uzbl has a simple but nice formfiller script that automatically fills forms for you.

if you’ve been using firefox’s password manager, you probably have a large list of user details you’d probably like to use in uzbl too. migrating the data is actually simpler than you think.

first, install the Password Exporter add-on in your firefox.

then go to edit->preferences->security->import/export passwords, click export passwords (do NOT check the checkbox), select csv in the bottom right select box and save the file in your ${HOME}.

you should now have a file called password-export-`date +%Y-%m-%d` (current date ) in your ~ folder.

now open a terminal and run the following:

cat ~/password-export-`date +%Y-%m-%d` | grep "^\"http" | while read i; do S=`echo $i | cut -d"\"" -f2`; S="${S/http:\/\/}"; S="${S/https:\/\/}"; U=`echo $i | cut -d"\"" -f4`; P=`echo $i | cut -d"\"" -f6`; UF=`echo $i | cut -d"\"" -f12`; PF=`echo $i | cut -d"\"" -f14`; echo $UF: $U | sed "s/\@/\\\@/g" > ~/.local/share/uzbl/forms/$S; echo $PF: $P | sed "s/\@/\\\@/g" >> ~/.local/share/uzbl/forms/$S; done

note that the above command will overwrite any existing domains.
the command below are slightly modified to only add non-existing domains:

cat ~/password-export-`date +%Y-%m-%d` | grep "^\"http" | while read i; do S=`echo $i | cut -d"\"" -f2`; S="${S/http:\/\/}"; S="${S/https:\/\/}"; U=`echo $i | cut -d"\"" -f4`; P=`echo $i | cut -d"\"" -f6`; UF=`echo $i | cut -d"\"" -f12`; PF=`echo $i | cut -d"\"" -f14`; echo $UF: $U | sed "s/\@/\\\@/g" >> ~/.local/share/uzbl/forms/$S; [[ ! -f ~/.local/share/uzbl/forms/$S ]] && echo $PF: $P | sed "s/\@/\\\@/g" >> ~/.local/share/uzbl/forms/$S; done

that’s it! you should have a file per domain with the necessary info in ~/.local/share/uzbl/forms

ls ~/.local/share/uzbl/forms/

open a uzbl instance, visit a site with a form and press zl [default binding] to tell formfiller to fill in the form for you

Its excellent vimperator extension has prevented me from switching to anything else, but it is beginning to show its age. Slow loading times, occasional crashes, horrible JS performance…

Meet uzbl. Wordplay for usable. Its developers describe it as web interface tools which adhere to the unix philosophy. I like to think of it as a terminal for the web.

I have valid reasons: Instead of using tabs, I just spawn uzbl windows whenever I need something, then close them. Same as a terminal. That is possible because it loads instantly – like a terminal! Add the fully customizable vim-like bindings and very good webkit engine and you have a winner!

The fact that I’m using awesome (a tiling wm) also helps, since it manages all the windows for me.

Since I like uzbl so much, I added it to the portage tree:

[I] www-client/uzbl
Available versions: (~)0_pre20091130{tbz2} **9999{tbz2} {helpers}
Installed versions: 0_pre20091130{tbz2}(04:03:14 PM 12/04/2009)(helpers)
Homepage: http://www.uzbl.org
Description: A keyboard controlled (modal vim-like bindings, or with modifierkeys) browser based on Webkit

One tagged release and a live ebuild (that uses either the master or experimental branch).

I’ve also patched dmenu with the vertical patch to make it useful with uzbl. You can find the updated ebuild in wirelay (layman -a wirelay) – at least until I get the dmenu maintainers to add the patch in portage.