Comments on: Opera Cookie Weirdness Explained (sort of)

By: Mungo

Mungo — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 20:29:50 +0000

This has all of the answers at least for Firefox:
How to delete all cookies in Firefox on closing, EXCEPT for those from selected domains!

By: Tedd

Tedd — Thu, 07 Sep 2006 00:03:42 +0000

I’ve been trying to get Opera to accept a cookie from a particular web site with no success. I have tried every combination I can think of, including setting Cookies>Advanced to “Accept Cookies” and setting the particular domain to “Accept Cookies.” But this particular web site still says I have cookies blocked. Any idea why that might be?

FWIW, the site is http://www.rvwiki.org, running WikiMedia 1.4rc1. I couldn’t find any evidence of cookie problems with WikiMedia, so I suspect the problem is with Opera.

By: Opera 9 Released | K-Squared Ramblings

Opera 9 Released | K-Squared Ramblings — Tue, 20 Jun 2006 17:03:28 +0000

[...] So far there are only two things I don’t like about it. I still have problems getting it to handle cookies the way I want it to, even with the new site-specific preferences. It looks like I should be able to tell it to delete all new cookies when closing except for particular sites, which I do in Firefox, but I still have to use the workaround from Opera 8 where I disable the setting, visit the site to get the “remember my login” cookie, close the browser, then re-enable it. [...]

By: Sam Brazier

Sam Brazier — Sun, 02 Apr 2006 19:33:55 +0000

Opera does in fact have a feature for keeping certain cookies from being deleted when you close it, altough it is a less-known feature…

1. Go to Tools > Advanced > Cookies

2. Click on the name of the site/address you want to keep a cookie for (not any sub-folders or files just the actual name)

3. Click on edit and un-check “use defaults for normal cookies”, then check the four options below it.

This will make Opera keep the cookie for the site you selected. Test it by setting Opera to delete cookies on close and then close and re-open Opera, the cookies you have just edited will be saved.

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By: JamesD

JamesD — Fri, 02 Sep 2005 03:16:35 +0000

Thanks for the tips regarding cookies. I also prefer the manner in which Firefox handles cookies but what can you do? I see your workaround. I’m wondering if it’s worth the effort. Is it better just to flush everything out when exiting and then renew it all when you log on? I guess it’s a matter of preference.