[dev] thoughts on the prefs problem

[Chuck Hagenbuch]

Quoting Anil Madhavapeddy <anil@recoil.org>:

> If a value isn't persistent, then it only applies to the current
> session, otherwise it is applied to the permanent store for that
> user.
> 
> This would allow sites like demo.horde.org to activate preferences,
> but set the mailhost, mailprotocol, etc to be non-persistent so
> users can log in from anywhere.

How about instead (along with the "override prefs" checkbox) defining 
a "session" prefs driver, that stores preferences in the php4 session and thus 
lets you have prefs that only last the length of the session?

-chuck

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