in a fraction of the time since the data would have to be entered only once by the user.
We got five RoboForm Pro licenses. If you want one leave a comment below.
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The very best password manager there is. Solid integration and brain free operation, what more can a busy geek ask for?
Lay the robo on me bro!
I would be very much delighted to have RoboForm…Please consider me.
Love seeing GHack embracing the Christmas spirit with these giveaways. Keep it up. Your a daily RSS read for me!
Wow, count me in
been using this software for a while and i would say it’s one of the best so far for form filling and password logs
Nice and practicle little app.
gHacks rules!
Can I have one licence, please?
cheers!
I rather suggest you all to use keepass.info ! its open-source!
I want to have RoboForm, thanks!
I would really love to have a license to roboform.
If you could be so kind…
I would be very happy.
Thank you very much in advance.
Happy holidays!
I would love to have a license to Roboform! It would be a time saver with all the forms I fill out!
Roboform good software.
Want!
Nice software, but doesn’t woth its price.
But if it comes free…
Roboform rocks! Thanks fpr the licence ;-)
Nice try, but one roboform is mine :-)
count me in also!
Thanks very much for the one I won, my OH is over the moon with it but this is something I’d love for myself, I use the free trial version right now but I’d love to be lucky enough to win this and open it up so I can use it properly.
Thanks so much for organising and running this giveaway for all of us
Good softy….
Pretty please?
I would lovethis app!:)
I’m in too. KeePass is working well for me, but I’m still far too used to RoboForm. Good piece of software that works well.
hmmmm isn’t roboform free… err, I think I’ve used them before.. or maybe they have a pro version?
count me too! nice one :รพ
I love this tool. Too bad the free version is sol limited.
It is RoboForm Pro that you can get.
thanks Martin!
ah yes, I remember now, how the free version is too limited.. hope to win even if I already won.. :D
yep it would be nice to get rid of the free version limitations :-)
I’ve only just started using dedicated password managers and they speed up my work no end. At the moment I’m using Keepass but a free license for RoboForm would be a great incentive to switch!