NFN Smith wrote:
G. Ross wrote:
>
>Clear cache and cookies and reload.
>
I cleared the cache and now it times out on weather.com without
loading anything. It will load other websites. I chickened out on
clearing cookies.
The only thing you lose by clearing cookies is if you want
persistent authentication from session to session. Personally, I'm
fine with authenticating myself on a new session (especially with
using the Password Manager), but you may prefer not having to do
those logins. I'm doubtful that clearing cookies will clear this
problem, but if you can handle having to authenticate yourself once
to all the sites you log into....
Many sites also store user preferences there. For example, when I visit
weather.com (which BTW loads instantly), SM prompts me with a notice
that the site wants to know my location. Obviously, different weather
stories will be of interest if I'm in Boston or Honolulu. Similarly, if
I visit YouTube and turn off Autoplay, the site saves that pref in a
cookie so I don't have to keep turning it off every time I view a new
video. If I clear the cookie, YouTube forgets my preference and resets
AutoPlay to the default ("on") value. YouTube and many other sites also
save things like volume settings in cookies, so if I play several
videos, the second and third ones start at the same 60% volume that I
chose for the first one instead of the default 100%.
I could go on all night. The point is, there's a lot more to cookies
than logins and NSA/Google tracking. If the OP tries clearing them, my
bet is it'll solve his problem because something got corrupted. But I
won't hold a gun to his head.
--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
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