Just a curious question. Since we're technically only allowed one forum account why, when you post a new thread, is there an option next to the the Username to "[change user]"? Surely that would imply someone could switch between accounts... thus violating the rule of one account per person. *shrug* just being curious.

Shared computer?

some randomly fucked up cookie somewhere?

* ShawnZ slaps wdz for putting uid and passwd in cookies

lopardo: in that case you would logout the forums totally and not wait until the "New Thread" page to swap usernames... in my eyes anyway.

Well, IMHO, it certainly serves as a comfy reminder. A user might be reading the forums with someone else currently logged on, and when they start posting a reply/thread, they might easily forget that it's not their account they're posting under. On a few other sites where there is no such option with the username listed up there and all, I see sometimes how people really forget and accidentally post under someone else's username.

A comfy reminder would be if it was in huge letters, yet it is so small....

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Originally posted by Time
A comfy reminder would be if it was in huge letters, yet it is so small....

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Because not all boards have the "one account per person" rule (I know, it's dodgy) and as lopardo said, it could be a shared computer, and as Chrono said, it'd be annoying if it was bigger.

i have never seen it..and i still dont...where is it???


damn....me too stupid

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i have never seen it..and i still dont...where is it???


damn....me too stupid

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i got it thanx........urrgghhhh
the damn thing logged me out...it is evil and must die

It is very usefull if you use the forum in public places, if you don't want to impersonate somenoe who worked on the PC before you and forgot to log out...

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
It is very usefull if you use the forum in public places, if you don't want to impersonate somenoe who worked on the PC before you and forgot to log out..

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It is very usefull if you use the forum in public places, if you don't want to impersonate somenoe who worked on the PC before you and forgot to log out..

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ohh....now i get it...but cant a person who doesnt want to impersonate another simply log off and login again wid a diff account....

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
yes,

but then you have to press "logout", "log in", enter login and pwd, find the thread your wanted to reply to, and finaly press the reply button again... and _normally_ (I might hope ) such a button as "change user" does all this automatically (well except the entering of your login and pwd of course). Dunno why the one on this forum doesn't as it would be a big shortcut. Maybe the functionallity on this board is intended to be somewhat different, but because nobody can/should have 2 accounts it isn't enabled, dunno... however that is what such buttons normally do; provide a shortcut to switch users so you don't have to press that many buttons and find the thread again you wanted to post in.

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
yes,

but then you have to press "logout", "log in", enter login and pwd, find the thread your wanted to reply to, and finaly press the reply button again... and _normally_ (I might hope ) such a button as "change user" does all this automatically (well except the entering of your login and pwd of course). Dunno why the one on this forum doesn't (aka it simply functions as a logout button aka it sends you to logout.php) as it would be a big shortcut. Maybe the functionallity on this board is intended to be somewhat different, but because nobody can/should have 2 accounts it isn't enabled, dunno... however that is what such buttons normally do; provide a shortcut to switch users so you don't have to press that many buttons and find the thread again you wanted to post in.

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nope, just sends you to logout.php then the index.

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That's exactly why I questioned its usefulness in the first place.