System timeout

[Ike]

Any chance of increasing the system timeout by 5-10 minutes? I'm constantly getting logged out because I read a really long page of posts, got up to go the bathroom or answer the phone, or typed up a long post.

If there is a user controlled timeout, please direct me to it. If not, has there been any talk or consideration of increasing the session timeout globally?

[Tony]

The current session timeout is 15 minutes. Even I don't spend quite that much time in the bathroom!

This is also the timeout that Who's Online uses, so I hesitate to lengthen it arbitrarily.

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[Ike]

Wow, 15 minutes? Yeah, it's probably actually me. I tend to post when I'm in the middle of other things, and get distracted by kids, life, etc. Running to the loo turns into the loo, getting a kid a drink, ushering a spider out of the house, cleaning up the previously mentioned drink which has been spilled, etc.

It's not as bad as I thought, either. I just realized that if I timeout when composing a message, it will post anyways after I log back in.

[Tony]

I don't usually idle that much, but I tried it just now - I left the board open in a tab while I ran errands - about 3 hours idle - and I didn't have to log back in.