On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 19:29 -0500, Brennan Stehling wrote:
GMail allows you to check a box to stay logged in for 2 weeks. Otherwise once you close the browser you are logged out of the system.
I like that approach. But I have been in the middle of writing an email when my session did expire. When I clicked the send button it showed me a message that my session had expired but did not move to a new screen. It allowed me to copy the text of my email so that I can log back in and continue along by pasting in the text again.
I would prefer it to simply prompt me for my password to reset the timeout though. If I am in the middle of something I do not want to be kicked out or interrupted.
Hi. I'm new to RC and just downloaded it, but I think it's a great app with a lot of potential. I'd like to slowly become involved with development and have been reading this list.
I know the Microsoft Exchange Web Access does something similar. When you enter your username/password, there's two choices: "Public Computer" (default) which times your session out (after 20 minutes or so) and "Private Computer" which doesn't time you out at all.
Personally, I think this is a great idea -- Allow the user to choose if they want to be logged out automatically, but make sure that the 'public computer' option is default so unknowing users get that.
~Jeff