Gerry Hickman wrote, on 07 Feb 20 20:40:
alexyu wrote:
The ability to report the size in data manager is no longer there.
Clearing still works but some new storage types need to be accounted
for too. Something which will be fixed later.
FRG
But the main question I see is whether this storage (or "these
storages", since there are several) should be cleared or not, and
when/why?
The reason why you should be able to clear them, is related to
"privacy", and also reducing garbage in the profile. The SeaMonkey
interface indicates that you can check the size, and also that you can
clear them down, but my original post (and David's post above) indicates
that when you press "clear" in SeaMonkey, they don't get deleted.
However, Frank says above that "clearing still works", so it's a bit
confusing.
Yes, of course generically you can/should/may delete data/files for
privacy and/or reducing garbage; what I'd like to know is what are
probable reasons for deleting these specific SM profile files: Would
they usually be a serious privacy offender? They seem to be relatively
small and accumulate slowly, so that shouldn't be much pf a factor, but
perhaps due to some Preferences settings they may grow much faster?
Since they belong to a so little-used function that their 'normal'
clearance-on-demand hasn't worked for a long time with hardly anyone
noticing, maybe it's just a "tempest in a teapot"?
And I imagine FRG meant that you can always clear them manually, ie, go
to the SM profile and delete them, even if the 'button' in Preferences
isn't working -- and that's why I raised the question about "should we?"...
--
Best,
s) alexyu <[email protected]>
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