Oh I definitely agree, Ben. However, it would be nice to have the browser detect logouts and perhaps have an under the hood option of what to do if logouts are detected. I too would be very annoyed by unintended redirects.
On Oct 27, 1:57 pm, Ben <[email protected]> wrote: > For me, I think it would be more of an annoyance. Usually when you log > out of a website you're done with it, but sometimes I like to log out of > a website but continue to use the site. In such cases, this feature > would be an obstacle to my goal, rather than an assistance. > > Of course, I'm a more technical user, I guess... You also have to > consider that websites have been designed to send users to landing pages > when they log out for a long time now; how would users react to being > sent to some random page after logging out? What if it was some portal > (Yahoo!, MSN? I don't guess Google has one for when you're logged out) > that they logged out of? > > Just some things to think about. ;) > > > > On Mon, 2009-10-26 at 12:49 -0700, Xakk wrote: > > The following idea is intended to help keep Chrome in the spirit of > > browser transparency. The user should not even notice that the > > browser is there; Chrome should be a hardly noticeable means of a > > direct link between a human and the web. Chrome performs this task > > well except for a few cases that I've noticed. > > > When a user logs off of a webpage, be it their bank account, email > > account, or other account, he or she is FORCED to interact with the > > browser and choose a new direction. (The "New Tab" page alleviates > > this problem at the creation of a new tab.) > > > Wouldn't it be useful if the browser detected a page logout and > > offered some sort of new direction such as redirection to the "New > > Tab" page or some other event. Perhaps customizable redirects upon > > logout events could be implemented in "Under the Hood" options. > > > I see this as a useful addition to Chrome's mission, what do you > > think? > > > Xakk > > > (cc: Google Chrome Help Forum #Suggestions) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
