»Q« <[email protected]> wrote: > On Wed, 13 Mar 2013 14:12:28 -0500 > Rob <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Gerry Hickman <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Rufus wrote: >> > >> >>>> I've always had to go and select the "Originating Site Only" >> >>>> option for Cookie handling, as I recall. >> >>> >> >>> Always? Only if you keep installing the program from scratch. >> >>> >> >>> My settings survive upgrades, so I don't have to keep changing >> >>> them. >> >>> >> >> Yeah - or building a new Profile. >> > >> > Thanks for the replies, I don't mind changing the setting, I'm just >> > a bit surprised by the default... >> >> The default is correct for non-technical users. Those who set >> "Originating Site Only" need to understand what it means and what >> effect it will have. > > It's going to change for Firefox; see > <http://webpolicy.org/2013/02/22/the-new-firefox-cookie-policy/>. But > the SeaMonkey team may set defaults independently.
This is how misinformation spreads. The change that will be made in Firefox is NOT the same as changing this setting in Seamonkey. The behaviour in Firefox will be "Content from a third-party origin only has cookie permissions if its origin already has at least one cookie set.". The setting in Seamonkey does not make that "its origin already has at least one cookie set" distinction, and never allows third-party cookies. This will break some websites login system, guestbooks, blog commenting etc. I know, because I have that setting in effect and I do sometimes see the problems. Of course it is a decision that everyone can make for themselves, but it would be unwise to set it as a default for new users. It will make the nontechnical user think that the program is broken. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
