Just tested this extension using Orion 0.99.117-beta.
It seems to be cleaning data correctly on browser start (see extension log in screenshot), but it's still not performing an auto-clean on tab close or when the clean button is pressed.
Just tested this extension using Orion 0.99.117-beta.
It seems to be cleaning data correctly on browser start (see extension log in screenshot), but it's still not performing an auto-clean on tab close or when the clean button is pressed.
In addition to this report, I can also report that the dropdown window from the extensions menubar is rendered too small. This seems no problem for the OP, but for me, it looks like this:
Tested in:
Version 0.99.123.3.3-rc (WebKit 616.1.4.5)
MacBook Pro (macOS Ventura 13.3 build 22E252)
janpeeters perhaps Orion should do this natively? I think we already have a similar option somewhere?
HI @Vlad I'm not sure I understand fully. You mean displaying the extension window smaller? Or a Cookie Auto delete function? If it's the latter, CAD has much more granular settings as to when to auto delete cookies.
Experiencing this issue on my system as well
0.99.123.3-beta
Ventura 13.3.1
Seems to now be clearing cookies! Unsure of other aspects of the extension, will need more tested. (Orion Version 0.99.124.1-beta)
Confirming that this extension doesn't seem to work properly, whether in Chrome or Firefox mode. I'm not wedded to this extension in particular, but if anyone can suggest any other cookie manager that works in Orion (or native way of autoclearing everything except a whitelist), would be great. Thanks
janpeeters The UI issue happens in other extensions as well. It seems to be a more general bug with extension UI. An example with Strongbox https://orionfeedback.org/d/6604-strongbox-ui-issue-expand-popup/2
In align with the privacy rich features of Orion browser, I would LOOOVE to see an auto delete cookie feature.
While browsing the web, you often visit websites you don't frequent - blogs, news websites, seo riddled junk etc. Most of which are notorious for including large amounts of first party and third party cookies.
Orion could natively support popular extensions like Cookie AutoDelete: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autodelete/
When turned on, it will automatically deletes cookies of the websites you just visited, after a configurable <N> seconds, upon closing the tab.
The wait period of <N> seconds is to support the scenario where you might accidentally close a tab and want to go reopen the closed tab.
It will also support whitelisting domains for which cookies will be retained and not auto deleted. This is useful for websites you might frequent, and might want to stay logged in, for example. Whitelisting can be easily done from the website settings menu (gear icon near the address bar).
If possible, it should also differentiate between cookies for root domains and subdomains. For example, in the above extension you can selectively whitelist cookies either for *.google.com, or just for *.accounts.google.com. If you just want to use Gmail for example, you can get away with whitelisting only *.accounts.google.com, and don't have to whitelist the entire *.google.com space, which could include *.analytics.google.com as well, for example.
My current workaround is to disable cookies for all websites by default from the Website settings. And only selectively enable cookies from the gear icon for websites I want to enable cookies for.
The issue with this approach is that a lot of websites straightup refuse to function without cookies enabled. A lot of websites using the Cloudflare "verify you're a human", and you can't get past it without enabling cookies, sometimes it will only work in compatibility mode.
I could never get Gmail to work this way because of the numerous redirects they do while logging in - so now all Google stuff stays in a profile of it's own.
With this feature, the whole experience makes it so you can seamlessly browse any and all websites (no cookies are blocked), but as you leave those websites, they're automatically cleaned up, leaving no trace in your browser.
Since Cookie Autodelete still doesn't work right in Orion, at least for me, and correlates with Orion hanging, and since the reasonable options are in the global settings, I've logged:
https://orionfeedback.org/d/8467-cookie-retention-privacy-should-also-be-by-site
FYI, so i just installed Cookie Auto Delete (Firefox) again and it seems to be deleting cookies - but no cache.
So, i've installed Clear Browsing Data to delete all the cache (but no cookies.)
This way, i can whitelist some websites to keep the cookies, and delete all other cache via a button click to get some more privacy.
Seems to be a workaround that works for now, until a fix is implemented.
Nya
At least on my system, Cookies-AutoDelete is unusable. Settings are squished.
The big irony is, it remembered my previous settings and log; apparently I uninstalled it (after debugging why Orion RC was hanging so often) on April 2nd. Let's see if Orion is any better nearly five months later. (Cookie-AutoDelete hasn't been changed in two years.)