i don't wanna

[susandennis]

I knew it was only a matter of time but still... 

The Flickreenos (seriously) sent me an email that from now on I have to log onto Flickr using Yahoo instead of the old way.  I don't like using Yahoo!  I hate stuff that makes me log onto Yahoo or MSN or whatever first.  I just dumped a bank account because I had to log onto MSN before I could download bank info to Micrsooft Money.  No fucking thank you very much.... 

But, The Flickreenos are no longer giving me an options.  Weenies.

Comments

[seattlejo.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the heads up. I'm an old Skool user and have no interest in linking it to my yahoo account. So I guess everything will go on my Picasa account now.

[susandennis]

Well, that's a thought... hmmmm. Thanks!

[gavin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but it's not like you are taken to the yahoo page, right? When I log in, I don't have to go through my old stinky yahoo page...I just click the login button, put in my yahoo username and password, and immediately go right into flickr.

Am I missing something?

[susandennis]

I have no patience for logging in. I share computers with no one. When I log in, I want stay logged in and I don't want to log out unless I specifically log me out. Yahoo wants me to log in all the time. Every new app. I quit using their otherwise very excellent financial services because of that. There is something else, I forget now, that always makes me use Yahoo and log in every time.

Google? no. I log in. I stay in. On a three different computers at the same time if I want. I'm logged into gmail. I'm logged into my rss reader. I'm logged into Picasa which I will now likely use instead of Flickr.

It's me. I'm just a cranky old lady who wants to do stuff the way she wants to do it.

[gavin.livejournal.com]

On my home computer, I am always logged in. I just tested it here on my work laptop, and if you mark the "remember me on this computer" checkbox, you shouldn't have to log in again...I checked that box, logged in, closed all my browser windows, then opened one up again and went to flickr.com...and voila, right to my flickr page, with no need to log in again.

Maybe yahoo hates you.

[kyrielle]

It hates me too, then. What I experience is this: if you wait long enough and go back to Flickr and try to access something specific (say, your Flickr mail), you will get the Yahoo "it's been a while so please give us your password again" prompt "for your security".

Grrr.

[susandennis]

Yahoo "it's been a while so please give us your password again" prompt "for your security".

EXACTLY!!! I'm seriously considering using Picasa from here on out - at least I'm going to give it a shot. Google is happy with my controling my own security. Very adult of them, don't you think?

[kyrielle]

See...I'm surprised they do! Google logs me out of gmail ALL THE TIME "for my security" and I can't get THEM to stop.

[susandennis]

Really? Once very two weeks, I get logged out with a notice saying that once every two weeks they will ask me to sign in. Otherwise, 3 computers, gmail, google reader, etc. once I sign in, I'm good for 2 weeks on all 3 computers.

[kyrielle]

Yeah, that is what I mean. I hate it. It also affects the "gmail preview" on my "google homepage" which, without that, is worthless. What a nuisance! It's not that secure since odds are if someone broke into my house my sign-in would be currently valid. All it does is inconvenience me for a service no one is likely to try to break into via stealing my computer anyway!

[susandennis]

Oh dear. I thought once every two weeks was reasonable but now I'm annoyed :) You are right. It's stupid. I'm perfectly capable of managing my own security and living with any consequenses.

[kyrielle]

Oops - sorry! Apparently I have shared the bug of dissatisfaction.

My bank's web site logs me out whenever I close it. I consider that reasonable, and am grateful for it, and if they offered an'always-on' option I would not use it.

But seriously, if someone breaks into my home, they are more likely to SELL my laptop than they are to use it to break into my gmail account.... :D

[(Anonymous)]

Yahoo is very annoying with all that. And so is MSN.

My irritation today: when you go to register for a MSN Live Windows .NET Passport account (what *is* the branding this week?) the site itself has an incorrect SSL cert.

Try it yourself by going to https://register.passport.net/ (in IE, of course.) Doesn't inspire confidence in the Passport team, does it?

[machupicchu.livejournal.com]

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Strange. I just logged out of Flickr to test it, and it still gave me the option to log in as an "old skool" member. I have not gotten any email notifying me of this change.

I will be annoyed if they change it, but only moderately. Flickr's services are too awesome for me to give up over something like that.
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[seattlejo.livejournal.com]

Check your messages on the site, details are there.

[susandennis]

You got a while before the option totally disappears... I think they probably sent the email to the prettiest people first. I'm sure you were very close to making the cut.


Dear Old Skool Account-Holding Flickr Member,

On March 15th we'll be discontinuing the old email-based
Flickr sign in system. From that point on, everyone will
have to use a Yahoo! ID to sign in to Flickr.

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[melodysk.livejournal.com]

I agree , I received an email this am as ell ..GAH! I am an old schooler , I don;t KNOW my loody yahoo log ing for goodness sake

[sea-weed.livejournal.com]

Got the same email and wasn't impressed either. GRR!

[gissa.livejournal.com]

Yeah I got that notice too. I figured it was going to happen since Flickr sold out to Yahoo. Those brainards are permanently on my shitlist. They locked me out of an email account for months forcing me to write their help team twenty times a day asking to get it fixed. They finally "fixed" it by wiping out all of my old emails and letting me keep my contacts and gave it back to me for two whole weeks. I signed in then every day for two weeks and got a message that it was inactivated because it hadn't been used in four months. Whatever. It can kiss my ass. I hate Yahooligans and their (non) support team. So much for little crappy webmail.

[letmesaythis.livejournal.com]

I'm not happy either, Susan. To think I just re-upped with them. Bat Rastards!