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Programs for Filling In Web Forms?

Posted by Cliff on from the for-those-who-find-typing-painful dept.

cafebabe asks: "My mother has severe arthritis and must do a lot of her shopping online since it is painful for her to walk. Since she also has trouble typing, she needs a program to help her fill out all of the data entry fields on web sites. When I was home over Thanksgiving, I saw that my mother had Gator on her computer. I uninstalled it, explained spyware to her, and installed RoboForm, which I had heard good things about. RoboForm ended up causing her computer to crash so my father uninstalled it. Is RoboForm really the best thing out there or do any of you know of something better?"

5 of 22 comments (clear)

  1. Open Passport? by jkujawa · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I've thought about this. I think the ideal solution would be a coupling of something like Microsoft's Passport, except the server which your data would be aggregated on would be your own machine, with a set of standardized extensions to html that allow you to attach true metadata to form entries -- something like , , etc.

  2. Roll your own by aminorex · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Just write a little .vbs script for each of her frequently
    used forms and put an icon on the desktop for it.
    Here'' You can download WSH 5.6 from
    ' - http://www.microsoft.com/msdownload/vbscript/scrip ting56.asp
    Option Explicit 'Set an automatic error for all undefined variables

    Const promptTitle = "Enter Private Key Password"
    Const ShowSigningStatus = True

    Dim Wshshell, fso, oExec, shell, counter, tmp, signResult, exeError, objArgs
    Dim strPassword: strPassword = ""

    'Create an object array of the command line arguments
    Set objArgs = WScript.Arguments

    if NOT Wshshell.AppActivate(promptTitle) Then
    MsgBox "No such window, "+promptTitle
    WScript.Quit
    End If

    Wshshell.AppActivate(promptTitle)
    Wshshell.Send Keys(strPassword) ' Send the password to the Dialogbox
    WScript.Sleep 200
    Wshshell.SendKeys("{ENTER}") ' Send an enter key to the Dialogbox.

    WScript.Quit

    s a kernel to get you started:

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  3. does she have a phone by paradesign · · Score: 3, Interesting
    can she dial a phone, cause last i checked QVC and the HSN are still on 24hrs a day. And my tv has never crashed on me. Catalogues are great too, most of theem have 800 numbers so you dont even have to fill in forms. Good online stores will also have a phone number.

    and im not trying to be a dick, but remember, computers are not the answer to everyones problem, nor are they usable by all. But luckily alternatives exist.

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    I want 2D games back.
  4. Re:ummm...... by zcat_NZ · · Score: 2, Interesting

    More to the point; Adaware lists some good non-spyware and free (both types) alternatives for the more common spyware vector programs. A very handy little list. You can find the link up there ^^ somewhere :)

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  5. Discover Deskshop by dizgusted · · Score: 2, Interesting

    If she uses a discover card they have a program called deskshop that fills out forms and generates single use card numbers to improve security. Works pretty well in my experience.

    More details: http://www2.discovercard.com/shopcenter/deskshop/m ain.shtml