Some browser observations (2)

[Joel Hammer]

Well, I just thought that cookie rejection leading to plugin errors while
browsing with konqueror might be of interest to konqueror users!

Joel


On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 02:27:20PM -0700, Net Llama! wrote:
> Its quite possible that the cookies are being accepted, and i'm none the 
> wiser.  I'm not interested in messing around with my cookies.
> 
> Quite honestly, i don't see what the big deal is about cookies.  I 
> really dont' care much about what gets written.
> 
> Joel Hammer wrote:
> > Hmm....
> > 
> > I am not at home right now and can't give you the names, but there were at
> > least two places hitting me with cookies, besides the NYTimes. I wonder if
> > my ISP (Comcast) is doing this to me? Or, maybe you are taking those cookies
> > and don't know it?
> > 
> > Why not try changing your cookie policy to ask permission for all
> > cookies, go to the NYTimes web site, and see if you don't get asked to allow
> > some cookies from non NYTimes sites?
> > 
> > Speaking of cookies, would it be bad to just use your firewall to block
> > cookies from all those obnoxious advertising places, or would that make the
> > browser hang up while the web page tries to download them on you?
> > 
> > Joel
> > 
> > 
> > On Sun, Apr 28, 2002 at 01:39:07PM -0700, Net Llama! wrote:
> > 
> >>Joel Hammer wrote:
> >>
> >>>Second item worth bringing up. I was running konqueror (redhat 7.1) as a
> >>>remote application on my wife's new linux box (an old retread win98 box),
> >>>and all was well. I was reading the NYTimes, which is free but full of popup
> >>>ads. I finally started rejecting cookies from those popup people. Suddenly,
> >>>I started getting plugin errors galore from konqueror, which made it almost
> >>>unusable. I restarted konqueror, with the same problem. So, I reset the
> >>>cookie policy to accept those cookies again, and the problem went away.
> >>>
> >>>This seems like a bug in konqueror or a clever way for the NYTimes to
> >>>avoid parasites like me. Has anyone else had a similar experience?
> >>
> >>I read the NYT website all the time with Mozilla.  My cookie preference 
> >>is set to
> >>allow only cookies originating from the site, and i don't have any problems.
> >>
> >>I've only encountered a 1-time popup at the NYT site, and it occurs on 
> >>the front
> >>page.
> 
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