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> Why doesn't google treat non-logged in users the same as those w/o an account? I wager what they actually want to do is treat those without an account the sa
by jlgreco 13y ago
> Why doesn't google treat non-logged in users the same as those w/o an account?
I wager what they actually want to do is treat those without an account the same as those who are not logged in, but realize they can't get away with that quite yet. (That is to say, I suspect that they would like to turn away all users without accounts.)
- enneff 13y agoThat's a baseless assertion. I'd assume (and I have no insider knowledge) that it's because Google assumes if you have a Google account that you probably want to be logged into it when using Google products. Otherwise it would suck if you tried to do something that requires an account and were told "log in" and then had to refresh the page, potentially losing state. The up-front login avoids some usability issues there. (Of course there are many ways to approach this, this is merely my hypothesis.)
- straws 13y agoIn this case though, it'd really benefit from being visible — all non-editable views into public google docs should be accessible
- jlgreco 13y agoBoth of us have just as much evidence. A baseless suspicion is all that I intended to give.
- GauntletWizard 13y agoWith some insider knowledge: Because this document is commentable for (some) Googlers, though you don't see the comments on the /pub version that is accessible externally. Docs would rather force you to verify your state (Logged in or anonymous) than having some things 'not work' because you're expecting permissions from login cookies you don't have.
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