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"A user agent may allow the user to override the resulting autocompletion state and set it to always on, always allowing values to be remembered and prefilled), or always off, never remembering values. However, the ability to override the resulting autocompletion state to on should not be trivially accessible, as there are significant security implications for the user if all values are always remembered, regardless of the site's preferences." Certain types of user agents may need to make these options more obvious, for example to users with cognitive disabilities who need to have their PC remember all of their passwords. Is that a normative SHOULD?
It's a normative should not and makes sense for the majority case. The user agents you mention have a good reason to go against it. I don't see what the problem is here.
mass-moved component to LC1
EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document: http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html Status: Rejected Change Description: no spec change Rationale: > Certain types of user agents may need to make these options more obvious, for > example to users with cognitive disabilities who need to have their PC remember > all of their passwords. That's exactly why it's a SHOULD and not a MUST.