FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Why doesn't Autofill Forms fill out every web form 100% perfectly out of the box?

Google puts the following note to web authors on their Google Autofill help page:

"Note to web page authors: You can ensure that Autofill will work on your pages by using field names defined in the ECML (Electronic Commerce Modeling Language) standard, found at http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3106.txt."

Unfortunately, most web authors are not aware of this standard and use their own naming schemes for form fields.

If the label (e.g. the word "E-mail") in front or behind of a form field has a direct relation to the form field, it can be used for automatic form filling as well. There is even a HTML element named "label" exactly for this task - but unfortunately it is not widely used either.

To address these problems Autofill Forms is completely customizable. This means you can adjust Autofill Forms to any available web form. It is also possible to fill out form fields semi-automatic via the context menu. Have a look at the Usage and Tutorials sections for more information.

The default profile coming with Autofill Forms has also still a lot of room for improvements. If you are familiar with Regular Expressions and would like to contribute feel free to contact the team.