288547 - want easier way to un-block cookies

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 217199

(Firefox :: General, defect)

Description

[Jamie Zawinski]

When Firefox blocks a site from displaying a pop-up window, a button appears
that lets you re-enable pop-ups for that site.  This is very handy.

I wish there was a similar thing for cookies.

I have my cookie preference set to "ask me every time" and I habitually click on
"Deny / Use my choice for all cookies from this site", unless I know for sure
that it's a site that needs cookies.

The problem is, sometimes I don't know that until later, so often, I get deeper
into a site and find that it doesn't work without cookies.  Then, I have to do:

  - Preferences
  - Privacy
  - Cookies / Exceptions
  - scroll around until I find this site
  - Remove Site

That takes a lot of clicking, and a lot of time, since my list of "blocked
cookies sites" is very long.

It would be a lot easier if, when a site has tried to set a cookie and been
blocked, there was some icon I could click (down in the status bar, maybe) that
would let me re-enable cookies for the site I'm currently looking at.

Comment 1

[Tuukka Tolvanen (sp3000)]

cf bug 245100 - filtering search for cookie dialog lists
   http://www.extensionsmirror.nl/index.php?showtopic=329 - cookie button ext

Comment 2

[zug_treno]

Duplicate of/related to bug 217199?

Comment 3

[Mike Connor [:mconnor]]

This one is tricky, because of the way the backend works.  But yeah, the current
UI sucks and should get better in 1.5.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 217199 ***

Comment 4

[Andrew T.]

A useful extension, called 'Permit Cookies', can be found at
http://mfe.gorgias.de/