G'day, Many thanks to Stuart Morgan for his reply which has explained why it is so...
On Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:39:55 -0700, "Stuart Morgan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > On Mar 27, 2007, at 5:49 PM, Brian Anderson wrote: > > > So my questions are.... > > 1. Why aren't they deleted when I close Camino? > > That would be a bug. If you can reproduce this problem in a recent > nightly build, using a clean profile, please file a bug at > bugzilla.mozilla.org with a specific site that shows the behavior. I need to do some more testing on this to confirm its not my stuff-up - surprisingly it has been known to happen :-) > > > 2. If a cookie is created (for want of a better word) while in a > > particular tabbed window by selecting "Allow for Session", then why > > can't it be deleted when that tab is closed not waiting till I quit > > Camino? > > At a behavioral level, the answer is that people routinely open > multiple tabs or windows for the same site. If cookies were per tab, > that would be impossible. The technical answer for Camino is that any > change to the way session cookies are handled would need to be made > in the Mozilla core, and as far as I know the general feeling of the > core developers is that it would be a substantial amount of > architectural work to change the way session cookies work without a > compelling enough reason. At the "behavioral" level this makes sense altho I'd like to see it as an option for those of us who don't open multiple tabs to the same site. At the "technical" level I would have to agree with Stuart. Thanks again Stuart for your prompt response. Brian -- Brian Anderson mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ********************************************************* Law of Probability... The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act. _______________________________________________ Camino mailing list [email protected] http://mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/camino
