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Privacy Toolbar changes
Date: August 02, 2008 06:21PM
In previous versions of the toolbar you could set global settings for deletion of things such as cookies, history, etc.
For example:
Tools/Privacy/Settings
Privacy Plugin Settings
Cookies
Disk Cache
History
Address Bar History
Saved Passwords
[ ] Clear on Startup (Clear now button)
[ ] Clear on Shutdown
This no longer seems to be the case. Has this plugin changed or is there another place to set global preferences?
Tks
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Re: Privacy Toolbar changes
Date: August 02, 2008 06:48PM
#ndebord
I don't know about the toolbar, but there are setting for many of these items within preferences.
Try EDIT - PREFERENCES - PRIVACY & SECURITY. There are tabs within which cover the items you noted.
Re: Privacy Toolbar changes
Date: August 02, 2008 08:19PM
James,
Not the same thing at all to my mind. The older method of doing the privacy toolbar gave you control over your settings automatically with a set of rules that you could check on or off.
Now, unless there is a setting I'm missing, the same functions listed above are handled manually, meaning you have to go in and laboriously check settings from Tools/Privacy/Clear Data (four clicks to do what was once a set and forget setting and change if need be).
Not anywhere near the same. There is a setting to globally clear everything, but that is of little help when what I want is to clear only certain items such as history, urls, cache(s) and keep passwords and cookies (I manage cookies better using an external cookie manager).
I don't get the reasoning for this change.
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Re: Privacy Toolbar changes
Date: August 03, 2008 12:46AM
I agree about the cookies. I use "Cookie Monster" to handle mine. It will handle three versions of KM plus the rare use of IE.
I don't think I ever used the older method to control the other items.
Re: Privacy Toolbar changes
Date: August 03, 2008 02:58AM
James,
I too use Cookie Monster. In fact, it is the next thing I added. <G>
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Re: Privacy Toolbar changes
Date: August 03, 2008 05:22PM
I do not think the default Privacy Bar functions have changed (some of the syntax has). But as You suggested - it can be custom hacked to fit any needs
Re: Privacy Toolbar changes
Date: August 03, 2008 08:23PM
Guenter,
It is good to know that you can hack the syntax because to my mind, the new version is a regression, not an improvement.
For example, in the old version, you could set your privacy settings to clear on either or both startup and shutdown: So in my case, I would not check mark either cookies* or passwords, but would set history, url and cache to clear on shutdown. The key is it is automatic and can be changed whenever circumstances change.
Now, if I am reading it properly, you have to manually change this stuff.
To hack it is hard? IF not, I would want to give it a try.
Much thanks,
* for cookies I would use Cookie Monster or similar and for passwords, I would manually edit it outside of KM or internally with the builtin editor.
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Re: Privacy Toolbar changes
Date: August 03, 2008 08:42PM
Tools > Privacy > Clear Data > Clear Automatically...
Re: Privacy Toolbar changes
Date: August 03, 2008 08:55PM
@ndebord: What you are looking for has just moved: "Tools" > "Privacy" > "Clear Data" > "Clear Automatically..."
(OK, I've been a bit late. Thanks misterp.)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/03/2008 08:56PM by kko.
Re: Privacy Toolbar changes
Date: August 04, 2008 02:46AM
kko,
You're right. What confused me was the "clear automatically" caption. I thought that meant automatically clear everything, so I did not drill down to see what it actually did do. <sigh>
Much thanks
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