Comments on: Cookie Preferences http://tntluoma.com/preferences/cookie-preferences/ Stuff I've Written Down Thu, 04 Mar 2010 19:19:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Sy http://tntluoma.com/preferences/cookie-preferences/comment-page-1/#comment-489 Sy Wed, 21 Sep 2005 13:22:18 +0000 http://tntluoma.com/?p=62#comment-489 <p>After deleting ALL existing cookies, I now accept all cookies regardless of source and have them deleted each time Opera closes. I have discovered that aside from holding the contents of Shopping Carts, the cookies are of no value to me. The Wand (Ctrl-Enter) remembers all my passwords. Amazon and the NY Times long ago stopped recognizing me without a log-in despite the presence of its cookie. Google's cookie regarding my preferences seems ineffective.</p> <p>The cookie is necessary for on-line shopping, but has no value after the transaction is finalized.</p> <p>I would like to know what benefit to the user accrues from retaining a Web site's cookie one moment after the current Opera session is over.</p> After deleting ALL existing cookies, I now accept all cookies regardless of source and have them deleted each time Opera closes. I have discovered that aside from holding the contents of Shopping Carts, the cookies are of no value to me. The Wand (Ctrl-Enter) remembers all my passwords. Amazon and the NY Times long ago stopped recognizing me without a log-in despite the presence of its cookie. Google’s cookie regarding my preferences seems ineffective.

The cookie is necessary for on-line shopping, but has no value after the transaction is finalized.

I would like to know what benefit to the user accrues from retaining a Web site’s cookie one moment after the current Opera session is over.

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