Could logging in to Delicious be a thing of the past?

The old logo of Delicious.
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Hallelujahs!

One of my pet peeves is websites that make me log in again and again.  Look, you’re smart enough to know whether I’m logging in from the same computer – don’t keep asking me to log in, OK?  Netflix does a great job of this.  I can’t remember the last time I’ve logged in – either from work or from home .

Delicious has been the exact opposite.

I am a big fan of Delicious.  I have my recent bookmarks right over there on the sidebar ->

I keep all of my bookmarks on there (and don’t bother with FireFox or IE bookmarks).  I have an iPhone app that automatically synchs with my account so I can always look up a site I’ve bookmarked. I’ve got a FireFox plugin installed at work and at home – it easily allows me to tag sites and retireve them later – from either of my computers, or my iPhone – or through any computer, actually (by accessing my links at delicious.com).

About the only thing I don’t use on Delicious is the bookmark sharing feature – you have to have friends on Delicious to do that and I can’t be bothered to set up any – I’ve got too many other sites asking for my friends.

So the one thing that kills me is when I try to tag a website using the convenient FireFox plugin and the stupid thing tells me that I have to log in because it’s been 2 weeks.  2 weeks!?  Come on.  What could I possibly have on Delicious that is that confidential.  What – is something going to masquerade as me and set rogue bookmarks?

Well, today at work, as I went to bookmark a site, I was asked, once again, to login.  Except this time, when I checked ‘keep me logged in’ I noticed it didn’t say ‘for 2 weeks’ – and when I checked it, I was given the warning that I shouldn’t do this on public computers blah blah..  So I can only hope – does that mean I’m now logged in for good from this machine?  Can it be true?  I can’t wait to see what happens.. Will accessing from a different (home) computer mess with this login?  Will it really keep me logged in forever?  Only time will tell.

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