Use IE8 -nomerge Option To Login Multiple Accounts Of Same Site

转自：http://www.walkernews.net/2009/03/26/use-ie8-nomerge-option-to-login-multiple-accounts-of-same-site/

 

You might be frustrated if you’re using Windows IE8 and accustomed to access the same web service with multiple account credentials simultaneously.

Say for example, there are two IE windows that both access to Google Account login page. When you log in with one of these two windows as Walker, then the other one automatically login with the same account credential as well. If you log out at one of these two windows, the other one follow too.

Apparently, this is not useful (indeed, it’s painful) if there is really a need to login two different Google Account with different IE8 windows simultaneously.

Why IE8 couldn’t login multiple accounts of the same web service provider in different windows as with IE7?

It appears that IE8 is by default sharing “session cookies” among all tabs and windows, regardless you have just open a new browser window by clicking the IE8 shortcut icon (they called this icon “the blue E”) or CTRL+N keyboard shortcut.

According to IEBlog, the IE8 Beta 2 introduced change to reduce the number of processes per browser window for the sake of performance.

Instead of creating frame and tab processes every time a new browser window is launched, the IE8 Beta 2 only create one frame process (the window that contains tabs) on the first time you launch IE. Subsequent launches will only start a new tab process or make a new tab in an existing tab process.

To overwrite this behaviour, which is also retained in the final release or version 8.0.6001.18702, there is this IE8 option switch -nomerge to start a new browser window in a new, unique session.

Essentially, the -nomerge option switch allows you and me to access different accounts of the same web service (e.g. Google Account) with different IE8 window.

Please take note that even with -nomerge option switch, you still have to open new IE8 window (not a new tab in the same browser window) to access different account.