[Zope-Coders] Rename "Logout" to "Change user"

[Matt Behrens]

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On Wed, Oct 16, 2002 at 04:14:49PM +0200, Lennart Regebro wrote:

> From: "Jens Vagelpohl" <jens@zope.com>

> > it does not "change the user". the immediate result is that it logs you
> > out (-> browser credentials are invalidated and you get the
> > authentication box).
>=20
> No, the browser credentials aren't invalidated. If you press cancel, you =
are
> still logged in. There is no such thing as logging out with Simple HTTP
> Authentication, which is why the "Logout" label is confusing. You can
> however login in as another user.

They are indeed invalidated if you are using Netscape 4.7, which
when I submitted this feature way back inna day, was the only browser
that actually did the invalidation.

I don't know if other browsers do this.

> > to "change user" you have to take another explicit action (put in new
> > username and password). calling this button "change user" would be more
> > confusing IMHO.
>=20
> But it is exactly what it does. "Change user" get to a new username and
> login box. You can now either enter a new login and password, and the user
> is changed, or you can press cancel, and the user isn't changed.

Maybe we should rewrite it to say "Send an Authentication Required
message, which might log you out or might prompt you for a new
username and password, depending on the browser, welcome to the Web
my previously sane friend!"

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Matt Behrens <matt@zigg.com> <URL:http://zigg.com/>

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