A number of our most active users requested that we make it easier to return to the service without having to sign in each time. This turned out to be more difficult than we expected, but we've done it.
Now when you click SIGN IN at the upper right corner of our home page
instead of launching a pop-up window you'll see a new "sign in bar" with fields for your email address and password, and a new ENTER button.
To complete the process, you can either click the ENTER >> button, or just hit "Enter" or "Return" on your keyboard.
Now here's the cool part:
From now on, users who don't SIGN OUT will be signed in automatically when they return to HOS.com on the same computer.
Users on shared or public computers should Sign Out to protect their accounts. When you Sign Out, you'll have to Sign In when you return. If you are on the same computer, your email address will be entered into the proper field, and you will only have to enter your password.
If your session "times out" (you stream for more than 12 hours), you will have to sign in again, but we make it easier: both fields will be filled in, and you can Sign In with one keystroke on the Enter or Return key, or one click on the ENTER>> button.
IN SHORT...
To minimize Sign Ins, don't Sign Out.
To protect your account on shared computers,
When you come back you'll be signed in automatically.
Sign Out —then Sign in each time.
UPDATE: Duh...seems we forgot the "I forgot my password" feature. How ironic is that?
We've fixed this with a new link that opens our old pop up log in with a "forgot password" field.
:: SH
GREAT! I just quit the browser, started it again, and I'm automatically signed in again.
HoS is an indispensible treasure.
Posted by: Andrew Main | 15 October 2009 at 01:54 AM
Thanks very much. The website has gone from great to simply amazing over the past year. On the subject of 'simply amazing', I haven't heard much about the iPhone app which was to release this fall. Is that still in the works, please?
Posted by: George Pond | 15 October 2009 at 05:24 AM
What a useful feature! Being a daily(and sometimes multi-daily) listener, I really appreciate this new automatic sign-in, and especially the option to stay signed-in between sessions. Thanks!! As an earlier post put it so aptly, HoS is "an indispensable treasure".
Posted by: Tom Cummings | 15 October 2009 at 07:47 AM
Neat! Thanks!!!
Posted by: Richard Rawson | 15 October 2009 at 08:29 AM
Process seems to have been streamlined to an appreciable degree. Thanks.
Posted by: Dan Borders | 15 October 2009 at 10:03 AM
Wonderful! All good things in due time.
Posted by: Frank Marafiote | 15 October 2009 at 10:22 AM
to Tom Cummings: iPhone app is being programmed right now. Programming should take 35-40 days. Then the real waiting starts: Apple has to review, approve, and install it in the App Store. Unfortunately, it's impossible to know how long that will take. We are dancing as fast as we can, though!
Posted by: Leyla Hill, help@hos.com | 15 October 2009 at 11:49 AM
Where there is a will there is a way...to make something better and you have again succeeded. Bravo!!
Posted by: Chalmer | 15 October 2009 at 11:51 AM
I tried it, it worked very well.
>>RSM
Posted by: Richard Mitnick | 15 October 2009 at 06:02 PM
Works for me, too. And, yes it was very annoying to have to sign in each time. Thank You, HOS.
Your Very Loyal Fan from Chicago,
Petra
Posted by: Petra | 15 October 2009 at 07:15 PM