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It seems to me like you provided no arguments how is login-into-browser feature clarifying things. You even mentioned people being _confused_ about it. People
by _Tev 8y ago
It seems to me like you provided no arguments how is login-into-browser feature clarifying things. You even mentioned people being _confused_ about it.
People don't need to understand oauth to use it.
(and before you pull that one again - I am supporting technically-illiterate people quite often)
- stickfigure 8y agoIt would be a world of simplicity if I logged into the browser with my google account, a little picture of myself showed in the top right corner of the browser chrome (instead of in various places in different apps), and that identity is what was used for per-app Google auth. I should also mention, there's another place it gets used - in Chrome extensions. That should use the same identity. Google login then becomes one reasonable choice for "log into the internet". Right now it's too fractured to be a coherent identity.
- _Tev 8y ago> I should also mention, there's another place it gets used - in Chrome extensions. That should use the same identity. That's actually good use case for the browser login feature. (when one is using some google-acc-connected extension) But for ordinary users I don't think this solution would work flawlessly, because it is different than ones before (and users learn new things slowly). However if that would be the actual implementation (force logging everywhere into the same acc) I agree it would be simpler for end-users. But it is not, therefore original point (browser login is confusing people) still stands. And therefore teaching users to rely on it does not seem like a good idea.
- _Tev 8y agoI realized that Chrome now (M69) forces the forced-logging-in solution (not sure, cannot test atm). Then my post is mostly moot (can't edit already), and for simple-users is this change probably good.