[Webkit-unassigned] [Bug 36013] private browsing reverses cookie settings without notice

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https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36013





--- Comment #4 from chuck at hyped2death.com  2010-03-13 19:47:29 PST ---
>Just to double-check that I understood this correctly - are you saying that the
preference for cookies (as visible in Safari preferences UI) gets reset after
switching to private browsing? 

Yes, that's exactly right.

>Do any other preferences exhibit this behavior? 

None that I can trigger - database storage settings, pop-up controls, etc. are
all unaffected

>I was asking to try Safari ("silver-and-blue" Safari 4.0.4, not a WebKit
nightly) in a new user account created via Mac OS X Control Panel just for
this. 

When I sign in as a guest, the stock silver-and-blue Safari 4.0.4 takes me
straight to the animated "Hollywood Squares" introduction with the default
bookmarks, etc. And I have exactly the same problem: I switch preferences to
accept cookies "Never" then turn on private browsing, and when I reopen
preferences cookies have been re-set to "only from sites I visit".

Running my recent Webkit from a guest log-in it's the same way.

One thing I did notice when I restarted again and logged back on with my admin
account (I hadn't logged out for probably 6 months) - Eudora 6.2.4 loaded
significantly faster (I've got huge mailboxes) - Photoshop might be faster,
too, though MS Office is still slow.  But like I said, there's no change to the
private browsing problem.

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