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No offense, but I simply don't understand the rage at Google for this issue. Are you telling me that switching between Live IDs is magically easier (it's not, i

No offense, but I simply don't understand the rage at Google for this issue. Are you telling me that switching between Live IDs is magically easier (it's not, it's amazingly easy to be "logged in" to a Live site without a logout button, especially when you mixed an XBL account in there). It's just that Google is the one site large enough to have users that NEED multiple accounts and have reasons to switch between them. You're arguing against the cookie model and the fact that modern browsers are still complete shit at managing an identity and related cookies. (edit)Rambling here, with the new Cookie API in Chrome, would it not be possible to switch between profiles quickly using an extension? I understand the frustation is that we want to have one tab/window with one account and one with another, but this solution could surely mitigate some use cases. Also, I hope my comments aren't interpreted the wrong way. I just started a new project with a new team today with a new centralized gmail account. This means coordinating between my account and the central account and between those two accounts and other team members. I understand the frustration, I just don't know if rage at Google is the most appropriate direction of attention.

mtogo 15y ago
The fact is that Apps necessitates multiple accounts. If you want to receive email at both example.com and ycombinator.com, you can either pay $50 a month or use two accounts.
- adamzochowski 15y ago
  I don't understand the problem. There are two ways that I know to handle this. 1) on secondary account setup imap/pop3 access. Setup primary account to read that. Grant access for primary account to use secondary email address (allows to change the from email) 2) in the app settings of your second domain, setup mailing list that has your primary email as the only destination. Enable the mailing list to accept any incoming email. Grant access for primary account to use secondary email address (allows to change the from email) There are probably more ways, I know of few people that have 5 email addresses all setup to route through one core account.
tedunangst 15y ago
Google is not just the one large site, they are also the site that is actively pushing other sites to use google services. Before, I could have 4 cookies for 4 sites each running whatever flavor of squirrelmail suited their fancy. After the gmail assimilation team sweeps through, now I have 1 cookie.

mtogo 15y ago

The fact is that Apps necessitates multiple accounts. If you want to receive email at both example.com and ycombinator.com, you can either pay $50 a month or use two accounts.

adamzochowski 15y ago
I don't understand the problem. There are two ways that I know to handle this. 1) on secondary account setup imap/pop3 access. Setup primary account to read that. Grant access for primary account to use secondary email address (allows to change the from email) 2) in the app settings of your second domain, setup mailing list that has your primary email as the only destination. Enable the mailing list to accept any incoming email. Grant access for primary account to use secondary email address (allows to change the from email) There are probably more ways, I know of few people that have 5 email addresses all setup to route through one core account.

tedunangst 15y ago

Google is not just the one large site, they are also the site that is actively pushing other sites to use google services. Before, I could have 4 cookies for 4 sites each running whatever flavor of squirrelmail suited their fancy. After the gmail assimilation team sweeps through, now I have 1 cookie.