The Bossman Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Why is the remember me option always ticked yes when you try to sign in? It's better to have it off as default, most other sites do this yet TGTAP doesn't? I'm not annoyed by it, just an observation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TUN3R Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 IDK I always leave it on... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Uh, every login I use has it automatically ticked. Like Gmail, for instance. The only login that doesn't have it default ticked is my bank account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miles Pedro Prower Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 And I wonder why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spaz The Great Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Probably because they don't even have the option to "remember me". Security reasons, and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red_Squirrel_UK Posted November 5, 2011 Share Posted November 5, 2011 Yeah I always have it sign me in by itself.. Save's me the effort of doing it myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted November 6, 2011 Share Posted November 6, 2011 Good question Bossman, something I have experience with on both an academic and real-world level. Yeah, in terms of web development it IS best practice to leave checkboxes unchecked by default. You give the user the choice, rather than make it for them. Mostly in regard to opt-in/opt-out services, where they should always be opt-in, but it can also apply to "remember me" features. It's all in the name of protecting the user really. Exceptions to this "rule" are forums and websites where your details don't pose any kind of security risk; the checkboxes for remembering you are ticked by default simply for convenience, as most people WANT this in place so they don't have to login each time, of course they can uncheck it if they want. It's not something forced upon the user. It's typically not seen as bad practice in this situation. As Spaz pointed out, online banking is a prime example of where automatically ticking a remember me box would be bad practice, if someone logs on to their account using a shared computer and forgets to logout at the end of it then any subsequent user could get access - that's obviously a huge security risk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bossman Posted November 6, 2011 Author Share Posted November 6, 2011 Exactly the answer I wanted, cheers. Think I misworded my original question but whatever, probably 3AM when I posted it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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