Password management has never been easier with the rise of several applications specifically designed to help store, organize, and secure all of your passwords. That being said, the password management industry is now heavily saturated. This is good news for consumers who want to be able to weigh their options, but it’s become imperative for companies in the market to keep pace.Bitwardenhas risen to the top of the industry with features ranging from passkeys to autofill. However, it isn’t done just yet — the open-source developer is slightly tweaking its password manager to improve its UI.
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Bitwarden has announcedthat it is launching in-line password autofill for all of its supported browsers — Chrome, Safari, Firefox, Vivaldi, Opera, Brave, Edge, Tor, and DuckDuckGo. In the future, it says that it intends to roll out self-hosted support, but no date has been announced.
The feature was developed with UI in mind — the auto-fill menu will populate your login credentials in a form field above all other elements on a page, for example, so that nothing is obstructing your view. Additionally, the auto-fill menu will only show up when you are logged into the Bitwarden browser extension. To limit power consumption, your login credentials will gradually load as you scroll, rather than all at once. Although these seem like minor changes, it’s this type of UI tweak that can keep Bitwarden users satisfied and loyal to the password manager.
This feature is one of many adjustments Bitwarden has made to its software as of late. At the end of 2023, it rolled outpasskey supportfor its browser extension. This was yet another example of a small but significant change that was made to bolster the UI. Passkeys are also widely considered to be the password of the future, offering more security with unique cryptographic keys. Two-factor authentication is also built into passkeys, giving you an extra layer of protection against bad actors. As Bitwarden evolves to keep up with the latest threats, it’s these types of changes that are giving more people incentive to rely on the password manager above all else.
