Questions about Lazarus (Google Chrome extension)
Lazarus (for Google Chrome) is very young in it's development, and as such has only a subset of the features available in the Firefox version. We will be adding features from the Firefox version to the Chrome version over the next few months.
What is Lazarus?
Lazarus is a free add-on for the Chrome browser which makes backups of the data you've entered into web forms. It then stores this data so you can easily recover it if you need to re-enter it for some reason. Many of us have had the experience of spending ages entering data into a long form, only to see it vanish when an error occurs after we try to submit it. With Lazarus, this need never happen again!
How do I use Lazarus?
Lazarus will automatically save the data you enter into textboxes while you are typing, and will also save the form as soon as you hit the submit button. If you need to re-enter the data into the form, simply:
- go back to that page again
- click on the textbox to make the Lazarus icon appear
- click the Lazarus icon to list the recoverable text
- and select the text to recover
Lazarus will then retrieve what it saved and automatically put it back into the form.
Where does Lazarus keep the saved data?
Lazarus saves all its form information inside an SQLite database located in your Chrome profile folder.
Can I disable Lazarus for certain sites?
At the moment No. But we do plan on adding this feature soon.
Does Lazarus save all the text I type?
We try to, but some things are beyond our control. The Chrome extension APIs are still evolving and as such there are a number of things we are not yet able to do (eg add items to the context menu, access dynamic iframes within pages, etc...). So at the moment we will save text entered into textareas (multiline textboxes).
We plan on supporting full forms, WYSIWYG editors, and forms within dynamic iframes once the chrome API allows us to supports these features
Neither Flash nor Java based forms are supported.
