On Fri, Jan 1, 2016 at 9:36 PM, Andy <[email protected]> wrote: > Well, to be fair, they shouldn't be using the same account on the >> computer. >> > > Um, they aren't! (Why did you think they were?) > > Paul wanted to login to HIS account on someone else's computer. She had > her own account. No sharing involved. >
I'm not talking about a Google account, I'm talking about the computer account. Apologies if I wasn't clear about that. They should be separate users on the computer. > Also he was reluctant to 'add' his Gmail account when someone else was > logged in, which is a reasonable fear, for the same reason you gave (that > their accounts would become linked somehow). As someone (I think you) > pointed out already, it isn't permanent and they don't become linked. > > These 'additional steps' that you speak of is simply clicking one button >> to add another Google account, no big deal. >> >> > > I think you have that mixed up. Those "additional steps" are: > 1. Click "Sign in with a different account" > 2. Click "Remove" > 3. DON'T click "Done" yet > 4. Click "X" next to your account name > 5. Now, click "Done" > Miss a step (especially step 4), and it doesn't work. > > I find the steps entirely non-intuitive, especially that step 4. Why > shouldn't ONE click, on "Sign in with a different account", be sufficient? > If I want to sign in with a different account, then all the extra steps > after that one, are superfluous; are they not? Google could use a > refresher course on user interface design. It is not one of their strong > suits anymore. > We have established that the 'Add account' button does not somehow link the accounts so I'm not sure what you're trying to achieve by removing others. If somebody did this on my browser I'd probably be slightly annoyed. If it is MY browser on MY computer then it is entirely intuitive. I'm pretty sure Google are not designing their interface with people sharing one user account on a computer with one browser profile in mind. -- Marko -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
