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Re: Capture logoff on browser close [message #169764 is a reply to message #169759]

Sat, 25 September 2010 10:26

me
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On 9/24/2010 6:27 PM, Gordon Burditt wrote:
>> I would like to update a mysql record with a logoff time if the user
>> fails to affirmatively logoff and only closes the browser.
>
> I'm not so sure that users close the browser more than, say, once
> or twice a day, at lunch and when they go home. More likely they
> just leave the browser up, cover it partially with other windows,
> and when they need it again, possibly hours later, they do one of:
>
> - Click a shortcut
> - Type something in the search box
> - Click "HOME", then click something on that page.
> - Type in a URL
>
> If you really need a logoff time, I suggest using technology that
> supports such an indication, such as dialup modems, or the mechanism
> used in pay toilets.
>
>> My research
>> indicates this is fluky, unreliable, difficult, impossible, or all of
>> the above.
>
> Correct.
>
>> Any practices you know of that may improve the chances of
>> capturing such a log off time?
>
> Insist that the user insert their hand for access (validating
> fingerprints is optional), and don't let them remove it until they
> log off. This will be extremely unpopular with users, probably to
> the point you won't have any.
>

I like your line of thinking, and I think it may revolutionize the web
experience.

Bill B

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		Capture logoff on browser close By: me on Fri, 24 September 2010 12:50
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX on Fri, 24 September 2010 12:58
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: MikeB on Fri, 24 September 2010 15:16
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: Michael Vilain on Fri, 24 September 2010 18:18
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: matt[1] on Fri, 24 September 2010 15:46
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: me on Fri, 24 September 2010 21:13
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: Peter H. Coffin on Fri, 24 September 2010 23:55
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: gordonb.bwdc2 on Fri, 24 September 2010 22:27
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: me on Sat, 25 September 2010 10:26
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: rf on Sat, 25 September 2010 00:16

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