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[John Bokma]

Ulrich Hobelmann <u.hobelmann at web.de> wrote:

> John Bokma wrote:
>> Ulrich Hobelmann <u.hobelmann at web.de> wrote:
>> 
>>> What I hate about most are the sites that don't even *mention* that
>>> they want cookies.  Often I have to wonder, reinput input fields etc.
>>> and then after ten minutes trying *bang*, the idea, maybe to allow
>>> cookies for that site.
>> 
>> So your browser doesn't warn you?
> 
> About what?

That the site wants to set a cookie? Lynx does that.

> I have cookies off, with explicit exception for sites where 
> I want cookies.  When the crappy website doesn't bother to MENTION that 
> it wants cookies, i.e. give me an error page, how am I to know that it 
> needs cookies?  Do I want EVERY website to ask me "do you allow XY to 
> set a cookie?"  NO!

So what do you want? An error page for every site that wants to set a 
cookie?

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