I actually recall options as: deny all cookies, allow first party cookies, allow all cookies, ask. (The latter one soon became unrealistic, but it was definitel

I actually recall options as: deny all cookies, allow first party cookies, allow all cookies, ask. (The latter one soon became unrealistic, but it was definitely in some of the earlier Netscape browsers.) Default was "allow first party cookies". Edit: Just rechecked, Netscape Communicator 4.7 (as of Nov. 1997) had the exclusive options (radio buttons) () Accept all cookies () Accept only cookies that get sent back to the originating server () Do not accept cookies and an additional checkbox [] Warn me before accepting cookies (the latter triggering a prompt for any attempt to set a cookie not already denied by the previous options). Edit 2: I got it (NS4.7) to display a cookie warning: The server 192.168.1.2 wishes to set a cookie that will be sent back to itself. The name and value of the cookie are: test=ABC This cookie will persist until Jun 7 10:42:41 2020 Do you wish to allow the cookie to be set? [Cancel] [OK] Mind (a) that all vital data is included in the message and (b) the kind of general competence expected from an average user, back in the day (long before URLs were deemed too complicated).