166925 - "Ask me" should indicate alteration of cookie expiration

Status: VERIFIED INVALID

(Core :: Networking: Cookies, enhancement)

Description

[Quinn Yost (mythdraug)]

Just an enhancement request.  That's why i'm not adding this to bug 23508.

It would be a nice bit of polish if there was some visual indication that the
information displayed about a cookie is not what the site requested.  For 
example, with the settings network.cookie.lifetime.behavior and 
network.cookie.lifetime.days it is possible to store an expiration date that is
not what the site requests.   The current behavior of the enhanced cookie 
information dialog is to show this altered data.

Would it be possible to either 
   1) Indicate that the date displayed has been altered by displaying it
       in a different color or presenting an icon
  and/or
   2) Display the original data in addition to the altered data

Comment 1

[Jesse Ruderman]

Is this for the cookie confirmation dialog ("ask me" setting), the cookie
manager, or somewhere else?

Comment 2

[Quinn Yost (mythdraug)]

Confirmation dialog, details view.

Comment 3

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

afaik, the ask-me dialog now overrides the lifetime pref, and makes this bug
invalid. At least that is what bug 233339 claims :)
mconnor, am i right? can this be closed?

Comment 4

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

Soon(tm)

At this point, due to some stellar logic, if you don't remember the decision, 
it will be limited by the pref, and if you do, it will be limited by the pref 
on the FIRST time through, so the date shown in the dialog will always be 
modified by the lifetime pref.

Once bug 233339 lands, they'll be mutually exclusive behaviours so this won't 
be an issue anymore.

Comment 5

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

no longer valid since bug 233339 has made lifetime limiting and cookie prompts
exclusive of one another.

Comment 6

[benc]

V/invalid.