LJ query

[venta]

If I'm logged into LJ, and I open a new browser window, I appear to be logged in in the new window, too. And if I log out from there, it logs me out in both windows.

This didn't used to happen. And I'd like it not to. Have I inadvertently checked some option somewhere which I now can't find, or has something else changed ?

(I'm using IE/Windows 2K)

Comments

[diffrentcolours]

Logging in works via cookies, which are common to all browser windows. As far as I know, this has always been the case...

[triskellian]

Opening a new browser window should be the same as opening a new page in the same window - the server you're getting the stuff from can't tell the difference. Has your puter been infested with pixies?

Slightly more helpfully, the 'don't leave me logged in forever' option will have some sort of time setting to help it tell the difference between 'sessions', and if you're prone to leaving the same page open without refreshing it - perhaps reading your friends page in bits and pieces over the course of several hours - it could appear that the page you've had open for ages is still logged in, and the new one you've just opened isn't. It would actually mean you're not logged in, as you'd see if you refreshed the original page.

Or, y'know, pixies. I reckon they're responsible for many computer oddities.

Hmm. I was going to use my 'I do believe in fairies' icon, cos of the pixies comments, but I think this one is more appropriate, as well as allowing me to say: GIC!

[chrisvenus]

ITs a long time since I've last checked this...

AS people said permanent cookies are kept on your hard drive and shared by browsers. However, session based cookies are kept by the process running. This means if you tell LJ never to log out then that is going to be shared by other browser windows (because it writes a cookie to your hard drive). If you use the "Logout when browser closes" it will wait for that process to finish first.

In IE I seem to remember on my setup that clicking the icon to launch IE starts a new process but using ctrl-N or open link in new window opens another window of the same process. This may be what has changed (ie you are just opening them differently to last time you noticed the behaviour) or it may be that they are always opening in the same process.

For directory windows (ie windows explorer) there is an option in tools..folders options.. view called launch process in separate windows. Its possible this affects IE though I don't think it should (I currently have it off and IE does what I think you want) but might as well try if all else fails.

I should end by saying that I'm on win2kpro so my mileage may well vary. If so apologies. :)

[wimble.livejournal.com]

Rather than identifying the cause, I'll try curing the symptoms. Or at least, changing your behaviour so the symptoms don't arise:

you could simply close the second window, without logging out. If you've set your options to "log me out when browser closes", then this should only log you out when the last window closes.