Closed
Bug 236133
Opened 20 years ago
Closed 17 years ago
cookie manager: add date created, date last modified, count # modifications
Categories
(Core :: Networking: Cookies, enhancement)
Core
Networking: Cookies
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RESOLVED
DUPLICATE
of bug 201936
People
(Reporter: kimj90, Unassigned)
References
Details
User-Agent: Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 cookie manager currently lists minimal info: site name cookie name Should also list: date cookie was originally created date cookie was last updated count of number updates part 2 "Export" function so that I can sort / search with my tools. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
related to # 162914 (keep cookie modification date) and to # 161000 (remember when cookie was last used) for folks interested in # 142179, an Export feature would allow them to roll their own display reports
Summary: cookie manager: add date info: date created, date last modified, count # modifications → cookie manager: add date created, date last modified, count # modifications
Comment 2•20 years ago
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see bug 201936 and bug 220810
Comment 3•20 years ago
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-> YACMB, me I don't suppose there's a "why" argument for this? Adding the expires column is trivial, we already maintain that info, so displaying it doesn't hurt anything outside of cookieviewer. But what purpose do these fields have for the normal user, and can you justify expanding the information persisted in memory in order to achieve this?
Assignee: darin → mconnor
> ... "why" ...? a) When info is placed on my (repeat _my_) computer, I'm ultimately responsible, so I'd like to know about it. Including when was it placed? b) If a cookie hasn't been used in a while, it may be a candidate to disable or delete. This avoids retaining unneeded info, and keeps the cookie list smaller --> less storage, faster usage. c) Many people delete old and/or advertising cookies. (saves memory / space). If in doubt whether to delete, knowing a cookie hasn't been used in a year is helpful. d) Some companies operate via multiple domains. Buying from foo.com generates cookies from bar.com etc, and / or other third party organizations. Or a master company sets up umpteen domains as "fronts", feeding the same backend domain. (this is legit, many different keywords can describe the same product). The cookies might be stored under many different site names, however they can be brought together because they will have the same "creation date", or "last access date". e) Many companies can not process transactions unless cookies are enabled. They mostly use permanent cookies in case a session is interrupted, or the user continues the order the next day, etc. When that transaction is finally done, the user should be able to find those cookies and delete them. They may be stored under different site names, not just the initial website under which the transaction started. But they will all have the same creation date. f) The "Number of updates" field helps indicates whether the cookie is being used just to identify a user, or also to track usage, which might show a high update count. ("might" because it depends whether they store the usage info on their backend or on the user's pc) --------------------- For current searches by site name, it would help if "sort by site" did so right-to-left, to bring together www242.verizon.com, www.verizon.com, verizon.com and sales.verizon.com. (see bug # 142179)
Comment 5•20 years ago
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you seem to have missed the point about "for a normal user" in your response. I realize how this could be used, but how much use could it get?
Comment 6•20 years ago
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Occasionally I find that I cannot access a site. I turn on cookies and generally open up all the security holes. After the transaction is completed, or I give up on the site, I'd like to be able to review what the site did to me, and/or easily remove cookies it set while I was looking the other way. Being able to view (and ideally sort by) date would make this very easy -- currently it's next to impossible.
Era Eriksson, thank you for your comments. That's happens all too often. Having "Session only" cookies helps for many sites, but it isn't enough. For sites with a semi-permanent relationship, would like to know what cookies they added or changed. Even if sort by date is not implemented because it needs extra info saved, Mozilla could easily implement sort by domain name, right-to-left. This would make it much easier to find new cookies from a particular domain.
Comment 8•19 years ago
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Not going to be working on any Seamonkey UI bugs for the foreseeable future. You can filter on "danlikesgoats" to delete this spam.
Assignee: mconnor → nobody
Comment 9•17 years ago
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we'll get creation time when bug 230933 lands; i don't see as convincing a case for "last modified" and "# modifications", no plans to implement those. so, i'll mark this fixed pending bug 230933.
Depends on: 230933
Comment 10•17 years ago
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actually i'm going to dupe this to bug 201936 (seamonkey ui). the corresponding firefox ui bug is bug 384739.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 17 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
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