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by zackkrida 1869 days ago
Totally agree with the diagnosis of the problem but not the solution. I don't think switching the color is good UX—if I know the top of the page has a big green button', I'm not going to expect that button to have conditional behavior.
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I think the solution has a more fundamental flaw. Reasons why people are no longer logged in:

1. The website timed them out.

2. They pressed “log out.”

3. They/their browser deleted their cookies.

4. They are on a different device.

5. They are in private/incognito mode in a new tab or window (say after clicking a link to confirm their email address at signup).

To the extent the solution works at all it only works for (1) and (2).