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Here's an example: I just failed to login to Zonino myself.

I enter in the Gmail address that I use for registrations and other junk. I get the message: "Accounts don't match. You are currently signed into Google as [my normal Gmail address]. ... Force Google logout?" Forget that. I'm not interested in logging out of Gmail. Logging out of #1, into #2, out of #2 and back into #1 is more work that simple registration. I expect that I'm not the only person with this problem. I hope a solution can be found, because it would be really helpful.




Gah. We still need to switch from OpenID to OAuth for our GMail bridge; OpenID doesn't allow us to tell Google what address we're trying to authenticate. Sorry!


Need any help with that/is there a ticket?



Normally, when you're logged into multiple Google accounts - Google Bridge in Persona lets you pick which Google account you want to use. This error you're seeing seems like some sort of bug/UX issue (?) in Persona -> Google flow where if you're already signed into multiple Google accounts, but not the extra one you're trying to use - things don't work as smoothly..


Interesting. Persona likely needs work when it comes to multiple Gmail accounts when using the Account Bridging.


They're working on it: https://github.com/mozilla/persona-yahoo-bridge/issues/178 You should post your findings there


That's for Yahoo, not Gmail.


Do you get this problem if you use a different browser for the other gmail account?


No, and that is what I would usually do since I understand how these things work. (IE does come in handy at times.) The point that I am trying to make is that normal users who don't know these tricks can run into this barrier.


I don't think normal users have multiple Google accounts, though.


Eh, that depends.

All it takes is a personal Gmail account plus working for a company that uses Google Apps.




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