Cookie Preferences  
 

Cookie Preferences allows you to keep track of both the cookies stored on your computer and the servers you've chosen to accept or reject cookies from, as well as configure OmniWeb's behavior regarding cookies. (If you're not familiar with web cookies, you may want to read About Cookies before reading the rest of this section.)

Default action for new cookies - Here you can chose what OmniWeb will do by default when it's asked to accept a cookie:

  • Prompt on each cookie - OmniWeb will ask you what to do with each cookie it's asked to accept, and remember what you answer. See the Cookie Panel help for more info.
  • Accept: keep at end of session - OmniWeb will accept every cookie it's given. When OmniWeb quits, all cookies that haven't yet expired will be saved.
  • Accept: discard when quitting - OmniWeb will accept every cookie it's given, but won't remember them after it's been quit and reopened.
  • Reject - All cookes will be rejected.

Cookies table - In this table, you can inspect your per-site cookie settings and see all the cookies you've accepted. Cookies are sorted by site; click the triangle next to a site to see the cookies you've accepted from that site. The controls below the table will change depending on what you've selected.

If you select a site, a popup menu appears below the table, allowing you to choose how OmniWeb will handle cookies from that site (or domain). If Use Default Behavior is chosen, the setting from the Default action for new cookies popup is used; otherwise, your choice in the Selected Site popup will override the default for that site.

The listing for an individual cookie has two columns: on the left is the path within the site for which the cookie is valid, and on the right is the name of the cookie. Selecting a cookie entry will show the cookie's value, its expiration date, and whether it's from a secure web site.

Clicking the Delete button below the table will delete the selected lines, causing Omniweb to forget either cookies or site-specific settings depeding on what is selected.

Related Topics
About Cookies
The Cookie panel
Using the Preferences window

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