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Google Tests Multiple Account Login

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the yes-have-some dept.

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."

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  1. Re:Not for me by telekon · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Who has multiple google accounts, and for what?

    I have multiple google accounts, one for personal, one for business, one for activism. Even just pertaining to Gmail, it's useful, because let's face it, the Gmail filter/label system is useful, but it's no procmail. This would be great, especially since I've just out of habit tended to use one account more than the others, so most of my contacts have that listed as my google talk address, plus that's the account Google Voice is tied to, so when I log out to check my Gmail or Docs in another account, I'm logged out of Voice, Docs, Talk, etc.... So, yeah, multiple log-ins would be SWEET!

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  2. Re:Not for me by TechnoFrood · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have a personal account and a work account.

    The work account is mostly used for Analytics, but I do occasionally use docs (mostly for collaborative work on a spreadsheet).

    I prefer to keep the two separate, one reason being I don't want coworkers/bosses having my home email address(es).

  3. Incognito mode works for me... by Kernel+Corndog · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I have two accounts: 1 personal, 1 business -- I just launch an incognito mode window in Chromium and everything has worked fine so far. Definitely a reason I love the Chromium-style ease of incognito mode windows versus Firefox's either-or style.

    1. Re:Incognito mode works for me... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

      Interestingly, this is one of the main reasons I found myself using Chrome at home. My wife loves to leave her GMail logged in. Before, in Firefox, I would launch chrome just to check my own email. Not a hassle, by any means. But, my wife just uses whatever browser is there in front of her... so, then when she was logged in on Chrome I started launching incognito mode to check mine. *So* much better than private mode in Firefox because you can have both "modes" open at the same time (and then you don't have to wait for FF to reload every freaking page again when it comes out of private mode)

  4. Re:FIRST by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Please mod parent up. One of the primary reasons for having multiple email addresses in the first place is to compartmentalize your online activities. This isn't innovation, just a way for Google to add more granularity to their dbs.

    This. I keep separate Google accounts for different purposes because I don't want activities from one part of my life into another. I have different reputations and almost different personalities in each: dealing with co-workers occasionally on a personal level and dealing with friends, always on a personal basis, are two different things, and I don't want group (a) to get into my Picasa photos, Calendar, and YouTube comments relating to group (b). So, I have different "personal" accounts that I give out to groups (a) and (b). Each of these is separate from a third account that I use with some friends who live abroad. I don't want any bleeding across of these groups, so I've even created separate Firefox profiles for each one.

    Single-signon isn't what I'm looking for.

  5. You can already do this. by dicobalt · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Use Firefox and create multiple profiles. You will have a window for each of your Gmail accounts. http://support.mozilla.com/en-US/kb/Managing+profiles