[Catalyst] Browser window/tab independent sessions

[Carl Franks]

On 08/01/07, Octavian Rasnita <orasnita at gmail.com> wrote:
> Well, it seems that Internet Explorer doesn't work that way.
>
> Here are the steps:
> I have opened a window with the main page of the site.
> No cookie file was created.
> I have logged on.
> No cookie file was created, even though it was sent, and the login was
> successful.
> I have opened another window with the same main URL.
> It asked again for the username and the password, so the session was not
> available to the second window.
> I have logged on using another username.
> No session file was created but the login was successful this time also.

To see better what's happening, try using a browser plugin that will
let you view current cookies, or use javascript to display the current
cookies.
IE might not be creating the actual cookie file immediately on each page view.

Carl