This is the first time I've heard and seen of this... But Novel Updates actually has cookies? Why I've noticed: Today for the first time on NU, I was asked to accept the cookie thingie by European Law, etc ,etc The first thing that came to mind: Cookie monster The second thing that came to mind: Did I just fail to notice it, or is it new? So, I'll toss it as a thread that can be hijacked for all I care, but I would like to have at least an answer of to the question of... Was it reset, or did it suddenly appear?
How do you think you stay signed in? Internet magic? Obviously cookies were always there; they're an integral part of the functioning of most websites on the web.
It's been there for months; but the more important question: Why the fridge does NU front page not log me out as well? I logged in @forum then logged out. Refresh NU front page but it still shows me logged in! Until I hard click Log Out on front page it shows this: You are attempting to log out of Novel Updates Do you really want to log out? YES I DO, THAT'S WHY I CLICK LOG OUT! Click the link, it's NU link
Pssh, everything is magic until proven otherwise. Or named magic anyway. I knew cookies exist, but that's the first time I've gotten the cookie notice about the European Law
it's a thing they have to show by EU law so if people havent seen i that may be why. also most sites have cookies it's a basic website thing
That's because the forum and nu have different log in. As long as you are logged on the forum, you are automatically logged on to the main site as well. The opposite didn't happen tho
It's been there for a long time. I know because I have to click "ok" every time I come to NU. Well, there are some ways to keep someone logged in that may look like magic. One example is abusing the browser caching behavior. You can keep someone logged in just by their cached version of a specific resource (e.g. an hypothetical NU logo). Even if all NU users have the exact same image in cache, browser, IP address, OS, hardware and everything; as long as they have the browser cache enabled, you can track their individual sessions as reliably as with cookies.