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Re: New feature: Article rating
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Sun, 26 Mar 2000 16:34:08 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Mike Stanley writes:
> > Currently you *can* login "ONCE" by selecting "never log me out" (or
> > something
> > similar, I don't remember the exact wording). I logged in once at home, and
> > have never re-entered my passwd. When I come back and dial up, opena
> > browser,
> > and go to Lugnet, I'm still logged in.
>
> That might be fine for home (or maybe it wouldn't be - maybe my wife
> and I share a computer to access LUGNET (we don't, since I have more
> than a few computers, but we could)?) but it wouldn't work for work.
> My LUGNET packet is sitting in my desk at work, waiting for me to use
> that password, if I ever get to change it myself. Until then I won't
> be using it. I have to keep track of more passwords than most people
> because of my job - I'm not using any more brain cells to keep track
> of one I had no say in.
Why would you have to keep track of it if you were always logged in? You'd
type it in once and that would be that.
Trust me, my job requires no small amount of passwds to be remembered by me,
too.
> > IMHO, the ability to change your passwd would be nice, but I'd rather see
> > wholly new features like article rating than that particular improvement on
> > an
> > existing feature.
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> But what good are those cool new features if you can't access them
> without signing in?
Who said all the new features were going to ba available only to logged-in
Lugnet Members?
> IMNSHO the inability to change your password to
> something of your choice (even within certain length/composition
> restrictions) is a serious flaw, especially from the user perspective.
I think it's something that probably should be changed, but I'm afraid I don't
think it's nearly as urgent as you and Larry.
> Both Larry and I agree on this - that means we have to be right.
Basing logical arguments on cults of personality is generally also a bad idea.
eric
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| (...) Yeah, but the point is we ARE right. You're not concerned about it, Todd may not be concerned about it, but the market backs us up. Can you change your password at Amazon.com? BN.com? Any other major online retailer you care to name? How about (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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| (...) That might be fine for home (or maybe it wouldn't be - maybe my wife and I share a computer to access LUGNET (we don't, since I have more than a few computers, but we could)?) but it wouldn't work for work. My LUGNET packet is sitting in my (...) (24 years ago, 26-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general) !
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