my specifically chosen 'bad' cookies I shall have to manually run Lavasoft or some such utility to rid my system of bad cookies.
Cookie Control Removed??!!!!
messy
There were many reasons why the cookie features were removed. These include: our user surveys showed not many people used the features, similar features are already available in many other products, adding support to all the major browser seemed like too much work.
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JV's Cookie Manager was (is) the best in the business. Now, I'll have to go my browser to manage cookies or go back to another folder with JV16 2006. Yes, there are a lot of other cookie managers out there, but it's inconvenient not to have the JV16 Cookie Manager right there where I can run it quickly, along with the other maintenance items.
Bring back the Cookie Manager! Maybe we could take up a collection? Pay a little something extra to get it back?
John
After you install it, just set it up (be sure to set it to save the cookies you wanna keep), create a shortcut on your desktop such as this;
"C:\Program Files\CCleaner\ccleaner.exe" /AUTO
then just double click the shortcut after you exit your browser.
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I see your point, but it's a matter of convenience. There are other registry cleaners out there, too, and other methods of cleaning up histories and the like. The value of JV16 is having them all in one place, you see.
John
However, let me also put in a good word for CCleaner.
Lots of other good features like the issues scanner and all sorts of history cleaners.
I use jv16 primarily as a registry cleaner and tweaker and think it's the best around for that.
The combination of jv16 and CCleaner is a winner.
But I wouldn't have eliminated features from the new jv16 either. Kinda makes it a less "powerful" PowerTool. Goes into the "what were they thinking" file.
Just noticed the comment about "adding support to all the major browser seemed like too much work
CCleaner works with other major browsers too, as well as a couple of dozen other major applications. Guess it wasn't too much work for them in producing a free utility.
I use no software to manage cookies.
With FireFox + CookieSafe, no problem with the cookies.
I never have tracking-cookie.
I just wanted to say that I do not understand it either why a flawlessly working feature had to be removed.
I use the "Cookie Manager" of jv16 PowerTools 2006 every day.
Recommendation of using versions 2006 and 2007 in parallel is sort of ridiculous.
Jaak
Jim Mars wroteYeah, I didn't see the survey either.
It was on our website for a month or so, you can still find information about it at http://www.macecraft.com/archive/
Just noticed the comment about "adding support to all the major browser seemed like too much work" Hmmmmmmmmm.
CCleaner works with other major browsers too, as well as a couple of dozen other major applications. Guess it wasn't too much work for them in producing a free utility.
CCleaner is a very simple program with only a few features, jv16 PowerTools is much more complex with dozens if not hundreds of more features. Adding new features, such as a cookie feature that supports all browsers to a simpler program is much easier than to more complex one.
And it all comes down to where to focus our time, since there are many pretty good cookie managers out there we just didn't feel it was worth it.
jaaktmgi wroteHello,
I just wanted to say that I do not understand it either why a flawlessly working feature had to be removed.
One reason why it was removed was that it didn't work very flawlessly, just do a search with Cookie Manager from the forum and you'll see quite a few threads about problems with the Cookie Manager.
This thread also confirms that not quite many people actually used the feature. So far we have five users in this thread who wish to get the feature back, if we consider that the product is being used by hundreds of thousands of people five isn't really that much.
Those who need a software for cookies should learn to use their browser correctly rather than to regret the disappearance of Cookie Manager.