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Jul-24-2006 17:09

Hello everyone!

While working a favor under another director's account, someone else logged on and did not see my name listed as being online. When they subsequently logged into the director's account, the favor was quit and they worked another case. This is not the first time this has happened to me, and I am wondering if there is a way to notify someone that someone is in the account currently when they attempt to log on? I have lost many a case this way...

Jul-24-2006 18:08

I guess I just think that maybe some sort of notification (ie. only one person allowed on a detective at one time) might be effective. Thoughts anyone?

By the way, sorry I am the queen of whiny threads lately :)

Jul-24-2006 18:28

That has happened to us a lot. We'd be working someone elses detective (for a favor!) and then that person logs in and we get booted out. I wish there was a way to prevent someone logging in when they are already logged in, sort of speak.
I have never seen a favor being "lost" or "gone" however. When I log in I can quickly see that a case is being worked and I assume they were on unless I know for a God-given-fact that they are gone and left that case open.

Jul-24-2006 18:30

See my problem is that I don't get booted out, we are both on playing simultaneously...OMG i have to stop posting LOL, I swear I am not this much of a nag :)

Jul-24-2006 19:00

both at the same time??? that has NEVER happened to me and I am in and out of different people so much that i swear I'm suffering from multiple personality dissorder!

Jul-24-2006 19:04

We have had simultaneous log ins, but so far have not lost a case or a favor over it as I can tell pretty quickly if someone is working a case. And it is rare that this happens. Most of my team communicates via IM, so if I'm on the computer, I'm available to my team and I know if they're online.

As for the agency roster, Breit now accuses me of having a 'cloak of invisibility' because she knows good and well i'm logged in since she's talking to me, though I often don't show as logged in. *wicked grin* I rather like that.

Jul-24-2006 19:15

Yeah I would love to get everyone on the same page with the IMs, unfortunately due to personal preferences, login issues and various other stuff, we don't have a consistent IM system we all use

Thanks for getting back to me on this, everyone, good to know I'm not the only one and appreciate the feedback!

Jul-24-2006 19:52

Maybe Ben or Sunny can shed some light on this dual login thing...

**tee hee, a little too excited that the almighty might answer little ole me's question**

Jul-24-2006 22:33

Hmmmm....In nearly two years here, the only time I've seen cases actually disappear is if you drop and pick up in the files without letting the pages load fully. Duel log ons are easy, and if one of you clicks the log out, you both get kicked out. Rock and I used to work cases, from time to time, on a duel log on to speed up the harder cases.

Biggie, have you thought of using SleuthChat for your agency communication?

Jul-24-2006 23:06

We don't officially support password sharing. If you do so, you do it at your own risk.*

*This statement was prepared by both Ben and Sunny.

Jul-25-2006 00:17

ooh I just got chills....lol

Thanks guys (and cfm, yes, we have just recently tried that, thanks for the suggestion though)

:)