RE: I got thrown for a loop.

[Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> Sheesh. What's the value of personalizing an
> application? It's not critical,
> but it certainly makes the system more personable.
> "Hey, someone knows who I
> am!" Of course, there may be some who fear the
> machine knowing them
> personally. It's not possible, I feel, to quantify
> the benefit of adding
> this touch, but it may make the web app more warm
> and friendly to the user.

That's not the point of showing who you are in a web
application. It's about verifying correct
authentication into a system, so you know you are
using the correct rights to do what you need to do. 

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Goober Writer
(because life is too short to be inept)

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