CodeStore.net comments on "Quick Tip: Login To Same Site as Two Different Users"

Reply from ianb

ianb — Sat, 24 Aug 2013 13:45:48 -0500

Always used inprivate browsing to do this alongside a standard session.

New session or the trailing dot seem handy.

Great tip.

Reply from Jake Howlett

Jake Howlett — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 06:57:41 -0500

I guess, thinking about it, we could also use Chrome's incognito mode to accomplish this.

Didn't think of mult-user though. Thanks!

Reply from Tony Frazier

Tony Frazier — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 06:02:32 -0500

Using Chrome's multi-user options is another way to accomplish this. I have 3 different users defined, and can launch individual Chrome windows for each user, and the credentials are kept separate.

Reply from zeniph

zeniph — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 20:43:23 -0500

wow - this is too useful

only downside for me is that Firefox drops embedded fonts as it doesnt allow them 'cross domain'

I havent touched notes for over 5 years and always wonder why I wander back here - now I know

Reply from Lee

Lee — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 10:11:38 -0500

Interesting tip, thanks.

I've noticed the trailing dot in a few different places (DNS records, SSO configs etc) but never thought to investigate what it's there for.

When needing to test as multiple users I usually just use a new incognito window in Chrome but will certainly bear the full stop tip in mind.

Also, FYI I think you've put "trailing space" in your 2nd paragraph instead of "trailing dot".

Cheers,

Lee

Reply from Jake Howlett

Jake Howlett — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 07:30:07 -0500

That's what I love about this job. You could never know everything and there's always something new to learn.

Whereas you'd soon know all there is to know about selling seashells on the sea shore.

Reply from harkpabst_meliantrop

harkpabst_meliantrop — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 07:28:14 -0500

I am shocked to find, that I never new about this. Neither IE sessions nor the dot requirement in a FQDN. :(

Should probably quit my job and start to sell seashells to tourist in Hawaii or something like that.

Reply from Jake Howlett

Jake Howlett — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 07:26:17 -0500

Interesting. I didn't know about that. I'm sure that IE used to treat a new window being opened (Ctrl+N) as a new session, which I used to find useful.

If only I could bring myself to use anything other than Chrome as my #1 browser.

Reply from Finn L. Knudsen

Finn L. Knudsen — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 04:15:38 -0500

With IE you can run isolated sessions

Menu: File > New session

Reply from Paul F

Paul F — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 02:17:12 -0500

Thanks, Jake. That is a very useful tip. I have always used the trailing . to speed up DNS lookups but did not realise it could be used for this as well.