Cookie Manager -- function is sufficient

tullik

Cookie Manager -- function is sufficient imho

-- User Cookie folder=23 IE cookies

-- Firefox cookie "trees"=53

First run:

-- Start PT 2006

-- Call CM

-- Keep=16 (6 FF, 10 IE), Remove=64 (49 FF, 15 IE)

-- Start -- message: 64 removed

-- Close CM

-- Backup shows 13 files (IE cookies) & 101 FF cookies

-- Close PT

-- User Cookie folder=10 IE cookies

-- Firefox "trees"=5/11 + 4/8 (rss)

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Second run:

-- Start PT 2006

-- Call CM

-- Keep=16 (6 FF, 10 IE), Remove=7 (5 FF, 2 IE)

-- Note: context menu move to Unknown does not work correctly

-- Start -- message: 7 removed

-- Close CM

-- Backup shows 0 files (IE cookies) & 8 FF cookies

-- User Cookie folder=10 IE cookies

-- Firefox "trees"=5/11 + 4/8 (rss)

-- Restored first run backup

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Third run:

-- Call CM

-- Keep=16 (6 FF, 10 IE), Remove=51 (49 FF, 2 IE)

-- Backup restored the FF items but not all the IE items

-- Start -- message: 51 removed

-- Close CM

-- Backup shows 0 files (IE cookies) & 109 FF cookies

-- User Cookie folder=23 IE cookies (apparently the IE cookies were restored, but not picked up by CM).

-- Firefox "trees"=5/11

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Conclusion: Though not perfect, function is sufficient unless the user wants to rigorously "control" every cookie.

lashiec

tullik wrote

Conclusion: Though not perfect, function is sufficient unless the user wants to rigorously "control" every cookie.

If people want to do that, they can always use specific programs, like the Cookie Culler extension for Firefox. But since most people delete every cookie, the function is indeed sufficient.

navigator

But why would you want to delete useful cookies, such as those that provide automatic logons?

tullik

Some people do, some people don't. And with PT's white list, you just keep the ones you want.