The first step is to open the Dashlane app and then go to the settings menu to tap on ‘ Turn on Safari Extenion‘. When you’re using Safari, immediately to the right of the URL/Search box, you should see an icon that looks like the one below. A Share Extension is accessed through the bookmark utility while in Safari on any ios device ( that’s upgraded to ios 8)

That’s why I wanted to let everyone know about the new share extension Dashlane has made available. What’s an ios 8 Share Extension?Īpple’s new Share Extension feature is quickly being incorporated into some of the best ios apps, including Dashlane and Evernote. One exceptional new feature is technically referred to as the Share Extension in Safari. If you don’t use the bookmarklet and would like to learn how to install it, see my help article:īut ios 8 is all about connectivity, and many of the newest features provide great choices for users to implement. This comes in handy for updating user account passwords. It still functions as it always did to open the same webpage that you’re currently in on Safari, within the Dashlane App & Daslane browser. If you already have the Dashlane bookmarklet setup, keep it. No app, prior to ios 8 had a better alternative than bookmarklets. Just to be clear, this limitation existed because of Apple’s restrictions, not Dashlanes. But bookmarklets are a little cumbersome and confusing to setup for many users, and I suspect they aren’t widely used for that reason.

It was an easy way for ios users to open a link in Safari via a bookmarklet…if you could get the bookmarklet itself installed. The solution was installing a bookmarklet in Safari for Dashlane. To date Dashlane’s browser doesn’t offer bookmarking, although I’ve been told by customer support they are working on this. The New ios 8 Share Extension is Available for Dashlane The Newest Shellshock Bash Exploit Provides One More Excellent Reason to Use A Password Manager like Dashlaneįollow ios version of Dashlane provides it’s own browser, but if you use bookmarks in Safari a lot like I do, you probably don’t/won’t use Dashlane’s browser very often.

Using dashlane with safari