Logging in, now with full Google Accounts

While we may debate the usefulness of Google making our G-Apps login a full-blown Google Account, we can't debate this: Changes can cause confusion (alliteration? in a tech blog?). The login location I gave to students is/was:

mail.google.com/a/ishstudents.in

and that still works (as long as you don't put "www." at the front of it). When you type that URL into your preferred browser, you'll be redirected to this:

You can see that under the Username entry box, it reads @ishstudents.in and so you'll know at the right place.

It seems that if you have bookmarked mail.google.com/a/ishstudents.in, you may be redirected to a normal looking Google login page (i.e. without the ISH logo branding). It looks like this:

I personally find this annoying, but it really doesn't change anything. If you see this page, you can simply enter your full email as the username (e.g. 2010obama@ishstudents.in) and you will be taken to your inbox.

Digitally yours,

Mr. Patrick