In Windows you can run two different instances of the same brower, one logged in and one not logged. The trick is to be running each as a different user.
To do this you will need to add another user to your system, and then use the "runas" utility to run the other instance of your browser. This will start up the browser with a different credentials and a different set of cookies.
The easiest way to do this is to add a shortcut that looks something like:
In the shortcut "Daniel" is the name of a user I added so that I can run stuff with a separate identity from the one I am using. When you double click this shortcut you will be asked for a password, in this example the password for user "Daniel", like this:
I do a lot of development and I use this so I can see how something runs without all the privleges I have when running development tools. But the key thing is that that it acts like a different user with a different set of cookies so it won't look to SmugMug like you are logged in..
In Windows you can run two different instances of the same brower, one logged in and one not logged. The trick is to be running each as a different user.
Actually, as long as you launch a completely separate instance of IE, they don't share the cookies, so that works too. But it uses twice the memory (or 3x if you launch 3, etc.), so be wary of that.
But like WinsomeWorks said, that's not the point of the discussion here. Visitor View is a feature, and a good one too. It's just not everywhere it used to be, and the request is to bring it back. Not alternate ways to do something similar, not different ways to do something 'better', just a way to do what it once did.
Actually, as long as you launch a completely separate instance of IE, they don't share the cookies, so that works too. But it uses twice the memory (or 3x if you launch 3, etc.), so be wary of that.
But like WinsomeWorks said, that's not the point of the discussion here. Visitor View is a feature, and a good one too. It's just not everywhere it used to be, and the request is to bring it back. Not alternate ways to do something similar, not different ways to do something 'better', just a way to do what it once did.
Thank you, SamirD. This point seems to be getting lost! Aaaagh!
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To do this you will need to add another user to your system, and then use the "runas" utility to run the other instance of your browser. This will start up the browser with a different credentials and a different set of cookies.
The easiest way to do this is to add a shortcut that looks something like:
In the shortcut "Daniel" is the name of a user I added so that I can run stuff with a separate identity from the one I am using. When you double click this shortcut you will be asked for a password, in this example the password for user "Daniel", like this:
I do a lot of development and I use this so I can see how something runs without all the privleges I have when running development tools. But the key thing is that that it acts like a different user with a different set of cookies so it won't look to SmugMug like you are logged in..
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But like WinsomeWorks said, that's not the point of the discussion here. Visitor View is a feature, and a good one too. It's just not everywhere it used to be, and the request is to bring it back. Not alternate ways to do something similar, not different ways to do something 'better', just a way to do what it once did.
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