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Google Tests Multiple Account Login
tekgoblin noted joyous rumors for anyone forced to use multiple Google accounts "Wouldn't it be great if you could log into all of your Google accounts at the same time if you have multiple? Well it seems that Google may be implementing a way to do this in the near future. Right now it can be done with scripts such as a Greasemonkey script, but that isn't as easy as
Google doing it for us.
The people over at Google Operating System have had users submit a screenshot of what looks like a beta test for multiple account login. It appears that it will be available for Calendar, Code, Docs, Gmail, Reader, and Sites for the test but surely it will be across all Google apps when it's released."
Wouldn't it be great if you could log into all of your Google accounts at the same time if you have multiple?
Who has multiple google accounts, and for what?
I mean, don't get me wrong, I have lots of email addresses, but I be sure to spread them around. Gmail, Hotmail, and Yahoo are the ones I check frequently.
I wouldn't want to put all my eggs in one basket, you know?
Hotmail has had this for years. Very convenient. I'm frankly disappointed at Slashdot Editors for thinking this tiny feature is news.
They already can do a good job of that by monitoring cookies (i.e. they see the cookie from the previous account you were logged into when you login as the other), and they could probably get close with only IP and User-Agent. Ok, so that wouldn't differentiate two people sharing the same PC but with separate accounts (like husband/wife or siblings), but it would narrow it down that far.
News flash: If you don't want it, you don't have to use it.
What. Did anyone say Google was forcing you to use this feature? Just because I might want to compartmentalize my emails doesn't mean I want to have to log out and log back in every time.
Several alternatives are there:
1. Use different browsers: Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari
2. Use different Firefox profiles ( http://lifehacker.com/231646/geek-to-live--manage-multiple-firefox-profiles )
3. Use the "private browsing" mode in browsers that provide them
What time is it/will be over there? Check with my iPhone app!
Nothing 'requires' a Gmail account... Gmail is an individual service that can be dropped. You probably signed up for a Gmail account, which automatically registered a Google account. This is where you sign up for just a Google account: here. And I'm halfway sure it can be linked to any email address (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc.).
That's why I have multiple "firefox -P profileofchoice -no-remote" shortcuts on my launch bar. I just login to one account from a given persona... I actually have it set to remember the login. No switching.