Two weeks ago was back at the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library for NEKLS Tech Day and I just remembered one more thing I wanted to mention: their completely amazing, easy to use, WiFi login screen.
The screenshot on the right is from my phone but the one for a laptop was just as simple: Their logo, a link to the policy, and one giant easy to tap button, which made the log on process so non-annoying that I immediately thanked David King for it. He told me that this new design had been getting a lot of great comments and I now publicly add mine.
Michael Sauers is the Director of Logan Library in Logan, UT. Prior to this he was one of the founding staff and Technology Manager for Do Space in Omaha, NE. After earning his MLS in 1995 from the University at Albany's School of Information Science and Policy Michael spent his first 20 years as a librarian training other librarians in technology along with time as a public library trustee, a bookstore manager for a library friends group, a reference librarian, a technology consultant, and a bookseller. He has written dozens of articles for various journals and magazines and has published 14 books ranging from library technology, blogging, Web design, and an index to a popular horror magazine. In his spare time, he blogs at TravelinLibrarian.info, runs The Collector's Guide to Dean Koontz website at CollectingKoontz.com, takes many, many photos, and typically reads more than 100 books a year.
Unless otherwise stated, all opinions are my own and are not to be considered those of the City of Logan, UT.
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One Reply to “The best WiFi login screen I’ve ever seen”
Happy to share that my institution (Michigan State University) also employs the no-fuss “I agree” login since a couple years ago. Quite a revolutionary, I’d say, considering almost all academic institutions would require a special permissions for a visitor to be able to use their wireless network.
Two weeks ago was back at the Topeka Shawnee County Public Library for NEKLS Tech Day and I just remembered one more thing I wanted to mention: their completely amazing, easy to use, WiFi login screen.
Happy to share that my institution (Michigan State University) also employs the no-fuss “I agree” login since a couple years ago. Quite a revolutionary, I’d say, considering almost all academic institutions would require a special permissions for a visitor to be able to use their wireless network.