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Re: Capture logoff on browser close [message #169759 is a reply to message #169739]

Fri, 24 September 2010 22:27

gordonb.bwdc2
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Registered: September 2010

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> I would like to update a mysql record with a logoff time if the user
> fails to affirmatively logoff and only closes the browser.

I'm not so sure that users close the browser more than, say, once
or twice a day, at lunch and when they go home. More likely they
just leave the browser up, cover it partially with other windows,
and when they need it again, possibly hours later, they do one of:

- Click a shortcut
- Type something in the search box
- Click "HOME", then click something on that page.
- Type in a URL

If you really need a logoff time, I suggest using technology that
supports such an indication, such as dialup modems, or the mechanism
used in pay toilets.

> My research
> indicates this is fluky, unreliable, difficult, impossible, or all of
> the above.

Correct.

> Any practices you know of that may improve the chances of
> capturing such a log off time?

Insist that the user insert their hand for access (validating
fingerprints is optional), and don't let them remove it until they
log off. This will be extremely unpopular with users, probably to
the point you won't have any.

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		Capture logoff on browser close By: me on Fri, 24 September 2010 12:50
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: alvaro.NOSPAMTHANX on Fri, 24 September 2010 12:58
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: MikeB on Fri, 24 September 2010 15:16
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: Michael Vilain on Fri, 24 September 2010 18:18
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: matt[1] on Fri, 24 September 2010 15:46
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: me on Fri, 24 September 2010 21:13
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: Peter H. Coffin on Fri, 24 September 2010 23:55
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: gordonb.bwdc2 on Fri, 24 September 2010 22:27
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: me on Sat, 25 September 2010 10:26
		Re: Capture logoff on browser close By: rf on Sat, 25 September 2010 00:16

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