Re: Firefox 44 removes privacy feature.

[Robin Laing]

On 02/02/16 23:02, Robin Laing wrote:
> On 02/02/16 21:58, Bernardo Sulzbach wrote:
> > Why would they remove it? Was it a big maintenance burden? Seems
> > something reasonable to keep around.
>
> There was an issue with poorly written sites opening hundreds of cookie
> requests.  So to fix that problem they now have two choices.
>
> Accept or don't accept.
>
> Also, if you choose accept, it defaults to accept third party cookies as
> well.
>
> As I said, post your comments on the bug 660507.
>
> I have added the proper link this time.
>
> Must have been screwed up due to cookie issues.
>
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=606655

It is really 606655

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=606655

I have tested the link this time.

This is a pain.  I am frustrated and my productivity has taken a nose dive.

Robin