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.