Do Publicly Accessible Web Tools Require a Yahoo ID?

Question

I am setting up a new group. I elected to have the Calendar available to the public (not just members). However, when I go to the main page and I'm not signed in, it still asks me to sign in with a Yahoo ID.

Doesn't making this feature available to the public allow those without a Yahoo ID to see it?

Answer 1

that public refers to the Yahoo public, that is not a member of your group but has a Yahoo ID. it does not mean the general world wide web.

it's a Yahoo groups web feature, and it prompts non Yahoo users to become Yahoo users by creating an ID which is what Yahoo wants, more users. public archives is different since that more relates to the ability to RSS feed. if everything was made to be web public, you then wouldn't need to join or have a Yahoo Account/ ID.- then what would be the point of Yahoo groups. they'd call it Web groups

Answer 2

I agree with you that the logical assumption would be that if Calendar was set to Public by the Group's owner, then it should be viewable without needing to sign in to a Yahoo ID at all.  After all, if Archive Acess is set to Anyone by the Group's owner, then the Messages section doesn't require one to sign in to view the whole text of a message.  But someone else asked about this very same thing a few days ago, and after testing it in the Group I moderate, I was forced to come to the conclusion that Yahoo thought differently when setting up its Groups.

If you want to suggest to Yahoo Groups staff that the Calendar option be viewable without signing in if the Group's owner sets it to Public, then go to http://suggestions.yahoo.com/?prop=group... and follow the directions on that page.