On Tuesday, July 15, 2014, Jon Robson <[email protected]> wrote: > (Forked from Re: [Wikitech-l] "Not logged in" page) > > Is it time to revisit this behaviour? It's come up as being a usability > problem a few times now. > > Currently if I log out of a public computer it logs me out of my tablet > device,mobile device and home computer. :( > > See bug for reference [1] > > [1] https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49890
Yes, this is terrible UX. Logging out or in should only apply to one device. > On 15 Jul 2014 18:38, "Bryan Davis" <[email protected] <javascript:;>> > wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 7:25 PM, Jon Robson <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> wrote: > > >> regularly. I've found mediawiki logs me out despite the 'keep me > > >> logged in' box, when logging out on a different device, etc. > > > Well that's the bug then no and that should be fixed. Help us work out > > why > > > it is occurring and let's get that dealt with.:) > > > > > > We shouldn't be designing features for edge cases! > > > > Logout was discussed recently on the QA list [0]. The discussion lead > > to Jon Robson pointing out bug 49890 [1] where Chris Steipp stated > > that logout is global. > > > > [0]:https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg01559.html > > [1]: https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49890 > > -- > > Bryan Davis Wikimedia Foundation <[email protected] > <javascript:;>> > > [[m:User:BDavis_(WMF)]] Sr Software Engineer Boise, ID USA > > irc: bd808 v:415.839.6885 x6855 > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > [email protected] <javascript:;> > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] <javascript:;> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
