<p>I've read <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41354/is-the-stackoverflow-login-situation-bearable">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/41354/is-the-stackoverflow-login-situation-bearable</a> and must agree to a certain point that openid (for me) makes it more difficult to log in. Not a show stoper but I'm used to opening the front page of the site, there's a small login form, firefox' password manager already filled in the correct values, submit, done. One click.
Here - and it's currently the only site with openid I use - the password/form manager doesn't even fill in my "login id". I often close all browser windows and all cookies are erased - and I would like to keep it this way.</p>

<p>Are there any firefox plugins you would recommend that make the login process easier? Maybe something that checks my status at myOpenId and performs the login if necessary.</p>

<p>Edit:
Unfortunately RichQ is right and I can't use Seatbelt. And Sxipper ...not quite what I had in mind ;) Anyway, both solutions would take away some of the "pain", so upvotes for both of you.</p>

<p>I've also tried the ssl certificate. But that only adds more steps. Hopefully I did something wrong and some of those steps can be eliminated:</p>

<ul>
<li>Click "login" at stackoverflow
<li>Click on the "select provider" Button.
<li>Click on MyOpenId
<li>Enter Username
<li>Click "Login" (Sxipper could reduce the previous 4 steps to a single mouseclick)
<li>MyOpenId login page is loaded
<li>Click "Sign in with an SSL certificate"
<li>Choose Certificate (grrr)
<li>Click "Login" (GRRR)
<li>Back to stackoverflow, finally.
</ul>

<p>What I really would like is:
<ul>
<li>Click "login" at stackoverflow
<li>My (only) LoginId is filled in
<li>Click "Login"
<li>If necessary the certificate is chosen automagically, ssl login performed
<li>Back to stackoverflow without any further user interaction.
</ul>That would be more or less what I'm used to - and I'm a creature of habit :)</p>

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