163904 - [RFE] Request for opt-in cookie interface

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 75915

(Core :: Networking: Cookies, enhancement)

Description

[Mark]

When browsing it is common to deny cookies to the vast majority of sites, but
there are a few sites where cookies are desireable.  Currently, the relevant
preference configurations available are awkward: one must choose either to (a)
deny all cookies, and reconfigure the prefs whenever a cookie-desired site comes
up, or (b) be asked at every site visited whether cookies should be allowed for
the site or not, resulting in an overwhelming number of "denies" and very few
"allows". 

One way to address this would be to allow the user to deny all cookies EXCEPT
for "overrides", and to have either a gesture (cmdKey down while hitting reload
button) or explicit UI element that would - for a given page - reload the page
with the deny/allow dialog coming up for all cookies requested while that page
loads.  

This would enable a usage pattern where the preferences are configured only once
(deny all except overrides) and the user surfs happily until encountering the
occassional page where cookies are needed, at which point they perform the
simple gesture/UIElement invocation and continue on their way.  In this manner,
the number of related dialog boxes is reduced dramatically.

Comment 1

[Michiel van Leeuwen (email: mvl+moz@)]

Marking as duplicate. If you disagree, please reopen.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 75915 ***

Comment 2

[Wesha]

v.