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Downloaded it, installed it, and loving it!

The big thing I'm missing most is LastPass. Without access to my passwords, I can see myself falling back to Chrome. In fact, I need to keep Chrome running so I can look up my login names and passwords there in order to copy them over to Bonsai when I'm being asked to log in. If you could support popular password managers inside your browser, that would help a lot!

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yeah, good suggestion. i'm trying to use a password manager on my first try. can't figure out how to without leaving the app.

You should drop any software that prevents you from changing another unrelated software. In other words, move from LastPass to Bitwarden.

OP is saying browser extensions don't work. Not that LastPass doesn't work with the browser.

Browser without extensions is like bike without wheels. All those ads and javascripts...

And I am saying Bitwarden is not tied to a web browser - it has a desktop client.

You assume most people have the patience to copy paste passwords from Bitwarden rather than the ease of Lastpass - just doesn't work for 99% of the population.

I don't know about Keywarden, but KeePass just uses a global hotkey that can be used to type in your password in a context-dependent fashion (figures out the relevant password from the page you're on). No browser integration required, yet no UX hit. (Edit: But I have no idea if its "figure out what page you're on" functionality would work with Bonsai.)

Ease of Lastpass is the same as ease of Bitwarden, both have extension for browsers :)

And now we’re back to the original commenter pointing out that this new browser lacks such extensions

A password manager integrated with a browser can offer more security, because it can verify the domain to prevent copy-pasting the password into a phishing site.

As does LastPass

No, it does not.

Yes, it does: https://lastpass.com/misc_download2.php?tab=mac

Mac only though. Many of us don’t have or want Apple PCs.

This still refutes the previous poster's point though. Just because you don't use apple, does not mean that LastPass doesn't offer this service.

It doesn't.

How about this then?

https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/p/lastpass-for-windows-deskt...

It's not official (not listed on their website).

It's created by Lastpas...?

Well, Bonsai only works on Mac, so...

Having your password manager tied to your browser is more secure because the saved password doesn't show up unless you're in the correct domain, preventing phishing attacks.

Plus the password doesn't transit through the copy buffer, which is probably less secure

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