Safari obeys autocomplete="off". How ignore?

There's some non-standard html attribute code (I think it's created by Microsoft?) that can be used in e.g. input tags in forms. It's called "autocomplete" and the designer can chose "on" or "off".
When he's adding autocomplete="off" to an input field in a login form, his intentions are that the browser won't be allowed to remember the login for future sessions.
As the code is non-standard, and since people can chose whether to keep a login or not (in both keychain and browser), the attribute is pretty much useless. It shouldn't exist.
I am frequently using a site which has this attribute in the login form. Earlier, when I was using Camino, I had no problems since Camino did the right thing and paid no attention to the attribute. Hence, I stored the login in the keychain, and didn't have to type it manually on each visit.
But I switched to Safari a month ago, and now I have to type it each and every time. It's extremely annoying.
So, I wonder if anyone knows if I can remedy this in some way locally, e.g. within the package files or in any other way?

I found this "bug" already reported at WebKit:
http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10951
At least it's some confort knowing that I'm not alone about the frustration....
Here's also a description about the "autocomplete" attribute:
http://www.geocities.com/technofundo/tech/web/ie_autocomplete.html
Cheers,
Dan

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