Huzzah!!
So you have turned to the darkside...
“But, since the upgrade we are now automatically logged out rather than staying logged in... is this for a reason? Its not really important just a query really....

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I can't remember what the time out is, but your browser session is auto set to log you out, always was, even with the old site. But with windows browsers you normally have the option to "save password" so in effect you remain permanently logged in if the browser has saved your username and password.
No idea how it works in the land of apple, I know I deliberately don't save any passwords on my iphone in case I Iose it. But I imagine you can save passwords on Apple browsers.