https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=47694
--- Comment #60 from Nemo <[email protected]> --- I'm not sure whether this bug should be fixed or not, even though Isarra's compromise is sensible, because I agree that in an ideal world we'd just have a checkbox "remind me forever" with unanimous research telling us that N days feels exactly like forever/what the users think forever (or "forever enough") and MediaWiki would set expiry accordingly. However, I doubt this is possible: for some users "forever" is 2 years renewing at every visit (like Google), for others 1 week is already a painfully long time. See also below. This said, it seems Steven lacks an answer on this point: (In reply to comment #59) > I cannot find a _single_ good example of a login form which > specifies > an exact time limit on saved login sessions, even if cookie policies may > differ. This obviously supports the view that it would be unusual to present > this, and probably unnecessary. As most arguments where Steven uses the word "obviously", this is IMHO a very weak and disputable one. Cookies are one of the least honest businesses of the internet and few or no websites are straightforward with their users about them (though this is getting better in EU thanks to recent directives): however, MediaWiki's ethical standards are higher than the average and we shouldn't blindly follow bad practices, however common they might be. Best example of dishonesty has always been Google (which triggered the EU directive): https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2007/07/edition-privacy-theater-googles-cookie-monster http://edri.org/edrigramnumber5-15search-engine-privacy/ Many users are bothered, as the number of featured browser extensions with hundreds thousands users show: https://addons.mozilla.org/it/firefox/addon/betterprivacy/ https://addons.mozilla.org/it/firefox/addon/anonymox/ https://addons.mozilla.org/en/firefox/addon/self-destructing-cookies/ On the other hand, other users just hate logging in and whatever expiry you pick will make someone unhappy. This bug is IMHO about acknowledging that no expiry is perfect and that we must let the users decide. For the cost of 6 characters or so on the login form, yes. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are the assignee for the bug. You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
