Manage Exceptions with Cookies and Data
As has been mentioned many times before I am sure, it would be really helpful to be able to have a less laborious way to add exceptions but as I have been through the ridiculous process of typing in site addresses manually one by one without having any sensible way to record these addresses already I guess it won't help me now. The ridiculous aspect came from having to take screen shots of the list of sites from the manage data list after deleting everything not wanted, scrolling down a windows worth at a time, copying that screen shot into multiple copies of a graphics program then shrinking each copy of the graphics program and Firefox so each can be seen so I can manually type each address across.
I know I am supposed to be nice but this is just insane. It is 2025. There is a thing called copy and paste. Apparently some people at Mozilla are not aware of this.
Having got that off my chest the next issue is that the deletion of cookies and data only occurs when Firefox is closed. Who closes Firefox? Why would you close Firefox? I currently have 24 tabs open. Why on earth would I want to close them down just so they have to be selected one at a time and reloaded? What is the thinking behind this stupidity?
The only time I close Firefox down is when Windows is restarted for updates (every application) or when IDM needs to update as I found this negates the need to restart Windows (Firefox only).
Other than those situations I am trying to work out how to fit this cookies/data deletion into the normal operation of my computer. There appears to be a lack of a suitable way to deal with this situation. Would it be considered acceptable to just wait for those times Firefox has to be closed? This would be far better than what I have been doing up to now but why wouldn't Firefox delete this data when the last tab for a site is closed? There are a huge number of sites I bring up due to searching for something and close them immediately or after reading what they have to say.
I have been using computers for about 30 years and have long lost the inclination and to be honest the ability to delve deep into them. Today I just want to have them do what I want/need without unnecessary complications.
Have I got this situation right or is there something I have missed? At the moment IDM has been having a lot of updates thanks to YouTube's greed but before that I found I generally only had to restart my computer for MS updates and when strange things started to happen.
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Hi,
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"As has been mentioned many times before I am sure, it would be really helpful to be able to have a less laborious way to add exceptions" From jscher2000: Try Ctrl+i (or on Mac, Command+i) to call up Page Info. On the Permissions panel, scroll down to Set Cookies, uncheck the Use default box and assign your preferred preference. It auto-saves, so you can then just close the Page Info dialog. (https://www.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/1lycfx7/comment/n2t4tci/)
The idea of an easier way to add exceptions has been proposed at https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/ideas/quickly-add-cookies-to-exceptions/idi-p/24160
"Having got that off my chest the next issue is that the deletion of cookies and data only occurs when Firefox is closed." No, you can delete cookies and data manually via settings -> Clear Data or the History tab in the menu bar -> Clear Recent History.
"Who closes Firefox? Why would you close Firefox? I currently have 24 tabs open. Why on earth would I want to close them down just so they have to be selected one at a time and reloaded? What is the thinking behind this stupidity?" You don’t have to close tabs to close Firefox. Firefox will remember the tabs from the previous session. A lot of people intentionally close Firefox/whatever browser they use, ignoring updates. I would say the main reasons are that 1) It serves as a first step in troubleshooting 2) Various privacy and security reasons 3) If you are using an old computer that does not have much RAM and you want to use a memory-intensive application like an editor, you quit all unnecessary applications for that work session 4) When you finish a monumental task and you want to have a fresh start/clean slate
Clearing cookies on browser close isn’t even unique to Firefox; Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera, Brave, and all popular Firefox forks all have this feature in the settings.
"Would it be considered acceptable to just wait for those times Firefox has to be closed?" I don't understand what you are asking. Considered acceptable by who?
This would be far better than what I have been doing up to now but why wouldn't Firefox delete this data when the last tab for a site is closed? There are extensions for this feature, most notably Cookies Auto Delete, but CAD hasn’t been updated in 3 years. One problem is that it and similar extensions don’t cover other things that are wiped upon browser close. Also, this doesn't sound convenient when a user wants to revisit a site, better to not have the need to keep track of whether you have a remaining tab for that website or not. Unlike browser close, in which you know which websites reset their data and which didn't.
If you want to lower the frequency at which Firefox updates, you can make a change to about:policies or use Firefox ESR. More information about that at https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/managing-firefox-updates
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