- From: John Kemp <john@jkemp.net>
- Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:22:18 -0400
- To: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Cc: "www-tag@w3.org List" <www-tag@w3.org>
Björn, On Sep 26, 2011, at 9:44 PM, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote: > * John Kemp wrote: >> It is no wonder that people are shocked when they find out they are >> still being tracked by a site after they have clicked 'logout'! And it >> is perfectly possible for a site to effectively log the user out from >> that site with technology that exists today. > > Well, I am not sure it is quite that simple. […] My only point is that in this case (where user explicitly says 'logout') I believe that user expectations are being violated. I also asked for what the valid reasons are for doing this. But ultimately, it is this violation of user expectation that is the important part for me. I agree with you that identification (and the various degrees of that) are much more complex than can be expressed by 'logged-in vs. logged-out.' - John > >> Right - and if you care enough about both the site and the language, >> then you'd probably create an account and login to that account and use >> the language you want to on a per-site basis? > > (Personally, I work around requirements I don't find to be necessary.) > -- > Björn Höhrmann · mailto:bjoern@hoehrmann.de · http://bjoern.hoehrmann.de > Am Badedeich 7 · Telefon: +49(0)160/4415681 · http://www.bjoernsworld.de > 25899 Dagebüll · PGP Pub. KeyID: 0xA4357E78 · http://www.websitedev.de/ >
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