https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66699
--- Comment #28 from Steven Walling <[email protected]> --- (In reply to Jared Zimmerman (WMF) from comment #27) > Most modern sites have dispensed with this type of control all together, > financial sites do the opposite and force log you out after 10-30 mins > usually. > > If the use case were trying to solve for us the small set of more security > conscious users we can mostly assume they'll log out after each session. > What if we invert this option and in preferences:profile we have an > initially unchecked option of "Automativally log me out after 40 days of > inactivity" or whatever timespan these users prefer. Then the site behaves > normally and smoothly for users who dont want to have to frequently reinter > logging credentials? It's a good idea, but let's consider such an option as a separate bug/design idea iterating on this. Without redesigning the system completely, we can immediately take a very simple step to increase retention of registered users. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
