Hi Nick, To answer the on-topic question, ESR 45 and regular 45 are expected to have the same features. That means that the per-cookie acceptance dialogs will not be in ESR 45.
Unfortunately, I don't have any recommendations for a replacement add-on. I'm sure that if the demand is there, something will emerge as the best option. -- Mike On Fri, Feb 5, 2016 at 1:19 PM, Nick Boyce <[email protected]> wrote: > In the light of the recent helpful comments made by Mozilla personnel > ("Add-on Signing In ESR" thread) on the issue of "add-on signing > enforcement control preference" retention in the ESR release channel (for > which many thanks), I'm wondering : can we have a statement from Mozilla as > to whether or not the removal of the code providing fine grained cookie > control will be applied to the ESR channel ? > > https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=606655 > > http://tech.slashdot.org/story/16/02/04/2221204/firefox-44-deletes-fine-grained-cookie-management > > Speaking personally, I activate the cookie controls (switch on the "Ask me > every time" option) on almost every single instance of FF that I ever > install, along with NoScript, whether at home, at work, or for friends - > except for the very few friends or managers who have no understanding of > the web and just want to surf unharassed by arcane browser prompts. > > For the sake of clarity, I'm talking about *this* feature, which is still > currently available in ESR (albeit deeply buried), but which is now > apparently scheduled to be removed as from RR version 44 : > "Tools | Options | Privacy | History | Use custom settings for history | > Accept cookies | Keep until | Ask me every time". > > FWIW, the above removal bug has numerous comments from Mozilla staff to > the effect that the code is unmaintained and causes frequent crashes. My > personal experience is that while the feature is a little flaky (e.g. > checking "Apply my decision to all cookies from this site" often doesn't > work), it has never obviously been responsible for crashing the browser. > > If I had my wish, I'd rather somebody were tasked to fix the flakiness, > rather than working on removing this very useful feature. > > If, however, the feature is indeed doomed, then could we please have some > clarification of the Mozilla staff bug comments to the effect that "such > functionality is better provided by one of the existing Firefox add-ons" ? > There are many such add-ons ... I've tried a few, but not found any so far > that hit the spot enough for me to want to always install. As we all know, > keeping the set of installed add-ons as small as possible is the path to > browsing happiness :) > > Is Mozilla able to recommend any particular add-on ? > Sorry for the noise if the answer to all this is already documented > somewhere - please just send me a link. > > Thanks, > Nick Boyce > > > _______________________________________________ > Enterprise mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise > > To unsubscribe from this list, please visit > https://mail.mozilla.org/listinfo/enterprise or send an email to > [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe" >
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