[nfbcs] Slightly OT Where Does Firefox Store Cookies

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On 12/26/2014 8:51 PM, Joseph C. Lininger via nfbcs wrote:
> Nicole,
> Sure, no problem.
>
> 1. Go into Firefox, select Tools, then Options.
> 2. Find the privacy category in the list view.
> 3. There is a combo box for history settings. Choose "Use Custom 
> Settings for History". You'll want to expand with Alt+Down Arrow and 
> then arrow to the one you want, because if you just press arrow keys 
> it will change options as you hit each item and you may not want them 
> changed.
> 4. Obviously, make sure that the "Accept cookies from sites" box is 
> checked. You'll probably also want to accept third party cookies, even 
> though they're a bit of a violation, because if you don't you'll find 
> sites strangely don't work some times and you won't get a good 
> explanation as to why. It's not so bad since you're going to clear 
> them when the browser closes anyway.
> 5. Tab until you find a combo box labeled "keep until". Select "I 
> close Firefox" from the available choices. You could also choose to 
> have it ask you for every cookie, but I don't like it doing that 
> because you'll end up being bombarded with requests to store cookies. 
> Sites will sometimes ask 3 or 4 or sometimes even more times. Better, 
> in my opinion anyway, to just go ahead and accept them and then delete 
> them as soon as you're done with your session.
>
> Hope this helps.
> Joe
>
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