wwp@yahoogroups.com:
Re: Virtual Tours - login timeout?
Pat Swovelin 2008-Dec-20 05:49:00
On 12/18/2008 2:29 PM, Yahoo Account's hamster got loose on the keyboard
and typed ...:
> --- On Thu, 12/18/08, Dave 360texas.com <#removed#> wrote:
>
>> What I did was to close IE 7 wait for an hour then visit the
>> WWP
>> contribute page... and it prompted me for a new login
>> session.
>
> Glad it worked out.
>
> That problem annoyed me to no end, so I searched around the web and
> even though common wisdom is that there's no "official" way to clear
> the browser's login cache, I've actually found a way to force the
> browser to "logout".
>
> You'll notice a new item "Logout" in the blue menu bar on top. This
> will take you to a "logout" page. There's just one link on it. Click
> it, and you'll again be prompted for a password.
> HERE'S THE IMPORTANT PART:
> Leave the password EMPTY and click "OK" (or whichever button is there).
>
> Congratulations. Your browser has now forgotten the "unforgettable"
> login data (since it's been overwritten with the blank field). So all
> this page does is to turn "login" on its head - it accepts anything
> BUT a password.
>
> Now another user can go to the regular login page and enter a new
> name/password - no need for a second browser.
>
> Tested with: Firefox/Mac, Safari/Mac, Internet Explorer 7/PC
With FF you can have it save passwords for several, in this case users,
and when you get to that page you merely type the 1st letter of one of
the user's username and it'll fill in the 2 fields for you.
This is in a Windows environment. It "should" be the same on a Mac.
[he said famously]
> -Markus
Pat Swovelin
Cool Guy @ Large