Sucky sign in

[skyring]

I have to log in and out of Flickr now and then. And when Flickr needs to be logged into, it sends you off to Yahoo first. So you need a Yahoo identity as well as a Flickr ID. And I don't use Yahoo.

Except as the necessary gateway to Flickr. My usual screen-name was taken when Flickr decided that Yahoo was the only way in, so I had to pick another name, and of course I usually forget which name I used, so I have to try a few variations until I get the right one.

Why can't I just sign directly into Flickr? Is this a way of getting me to look at Yahoo on the way through? Like if you pop into a supermarkt for a litre of milk, you have to walk all the way to the back of the markt and be tempted by specials and chocolate there and back.

Comments

[discoverylover.livejournal.com]

what? I don't have to sign in to yahoo to sign in to flickr....

[moem]

You're probably signed in all the time.

[elhamisabel.livejournal.com]

Strange. I hardly ever sign into flickr - only when I decide to delete cookies.

[miketroll.livejournal.com]

I think your surmise is correct. Luckily they don't bother me with this sign-in routine. My BT mail server is linked with Yahoo, and mail is one of my default tabs. So I always have a Yahoo app open and they leave me alone.

[cathepsut.livejournal.com]

I agree. Very annoying. I used to have yahoo as my mail provider, but stopped using it a very long time ago. So I only use it to sign into Flickr. And I can't figure out how to change my username. Probably not possible. I wish we could sign straight into Flickr, too.