Closed Bug 500584 Opened 15 years ago Closed 15 years ago

"Accept cookies from sites","Accept third-party cookies","Exceptions…", It is necessary to always display these options regardless of the option of the preservation of the history.

Categories

(Firefox :: General, defect)

3.5 Branch
x86
Windows XP
defect
Not set
normal

Tracking

()

RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: alice0775, Unassigned)

References

Details

(Keywords: regression, useless-UI)

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1pre) Gecko/20090625 Firefox/3.5.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1pre) Gecko/20090625 Shiretoko/3.5pre ID:20090625042508

"Accept cookies from sites",
"Accept third-party cookies"
"Exceptions…"
Though these came to be displayed only when "Use custom settings for history" has been selected. 
I can not set any exception of cookies.
It is necessary to always display these options regardless of the option of the preservation of the history. 


Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Tools > Options,.. > Privacy
2.
3.
Actual Results:  
"Accept cookies from sites",
"Accept third-party cookies"
"Exceptions…" are not shown.

I can not set any exception.

Expected Results:  
"Accept cookies from sites",
"Accept third-party cookies"
"Exceptions…" should be shown always.
Summary: "Accept cookies from sites","Accept third-party cookies","Exceptions…", It is necessary to always display these options regardless of the option oIt is necessary to always display these options regardless of the option of the preservation of the history → "Accept cookies from sites","Accept third-party cookies","Exceptions…", It is necessary to always display these options regardless of the option of the preservation of the history.
Version: unspecified → 3.5 Branch
Blocks: 462041
This is by design, and has been previously debated.  The assumptions and rationale for the current solution are:

-History as a concept is now defined to include any data that is implicitly collected as browse the Web (which includes things like cache and cookies in addition a list of URLs)

-The percent of users who know what a cookies is is smaller than the percent of users who know what history is (although both aren't completely mainstream)

-Cookies are an implementation detail and worth abstracting away from main UI (a history of not doing isn't really justification for continuing to do it)

-There is value in reducing the information density and giving the user a single choice.  Additional options reduce the discoverability of the main choice since attention is a zero sum game.

-Anyone who has previously modified their cookie settings will automatically see the full custom UI and will have direct access to the preferences.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 15 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
The challenge is that when setting up a new profile History will be automatically saved. It took me ages to find that I have to change the history saving preferences to be able to control the setting for third-party settings.

The final bullet point is not true. If I modify that I don't see it.

I would suggest that at least you add some explanation to what history include in a text beside the setting. This can help users to know that by modifying this option they can get access to settings for controlling Cookies access.
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