# Can we ditch the session timeouts? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [December 16, 2006, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-ditch-the-session-timeouts/384385 "2006-12-16T07:43:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![the\_PC\_apeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac8455/32.png) [@the\_PC\_apeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_PC_apeman)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-ditch-the-session-timeouts/384385/21 "2006-12-18T18:01:27Z")
Running IE6, started reply at 11:58 Finished reply at 1:01, no timeouts ---
**Author:** ![the\_PC\_apeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac8455/32.png) [@the\_PC\_apeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_PC_apeman)\ **Post date:** [December 18, 2006, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-ditch-the-session-timeouts/384385/22 "2006-12-18T18:04:35Z")
[QUOTE=the PC apeman] Running IE6, started reply at 11:58 Finished reply at 1:01, no timeouts [/QUOTE] “Check for newer versions of stored pages” set to “Automatically” ---
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-ditch-the-session-timeouts/384385/23 "2006-12-19T00:22:10Z")
[QUOTE=SenorBeef] For what it’s worth, I use IE (yes, I know it’s inferior and yada yada. It’s adequate for me, and I tend to be stubborn about changing my computer habits. Just switching what a browser looks like, how big the buttons are, etc. is enough to annoy me) [/QUOTE] You’re really gonna have fun when you get switched to version 7 of IE! ---
**Author:** ![SenorBeef](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senorbeef/32/2220_2.png) [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-ditch-the-session-timeouts/384385/24 "2006-12-19T00:58:00Z")
Well, this is the reply I opened like 5 hours ago. Let’s see if it goes through. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-ditch-the-session-timeouts/384385/25 "2006-12-19T15:12:01Z")
I agree with the OP. It seems like the timeout is set at about 5 minutes, so the time between clicking “Post Reply” and logging in, and then hitting submit only to be told “You need to login” because your session has timed out, is only long enough for the shortest of replies. Having been burnt once or twice, I now use **Tabby\_Cat** ’s method, but it’s still annoying to have to login again. IE 6 here, I can’t alter the settings or use Firefox because I’m always on a different computer - I don’t use “Remember Me” either. ---
**Author:** ![the\_PC\_apeman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ac8455/32.png) [@the\_PC\_apeman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_PC_apeman)\ **Post date:** [December 19, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-ditch-the-session-timeouts/384385/26 "2006-12-19T15:14:27Z")
[QUOTE=Dead Cat] … I don’t use “Remember Me” either. [/QUOTE] Ah. I think you may be on to something. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [December 20, 2006, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-ditch-the-session-timeouts/384385/27 "2006-12-20T17:34:02Z")
I don’t want to use “Remember Me” in case someone else is able to get into my account if they access the SDMB after I leave the computer. Nearly all the computers I work on are shared stations in the library on campus - I don’t own one of my own. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-ditch-the-session-timeouts/384385.md?page=1)