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joystmp

AFAIK Firefox doesn't allow clearing passwords on exit.

I understand, it looks like a missed opportunity?

Site settings refer to site specific preferences (that have been modified from default).

Screenshot please. Any idea how would this look in Orion because are site settings are usually one variable, not multiple in a group like this?

I don't know the positives for having all these settings for when a tab is closed

I remember this being requested previously (I guess there are users super conscious about privacy)

      Vlad

      I understand, it looks like a missed opportunity?

      What if someone deletes all passwords by mistake?

      Screenshot please.

      I don't have screenshot for this. Basically what I understand is that, suppose by default, camera is disabled for all websites except one. So clearing Site settings would also delete this exception, else it will persist across sessions.

      Any idea how would this look in Orion because are site settings are usually one variable, not multiple in a group like this?

      You already have Websites window in preferences where site specific settings are saved.

      I remember this being requested previously (I guess there are users super conscious about privacy)

      In that case, have a look at this extension https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autodelete/ I do not know how much it is functional in Orion.

      • Vlad replied to this.

          joystmp

          You already have Websites window in preferences where site specific settings are saved.

          This allows a single setting to be toggled (usually on/off) per site. In this case the user may want different settings for auto-delete on quit per website?

              Vlad

              different settings for auto-delete on quit per website

              Even Firefox doesn't allow that much of a granularity.

              • Vlad replied to this.

                  joystmp Our goal is not to be same as other browsers but better! 😉 Thanks for the suggestion.

                      14 days later

                      joystmp In Firefox about:preferences#privacy, under Cookies and Site Data heading, you'll find Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed with Manage Exceptions beside it.

                      This option looks like this:

                      I like it because Firefox will automatically clear cookies, cache, third-party data of the first-party site, etc. of all websites once I close it. I can add websites I want to allowlist under Manage Exceptions.

                      That way, I don't have to constantly re-login back into sites I use every day, while deleting less frequented site data.

                        6 days later
                        • This would be classified as a privacy feature and is something already implemented in Chromium and Firefox.
                        • In a similar way to allowing exceptions to cookie usage, exceptions should be able to be created for not clearing cookies and site data on close.
                          • The ability to add exceptions in the website settings menu would be extremely convenient and would be a major UX improvement over other browsers.
                        • This functionality provides more convenience over simply disabling cookies and allowing exceptions.
                        • Such functionality is recommended by PrivacyGuides.org in their browser hardening guide.

                        I personally require this feature in any browser and is the primary reason I do not use Safari.

                          Merged 2 posts from Clear cookies and site data when you close all windows.

                            eirk

                            @Vlad I posted this comment, but then it shows me as [deleted] website was glitched, it didn't load at first. Now it's fine.

                                16 days later

                                Hot off the press: Firefox plans to streamline both of these options together (Delete cookies and site data when Firefox is closed and Clear history when Firefox closes), which probably should've been done a long time ago.

                                Source

                                • Vlad replied to this.

                                  yokoffing Can you translate this into a concrete setting in Orion?

                                      3 months later

                                      Hi, I'm also looking for this option. See screenshot.

                                      This is really useful in Firefox. This is the only thing that's missing for me to switch from Firefox to Orion/Kagi.

                                      This helps for example: when I'm sharing my laptop with someone else, I just need to close the browser and open it up again. History becomes blank, but because of the way I ticked the boxes in the screenshot, my logins/cookies are still there and I don't have to log back in again.

                                      Another way to do that kind of behaviour would be to manually click "Clear browsing data" every time someone wants to use the laptop, but it feels like the person has something to hide (?).

                                      Not to mention other use cases, e.g. someone else might be OK with keeping history but want to be logged off all websites on Exit, then s/he would tick "Cookies" and "Active Logins" for example.

                                        I am looking for someone to summarize this giant thread in a concrete, minimal ask based on the discussion.

                                          13 days later

                                          Feature configurable in Settings that allows user to select ON or OFF separately for each of the following action to be done automatically

                                          When browser quits:

                                          • Delete ALL Browsing History
                                          • Delete ALL Download History
                                          • Delete ALL Cookies
                                          • Delete ALL Cache
                                          • Delete ALL Form History
                                          • Delete ALL Offline Website Data
                                          • Delete ALL Site Settings ("allow microphone", "allow camera", ... that's different from default settings)
                                          • Delete ALL Active Logins (it's the HTTP Basic Auth saved user/password, unrelated to cookies)

                                          Then, have a button to allow Users to write in text for list of Targeted Sites and list of Exception Sites
                                          (ideally a textarea with some instructions, e.g. separate sites by a newline)

                                          • If user puts a regexp URI in the Targeted Sites list, then do the above actions only for the sites that match the regexp URI in Targeted Sites
                                          • If user puts a regexp URI in the Exception Sites, then do the above actions for everything except for the sites that match the regexp URI in Exception Sites

                                          In the case that something matches both lists, honor Exception over Targeted (i.e. do not delete if it's in both Exception and Targeted, as it would be less destructive)

                                          Regexp should follow POSIX Extended Regular Expression standard, e.g.

                                          *.google.com would match everything under google.com including accounts.google.com, etc
                                          *.(facebook|fb).com would match both facebook.com and fb.com

                                            6 months later
                                            13 days later

                                            gcqd I like your approach and it is quite easy to do. However we need help simplifying this.

                                                Would be great to be able to configure cookies to be auto deleted on browser close (or on a set timer). Much better alternative than having to manually clear them every morning