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LennonCook · 07-22-2004, 02:21 AM

You and I seem to be understanding the 'Allow for Session' option differently.

Your apparent understanding: Allow for Session only allows certain types of cookies.
My understanding: Allow for Session allows all cookies (even persistant ones) to be set, but they are removed from the cookie jar when the browser is closed. And a quick visit to the Firefox IRC channel (irc.mozilla.org:6667 , #firefox) confirmed this. This means that I have to log in each time I come to a forum by typing my user name and password (which helps me to remember my password if I need to login elsewhere, and also helps to prevent other people who have access to my computer from posting as me), and that the 'New Post' markers are set errenously - and since I ignore them anyway, that doesn't bother me.
And so, whilever the Window remains open I should be logged in, as myself.
And besides, if it was a problem with the cookie being rejected, wouldn't you generally expect it to log me out, rather than register me as being logged in as 'undefined'?

07-22-2004, 02:21 AM	#10
LennonCook Jack Burton Join Date: November 10, 2001 Location: Bathurst & Orange, in constant flux Age: 38 Posts: 5,452	You and I seem to be understanding the 'Allow for Session' option differently. Your apparent understanding: Allow for Session only allows certain types of cookies. My understanding: Allow for Session allows all cookies (even persistant ones) to be set, but they are removed from the cookie jar when the browser is closed. And a quick visit to the Firefox IRC channel (irc.mozilla.org:6667 , #firefox) confirmed this. This means that I have to log in each time I come to a forum by typing my user name and password (which helps me to remember my password if I need to login elsewhere, and also helps to prevent other people who have access to my computer from posting as me), and that the 'New Post' markers are set errenously - and since I ignore them anyway, that doesn't bother me. And so, whilever the Window remains open I should be logged in, as myself. And besides, if it was a problem with the cookie being rejected, wouldn't you generally expect it to log me out, rather than register me as being logged in as 'undefined'?