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Login screen now defaults to "keep me logged in".

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MardyBra · 26/05/2013 10:54

I log in every time I use MN, mainly to stop my computer savvy kids logging in and finding out my user name.

The login screen now seems to have defaulted to having the "keep me logged in" box permanently checked. Given that anyone who wants to stay permanently logged in will have already checked that box and won't be visiting that page, can it go back to being unchecked iyswim.

Otherwise one day I'll forget to uncheck it, I'll be outed by a curious teenager, and there'll be no more Mardy. Grin

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JulieMumsnet · 28/05/2013 22:53

Evening,

We've seen this and will let tech know. Smile

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RebeccaMumsnet · 31/05/2013 08:58

Hi there,

Apologies, we are looking at this.
I will give Tech a nudge this morning.

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JustineMumsnet · 04/06/2013 17:03

Hi Mardy,
Previously when the box was unchecked, because lots of folks don't check it, every time we updated the site, which is a few times a week, those users had to log in again. Experience showed us that multiple users find this annoying - there were lots of threads complaining about having to log in repeatedly.

A default "keep me logged in" is pretty standard practice and there is a log out button at the top of every page.

Obviously it's a pain to log out/untick the box when you log in, but it does seem to effect many fewer people than the irritation of logging in. (That said, I do see the point that even though fewer folks are affected, the need to log out might be more pressing than the need to log in).

So that's our dilemma and how we got to where we are but will talk to the tech team and see whether there's any alternative solution we can come up with that could work better for all.

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JustineMumsnet · 06/06/2013 18:59

Hello all,
We have a tech solution to this issue. With bit of banging in the shed the tech team can make it so we 'remember' when someone unticks the keep me logged in on their PC so the next time they go to the login screen on that PC it will remain unticked. Will implement asap. Thanks for the feedback.

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Tech · 19/06/2013 01:59

Hi, This (remembering if you uncheck the box) should be there in the next day or two.

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HelenMumsnet · 26/06/2013 14:27

@MardyBra

Thanks Tech.

Smile

Should be today or tomorrow, we think.

Thanks for your patient face Smile

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Tech · 27/06/2013 23:47

Or maybe Friday. Sorry for the delay...

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HelenMumsnet · 10/07/2013 16:08

Hello. This has been done now.

Sorry for the long wait and thank you for your patience Smile

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