Hotmail login

[Psyko]

Hello!

Basically... there's one computer and two persons. We both use hotmail and frequently check out inboxes.
Not that I'm lazy but after a while it gets annoying having to retype the mail address everytime I want to check my mail.

We got FireFox 3.6 as primary browser.
What I noticed when using IE by accident is that it remembers the last used accounts.
Screenshot: (pardon the swedish)
http://i46.tinypic.com/mhq5oo.jpg


Question: Would it be possible to get this multilogon feature in Firefox?

 

[nekkidtruth]

Firefox should be remembering as well. Are you putting a checkmark in "Remember me on this computer"?

 

[Psyko]

Since I'm swedish, are you talking about the "save my password" box? That's the one and only checkbox I have.

If you mean when I'm typing in my mail address, yes I do check it. The thing is, when the other person wants to login, she has to press "login using another account".
If she uses remember me on this computer I'll be forgotten (lol). If she don't, the regular login where you type email and password shows up.

 

[nekkidtruth]

Hmm. Are you using Sign In or another URL?

 

[Psyko]

Again, since I'm swedish I just went to hotmail.se and bookmarked the address that it redirected me to.

But since you're pointing me to hotmail.com, yes. Same thing. It takes me to my login. It just sences my swedish IP.

 

[nekkidtruth]

I see that now. I wasn't aware they were doing it that way. Well I'm not sure what to tell you other than to clear your cache/cookies in Firefox and start fresh with the site and see if it offers the option this time. The option is available.

 

[Psyko]

I clear my cache occasionally, but I'm not really willing to do it ATM. I got too many cookies to crumble.
Moar lulz.

Shortly, I never got this option in firefox, I always knew it was in Ie but I never thought about it since last time I spotted it.

 

[nekkidtruth]

You can delete cookies pertaining strictly to Hotmail/Microsoft manually. Tools->Options->Privacy->remove individual cookies (It's a link). Then search for all *hotmail* related cookies.

 

[Psyko]

Okay

I already knew about that, but if you do think it matters, consider it done.

Still no positive news to give.
What's weird is that IE got cache, cookies and all cleared but yet it finds which accounts I've used to log in to hotmail with the latest... at least two months.

 

[nekkidtruth]

The reason I suggested it is because cookies are where this information is generally stored. So if after clearing them you're still being recognized, it's storing a cookie with a different name. Try removing the cookies pertaining to Live. The goal is to get it to forget you so it shows you all options available as if it's your first time to the site. That way no random settings are stuck.

 

[Psyko]

Done.

Same stuff.

I told you, I've done full cookie clears before. Loads of times. I don't see why this specific time would make it any different.

 

[nekkidtruth]

I know you said you have. But you also state it's remembering information still. That shouldn't be the case. If you remove the cookies there is no longer a file on your machine that tells it you've been there. See the underlying problem?

 

[Psyko]

I asked a friend who got online on MSN a minute ago. He said it's not possible to do this on Firefox since it uses ActiveX to remember. Something like that.

Thanks anyway. All for nothing

 

[nekkidtruth]

Except that Firefox does remember....It's working perfectly fine here.

 

[Psyko]

WELL DIS SHIT IS WEIRD
Really.
Confusing.


got any addons? IE useragent?

 

[nekkidtruth]

I have add-ons. No IE useragent or anything of the sort.

See:

 

[Kari]

Sorry to jump in with an answer you probably don't want to hear, but would it not be easier to create separate Windows user accounts for both of you? My wife uses sometimes this computer even she has her own, but for me it was clear from the moment I installed Windows that I create an account for her so I don't have to think if she messes with my account and files and I can keep me always logged in to the sites I want.

I'm maybe a bit account freak, I know that, but I want to keep things separated when possible. I even have a couple of user accounts for me for different purposes, in different languages. English for my work purposes, Finnish for my private stuff and another Finnish account for my sons when they visit from Finland for their mail / Facebook needs, and a Swedish account which I occasionally need for my work.

To the point: the idea of user accounts is precisely to make it simple and easy for more than one person to use the same computer. Own personalized desktop, own settings, possibility to keep the user logged in to different services without need to logout when another user wants to use the computer.

Kari

 

[Psyko]

@nekkidtruth: I know about that. What I want to do is multi-login. Not just get that.
@Kari: okay. That seems to be the best solution.

Thanks everyone

 

[nekkidtruth]

Ok multi-login and remembering you are 2 different things. Multi-login is not possible with Firefox, at least not from my tests. I apologize, I thought you were just trying to get it to remember you.