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I don't think this would help. I've watched people deal with the unknown SSL certificate prompts in Firefox...they just mash "OK" "Accept" "Agree" until the SS

I don't think this would help. I've watched people deal with the unknown SSL certificate prompts in Firefox...they just mash "OK" "Accept" "Agree" until the SSL warnings go away. Only a handful of sites use SSL certs, but every site uses cookies. Many sites use multiple cookies. Can you imagine the nightmare of that many popups asking you about every cookie?

mgkimsal 15y ago
I said nothing about popups. popups are horrible. Once you've said yes or no to them, you can't ever go back and review what you did. A small sidebar widget that opened when clicked to give you a clear view of the cookies that are associated with the current page, with a quick 'delete' on each or all if you're not comfortable with the info there, would be great. It shouldn't require firebug or 4-5 levels of "advanced" preferences menus to view stuff like that. That level of hiddenness contributes to paranoia about stupid stuff. In some sense we're a bit past that (I'm thinkin 1997-2000 era panic about "cookies") but it still continues with new generations of users, and it's not gotten any easier to view this fundamental stuff that's being tracked right on your own computer.