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Google Chrome to remove detailed cookie and site data controls

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Re: Google Chrome to remove detailed cookie and site data controls

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Post by canada_dry »

crazygringo wrote: post #121
foota wrote: post #82

I don't get why people think this is a move with some agenda, most likely they just don't think enough people use the single cookie deletion functionality to warrant having it in the settings vs the dev tools.

Exactly this. All the functionality is already built into Chrome right here: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/storage/cookies/ Contrary to the headline, Chrome isn't removing the ability to do anything -- they're just removing it from the preferences interface, where I'm not sure it really ever made sense to include in the first place. Truly, editing/deleting individual cookies isn't something any regular u…

> deleting individual cookies isn't something any regular user ever needs to do

I disagree. A problem just recently with a gov site req'd you delete their cookies to resolve it (as an interim solution until they get around some year to fix the issue).

Re: Google Chrome to remove detailed cookie and site data controls

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Post by melbourne_mat »

mark_l_watson wrote: post #120

A bit off topic, but I frequently just delete all cookies on all browsers on my devices. Since I just use Safari on iOS/iPadOS/macOS and Chrome on Linux, this is such a quick thing to do. I also try to make using a private browser tab or page as my normal way to do web browsing.

Agreed. Duck Duck browser on Android has a very prominent "burn" button next to the URL bar which deletes everything. It's great!

Re: Google Chrome to remove detailed cookie and site data controls

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Post by nett18 »

BHSPitMonkey wrote: post #72
bigwavedave wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Just fyi, you can delete individual cookies in the developer tools. While I very much agree with the point you're making, I can count on one hand (with fingers to spare) the number of family members I have who know what the developer tools even are, and that's because I showed them when troubleshooting an issue they were having. They aren't going to learn or remember how to access the dev tools to manage cookies, b…

If they're a non-developer, the ability to clear all of the cookies (or data) for a given site should be adequate to cover their needs (and if they're a developer, obviously they'll just use Developer Tools > Application for individual cookie manipulation). If a non-developer is in a situation where they need to delete a single cookie by name but deleting _all_ of that site's cookies would be ruinous for some reason,…

Read the parent answer, it explains when deleting individual cookies is useful (even for non-devs)

Re: Google Chrome to remove detailed cookie and site data controls

#134

Post by dylan604 »

beerandt wrote: post #21
da_chicken wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The same idiots looking ad and data mining revenue, and then seeing what their customer's demands are. Their customers being the ones who are buying services from Google. Not you. You're the product .

Tired of this excuse. If the audience is the product, Google still has an interest in selling a quality product. That means not running off more and more of the most tech savvy "product" segment.

>That means not running off more and more

Googs: Fine, where are you going to go instead?

FB: Fine, where are you going to go instead?

Insta: see above

Twit: see above

These people are just fine without the 10 devs that might throw a hissy. (technically 9, because I have to count myself)

Re: Google Chrome to remove detailed cookie and site data controls

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Post by topspin »

foota wrote: post #82

I don't get why people think this is a move with some agenda, most likely they just don't think enough people use the single cookie deletion functionality to warrant having it in the settings vs the dev tools.

Seems like this capability would be better served with an extension. Most (as in nearly all) users will never play with individual cookies and the people that need to can turn to quality extensions with more capability than the browser is ever likely to build in.

Re: Google Chrome to remove detailed cookie and site data controls

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Post by dralley »

tomxor wrote: post #16
edoceo wrote: post #14

Damn. And we lost Servo just when it was getting close to being not shitty. While everything else is moving towards more shitty.

We lost the servo team, but isn't servo complete enough to simmer in maintenance?

No, not even close.

Re: Google Chrome to remove detailed cookie and site data controls

#139

Post by [deleted] »

canada_dry wrote: post #131
crazygringo wrote: post #121

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Exactly this. All the functionality is already built into Chrome right here: https://developer.chrome.com/docs/devtools/storage/cookies/ Contrary to the headline, Chrome isn't removing the ability to do anything -- they're just removing it from the preferences interface, where I'm not sure it really ever made sense to include in the first place. Truly, editing/deleting individual cookies isn't something any regular u…

> deleting individual cookies isn't something any regular user ever needs to do I disagree. A problem just recently with a gov site req'd you delete their cookies to resolve it (as an interim solution until they get around some year to fix the issue).

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Re: Google Chrome to remove detailed cookie and site data controls

#140

Post by franklyt »

hamburgerwah wrote: post #138

Just how much of a middle finger can they give to users before people wake up and move to Firefox? There was a time Firefox had some performance problems but that time has passed, it works every bit as well as Chrome does now, if not better.

Firefox is not as performant as Chrome is. This is something a web developer will have come across, if not an average user.
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