Why doesn't Apple Discussions keep you logged in like normal forums?

If you are using Safari you may have more luck on answers in the Safari forum.
http://discussions.apple.com/category.jspa?categoryID=169 (This is the Category level and you needs to choose windows or Mac)

I have seen posts about this from several Level 4 posters who have not been able to fathom this.

I personally use Firefox 3.6.x and have not had any issues.



10:33 PM Saturday; July 24, 2010

Automatic log-in is not available on these forums for security reasons, but once logged in you stay logged in until you close your browser application.

Actually, that's not quite accurate. I am logged in to Discussions, yet sometimes when I reply to a post I am directed to log in again, although I never closed Safari and am still logged in in another forum.

You are on Snow Leopard.

😉

Andreas --

Are you saying that every time you come back here, you have to log in again?
If so, when you close your browser, you are logged out.
When you come back, you must log back in. It's so no one will use your login to post under your alias.
There were several really bad problems with this a few years back, so the log in procedures were changed to prevent hijacking of aliases.

If you are occasionally being logged out while in the midst of using the forums here, that has been happening off and on for a few months now. This is being worked on. It's two different scenarios.

Why should that make a difference?

It does, Miriam.
Apparently.

The OS Klaus is on (Tiger or Leopard, I can't remember) is not afflicted with the sudden logouts.
Go figure!
😉

Miriam, I can log on in the morning, go out for the day while my Mac sleeps, wake it up, come back here, and I am still logged in (I didn't close Safari).

But that occasional log-out when switching from forum to forum did happen a while back when 'they' were updating or generally tweeking the forums. Then it settled down again.

BEE

Read mah signature - LEOPARD 10.5.8 ! 😉

Safari will remember your Apple ID and password so all you have to do is push "log in". It isn't that hard.

But I am logged in and am annoyed at having to do it again and again.

Have you attempted a different web browser?

Among one of many reasons I've dumped Safari. What a buggy piece of software; there are times it makes Internet Exploder look good.

I use Firefox, Camino, or iCab.

I used Camino for years but it is a huge CPU hog, and Safari isn't any more.