Reviews for Cookiebro - Cookie Manager
Cookiebro - Cookie Manager by Nodetics
12 reviews
- Rated 3 out of 5by Alex_ReD, 8 months agoStopped properly working at least a few weeks ago. Seems like manually cleaning website data does clean localstorage and whatever else (because I have to re-enable push notifications and change some site settings), but doesn't log me off. Fx 129 x64
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 12338573, 8 months agoI downloaded this for the claimed ability to import cookies.
After wasting extensive amounts of time trying to figure out how, and reading numerous reviews, it appears this function doesn't exist any more.
There is not even the 'editor' option claimed. I have no editor.
Either I'm doing something stupid or this extension doesn't do what it claims!
If, indeed, there is a way to import cookies then it's been well hidden. I'd be willing to revise this review (if this extension does do what it says on the can and someone can point me to how to do it).
Update: I've revised my rating from a one star to three star following the developer's response below (thank you). I've now been able to find the import function.
I've not upgraded it to a 5 for two reasons:
1) The documentation is not great. How to access the import function should have been available in the "Help" and
2) Even with the developer's message below it took me a while to figure out because he doesn't seem to have taken into account that not everybody has every extension on their toolbar! I don't have any and so I was opening the extension to try and find the import function and the option just wasn't there. When he says, "click the Cookiebro extension icon" what he means is "Add the Cookiebro extension to your TOOLBAR and then click on it"Developer response
posted 8 months agoClick the Cookiebro extension icon and then select "Cookie Editor". In that screen there's import cookies icon too. - Rated 3 out of 5by Kate, 4 years agoThe setting "Auto-delete indexedDB and localStorage of websites at browser startup" causes blank pages for several sites including imgur, ticktick.com, and qfc.com. Clearing cookies now throws an error message as well.
- Rated 3 out of 5by John Corliss, 5 years agoIt works, but I really don't like cookie logging. I very much don't like the way that cookie logging is enabled by default either and how it resets to being enabled whenever I run CCleaner and Bleachbit on my system. Other than that though, this extension does a great job of deleting unwanted cookies without restarting Firefox, and it also does great at protecting cookies that I don't want to lose. As I said though, logging should be turned off by default. In fact, I don't see any excuse for there to be logging of cookies in any event. I see it as a possible privacy exploit. Webextension data SHOULD be cleaned. Perhaps the extensions settings should be stored some other way if possible. I have no intention of ending my use of such tools as CCleaner and Bleachbit.
Developer response
posted 5 years agoLogging can be turned off in Cookiebro Options. If CCleaner or some other tool you use deletes WebExtension storage data, it's hardly a valid reason to give Cookiebro just 3 stars. Instead, CCleaner and other apps like that should improve their products so that they don't delete WebExtension data. Or just stop using such tools.
EDIT: if CCleaner / Bleachbit deletes the "Don't log" setting, then it will also delete your whitelist, blacklist and other settings since storing those settings is done using the same API call. If you really want to wipe all settings of all your extensions and then manually reimport those settings, go ahead but it's your choice. - Rated 3 out of 5by CodemanV, 6 years ago*** EDIT ***
All of a sudden for some bizarre reason the Whitelist is empty when I run Firefox, every session I can add sites to the Whitelist but on relaunching Firefox it reverts the Whitelist back to empty :(
*** END EDIT ***
Finally! A decent cookie manager that actually works for the stupidly restrictive, uncustomisable and broken mess that is Firefox Quantum 60+ ... or as I call it, Firefox Can't 'um do anything useful with it.Developer response
posted 5 years agoHave you changed your Firefox settings or done tweaks in about:config? What does this site tell you: https://firefox-storage-test.glitch.me/
PS. Please don't use reviews to create support requests. Send them to nodetics@gmail.com - Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 15042220, 6 years agoVery unintuitive. What is the default action for cookies with this addon? What happens to cookies that are neither whitelisted nor blacklisted? I have this add on installed and I honestly still don't know how my browser treats a cookie from a brand new site. What is the point of a cookie log that doesn't tell you how the cookies were handled? How should content blocking in Firefox settings be configured? Why write an addon with zero documentation? Hey, geeks can use it so who cares about normal people?
Ugh I miss the old Cookie Monster addon, so intuitive and easy.Developer response
posted 6 years agoCookies that are not whitelisted get "unwanted" status which means that they are subject to deletion either periodically or upon browser startup (see Cookiebro Options page to define how you want it to behave).
In the Cookie Log there is column called "Decision" which is either "Set" or "Blocked". If it says "Set" it means cookie was stored and if it says "Blocked" it means cookie was rejected.
Firefox should be set to allow cookies so that Cookiebro can take care of the handling. - Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 14464303, 6 years ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 14364664, 6 years agoCool addon, but cookie search is a bit strange. It would be more logical to filter search results according to searched expression. If this functionality is added in the future, I will increase my rating :)
Developer response
posted 5 years agoCookiebro 2.16.0+ now hides elements that don't match the search so it works by filtering. Enjoy! - Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13311615, 6 years agoI hope to support the traditional Chinese interface.
- Rated 3 out of 5by Andis Grosšteins, 7 years agoCookiebro is a functional cookie manager but UI needs some work and UX improvements.
For example: Current search implementation in cookies editor is of little use when there are more than a few dozen sites with cookies and I have 477 sites. Filtering and displaying only matching entries would be a much better approach. Just like the old Firefox cookies manager or about:config page.
I'd like to also suggest merging all different add-on pages in a single page with tabbed UI.Developer response
posted 5 years agoCookiebro 2.16.0+ now hides elements that don't match the search so it works by filtering. Enjoy! - Rated 3 out of 5by Firefox user 13782747, 7 years agoI was hoping this would automatically work with the whitelist I set up in Firefox Options before my prior cookie button fell victim to Quantum, rather than having to rebuild a new whitelist. I would like to use Firefox Options to block all cookies, then use a simple add-on button to whitelist particular sites. (Going Firefox Options to add exception is a big huge pain when you are in the middle of something.)
Developer response
posted 7 years agoThere's no WebExtension API for accessing or managing the Firefox internal whitelist so what you are asking is impossible (at least at the moment).
However, I recommend you to use just Cookiebro. First allow all cookies in Firefox settings. Then in Cookiebro "Enable blacklist filtering" in Options, enter one line to blacklist: *.* and then whitelist the sites you want either by using the Cookiebro whitelist or when needed using the Cookiebro extension icon action. That will then completely block all cookies except the ones you whitelist.
You don't need the Firefox internal whitelist system at all and as you said, it's very cumbersome to use.