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maratsade
Distinguished Professor IV
9 years ago

Suggestion

Liz, Amanda:  I often forget to log into the community before I start browsing.  I find a topic I want to reply to, click Reply, and the system takes me to the login page.  I log in and the system ta...
MarkJFine's avatar
MarkJFine
Professor
9 years ago

Good idea... couple that with making the authentication cookie last longer than an hour.

C0RR0SIVE's avatar
C0RR0SIVE
Associate Professor
9 years ago

There have been times I have wrote out good long posts, and then look and see I am not logged in...  Not fun if you forget to copy... >.>

  • maratsade's avatar
    maratsade
    Distinguished Professor IV
    9 years ago

    Been there! It's frustrating, and I try to remember to compose things off the community and then copy-paste, but I'm not being very successful...

     

    C0RR0SIVE wrote:

    There have been times I have wrote out good long posts, and then look and see I am not logged in...  Not fun if you forget to copy... >.>

     

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    GabeU
    Distinguished Professor IV
    9 years ago
    C0RR0SIVE wrote:

    There have been times I have wrote out good long posts, and then look and see I am not logged in...  Not fun if you forget to copy... >.>

    I feel you.  Been there quite a few times.  Very annoying.  And then, even though you know it won't be, you hope against hope that it will still be there if you hit the back button a couple of times.  :p   

     

    Great idea, maratsade!  

     

    MarkJFine  I don't know exactly how long it lasts, but I've noticed that I can come back after a good bit more than an hour and still be signed in (as long as I don't close the browser completely, of course). I think I remember them adjusting this setting back when this particular Community first started as I think it used to not last nearly as long as it does now.  

     

     

    • MarkJFine's avatar
      MarkJFine
      Professor
      9 years ago

      Mine always times out after about an hour of inactivity.

      • GabeU's avatar
        GabeU
        Distinguished Professor IV
        9 years ago

        MarkJFine

         

        I just replied to a post after about an hour and forty five minutes of inactivity and it was still signed in.  I still had the main page open, so I don't know if that made any difference.  I didn't go back to it or anything during that time (I was doing things on Facebook on another open page), but it was still open.  

         

        Might the page still being open make any difference in the time before signout?  

         

        MIght the browser used make any difference?  I'm using Chrome on a Windows 10 Pro desktop