>At 12:12 AM +1000 on 1/5/03, Paul Shand wrote: > > >>Just a few questions: >> >>With Cookies not enabled, would it be right to suspect any detetrioration >>when using IE 5 in accesssing lots of different web pages? >> >>Would the guts of the pages still be legible? >--------------------------------------- >-- >Hi Paul. > >I'm not an expert at this but here's what I know about cookies: > >Websites use cookies to track you. When you go on to a site where you >can purchase something, the site needs to track you and any >merchandise you select so that if you decide to buy it can bring you >selected data to a place where the "sale" can be completed. Many >sites also can track where you were last by reading your cookies and >can build a profile, a purchasing or "interests" dossier.
While the above is true, cookies can also have other legit uses. Personally, I almost never use them in websites that I build, but every now and again they're useful. It is also quite possible to build catalog stores without cookies. It's all a matter of what tools you use. >If you set >your cookies in preferences of your browser to accept only cookies >that come from the originating web site and to store them only till >the end of the session. This is good advice. I also check my cookies on a fairly regular basis and delete any that I don't really want (for instance, I KEEP the one that lets me in to the OSX Legacy Forum at OWC, but delete most others) -- Bill Christensen http://greenbuilder.com/contact/ Green Building Professionals Directory: http://directory.greenbuilder.com Sustainable Building Calendar: http://www.greenbuilder.com/calendar/ Green Real Estate: http://www.greenbuilder.com/realestate/ Straw Bale Registry: http://sbregistry.greenbuilder.com/ Books/videos/software: http://bookstore.greenbuilder.com/ -- SuperMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | Service & Replacement Parts [EMAIL PROTECTED] | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> SuperMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/supermacs/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/supermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
