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13 October, 2003: Single Sign-on Registration System Launched
Jim Lynn Posted Oct 13, 2003
AK, creachey - do you guys share a PC or something?
13 October, 2003: Single Sign-on Registration System Launched
2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... Posted Oct 13, 2003
though I've noticed things seem to be running quicker than before.... Or is that just not that* many people have logged back in after the update?
13 October, 2003: Single Sign-on Registration System Launched
Mort - a middle aged Girl Interrupted Posted Oct 13, 2003
goo page is wider 
took ages to get logged in as lots of 'technical problems try again later'
ended up creating an account i don't want, won't let me log on to change other accounts even though all cookies deleted. guess once every one stopsd trying to log on at once it will settle down. Only took me an hour and a half to log into SSO 
For a while, I was afraid of the unspeakable - it never would 
13 October, 2003: Single Sign-on Registration System Launched
AK - fancy that! Posted Oct 13, 2003
No I don't share a computer with Creachy 
Thats odd... I bet I could get in as that name and post stuff for it... its auto logging on for me or something... very odd...
13 October, 2003: Single Sign-on Registration System Launched
pheloxi | is it time to wear a hat? | Posted Oct 13, 2003
one other thing alabaster "My Most Recent Conversations" is twice the size it was. I mean the width of it!
13 October, 2003: Single Sign-on Registration System Launched
AK - fancy that! Posted Oct 13, 2003
I would try to jsut to see if I could, but it won't let me log out due to technical problems... hmm...
Try again in a fw minutes then...
13 October, 2003: Single Sign-on Registration System Launched
Mort - a middle aged Girl Interrupted Posted Oct 13, 2003
fantastic - the pop up convo remembers what i have read - hurrah!!!!
13 October, 2003: Single Sign-on Registration System Launched
AK - fancy that! Posted Oct 13, 2003
is that what the new posts thingy is? how many since you last lookked at it?
13 October, 2003: Single Sign-on Registration System Launched
Lady Scott Posted Oct 13, 2003
The new pop-up format is confusing to me.
I suppose I'll get used to it...
13 October, 2003: Single Sign-on Registration System Launched
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Oct 13, 2003
Can someone tell me what the frelling point of this is? I've just created a log in which is the 'name which will be seen by all BBCi users', had three options turned down because it didn't like hyphens. (Tough sh*t there, then, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall and Adrian Worrell-Thompson) and generally had a frustrating twenty minutes.
Only to find that my nickname details under preferences, so my preferred option of soditIII (which was about how I felt after the the third attempt) would have been fine because I can still use Blues Shark on h2g2 with whatever witticism I choose.
I also have to say thats it's a little unclear as to what these change is for or why it's been done. At least one fellow user has blundered through the entire procedure without having a frelling clue what they were doing or why.
13 October, 2003: Single Sign-on Registration System Launched
pheloxi | is it time to wear a hat? | Posted Oct 13, 2003
there is one Blue Shark who can not read 
13 October, 2003: Single Sign-on Registration System Launched
AK - fancy that! Posted Oct 13, 2003
Word-for-word from a new window on which I pressed the login button:
"Hello flahaven, we've made some changes I'm not flahaven
We have changed the way you sign into the BBCi website to give you better access to your membership details. This will take effect across all BBCi services soon.
For better security and convenience, we need you to update your details and add some new information.
Although you can choose not to do this now, you won't be able to fully use h2g2 until you have.
Only click cancel if you don't want to update your details right now. "
And then the two buttons, the upper of which had "technical difficulties"
13 October, 2003: Single Sign-on Registration System Launched
Whisky Posted Oct 13, 2003
Presumably the name at the top of your page (Hello XXXXX & I'm NOT XXXXX) is the one you'll be seen as if you use certain future DNA sites or BBC messageboards... think of an h2g2 nickname as an 'h2g2 feature' added to the BBC-wide login you're now using...
13 October, 2003: Single Sign-on Registration System Launched
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Oct 13, 2003
Well that wouldn't be me as I'm a Blues Shark...
13 October, 2003: Single Sign-on Registration System Launched
Wøñkø Posted Oct 13, 2003
that's just odd.
apparently i's now harder to chang your password and email... you can't just go to prefereces.
13 October, 2003: Single Sign-on Registration System Launched
AK - fancy that! Posted Oct 13, 2003
Oh, and just out of curiousity, as Jim is around here, why is the development site off limits? Now it needs a password and all. I wish the development skin could be used for h2g2 actually, I like the way it looks what with all the gray.
13 October, 2003: Single Sign-on Registration System Launched
Mu Beta Posted Oct 13, 2003
I'm still trying to work out who "Adrian Worrell-Thompson" is.
B
13 October, 2003: Single Sign-on Registration System Launched
Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like Posted Oct 13, 2003
Whisky, presumably so.
Hmm. I suddenly know how John Peel feels about traffic reports in the middle of the quiz show.
13 October, 2003: Single Sign-on Registration System Launched
AK - fancy that! Posted Oct 13, 2003
Ah never mind about the FLahaven things... its part of some multi person persona... I had forgotten/didn't realize... even still its a bit odd... huh.
13 October, 2003: Single Sign-on Registration System Launched
Wøñkø Posted Oct 13, 2003
*forgets about it*
The goo-like badge background seems to have disappeared.
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13 October, 2003: Single Sign-on Registration System Launched
- 21: Jim Lynn (Oct 13, 2003)
- 22: 2legs - Hey, babe, take a walk on the wild side... (Oct 13, 2003)
- 23: Mort - a middle aged Girl Interrupted (Oct 13, 2003)
- 24: AK - fancy that! (Oct 13, 2003)
- 25: pheloxi | is it time to wear a hat? | (Oct 13, 2003)
- 26: AK - fancy that! (Oct 13, 2003)
- 27: Mort - a middle aged Girl Interrupted (Oct 13, 2003)
- 28: AK - fancy that! (Oct 13, 2003)
- 29: Lady Scott (Oct 13, 2003)
- 30: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Oct 13, 2003)
- 31: pheloxi | is it time to wear a hat? | (Oct 13, 2003)
- 32: AK - fancy that! (Oct 13, 2003)
- 33: Whisky (Oct 13, 2003)
- 34: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Oct 13, 2003)
- 35: Wøñkø (Oct 13, 2003)
- 36: AK - fancy that! (Oct 13, 2003)
- 37: Mu Beta (Oct 13, 2003)
- 38: Blues Shark - For people who like this sort of thing, then this is just the sort of thing they'll like (Oct 13, 2003)
- 39: AK - fancy that! (Oct 13, 2003)
- 40: Wøñkø (Oct 13, 2003)
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