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    Safari 3.1 & cookies issue

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Budding, Mar 18, 2008.

  1. Budding

    Budding Notebook Virtuoso

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    Am I the only person who is experiencing the slowdown caused by the way Safari checks for cookies everytime I visit a website? It seems Apple has not addressed this issue at all in the new Safari update.
     
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    Are you saying that 3.1 is slower than 3.0 because of this, or just that Apple didn't address the issue from 3.0? I've started using Safari most of the time, and it sure seems snappy to be (I've used Firefox and Camino - I love Camino's download manager, but scrolling on some sites is VERY choppy).
     
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  3. Budding

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    The problem I have with Safari is that as I use it to visit websites, all the cookies I get, may it be for log in info or some random stupid advertisement cookie (which I cannot block from dumping cookies as Safari does not allow cookie control on a domain level), are stored in a linear way. So, after a month or so, when I visit a website such as Notebookreview, which dumps about 5-10 cookies every page, each of those cookies does a highly inefficient linear search through my bloated cookie jar, making my OS X beachball for a few seconds every time.

    Of course, you could say that I should just delete my cookies. But, if I were to do that, I would have to re-login on every website that I visit which requires a login, not to mention having to re-set certain options which were stored in cookies from other sites.

    I currently use Opera, which enables me to block cookies coming from certain domains only. It also organises cookies by domain name, so I can delete every cookie associated with a website in one click. Also, it probably searches through the cookies in a more efficient way than Safari, as I never beachball with Opera.

    However, I have issues with Opera, which is why I am keen to switch back to Safari. But, I have the odd feeling that either everyone else who uses Safari gets rid of all their cookies on a monthly basis, or don't mind beachballing for a few seconds everytime they visit a website.

    Or am I simply being stupid and missing the magical option in Safari that allows me to manage cookies effectively?
     
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  4. Robgunn

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    I delete my cookies everyday. I don't mind having to re-type login credentials as I don't visit very many sites that require it, so I don't experience the dreaded big O(n) cookie search.

    Maybe Cocoa Cookies can help you manage your cookies.
     
    Robgunn, Mar 18, 2008
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  5. knightingmagic

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    I'm guessing most people don't care about waiting. There must be some sort of hack floating around.
     
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    Uncertain why but I get browser the issues whenever I bring a new mac machine on my network. My only means of getting the browser to function with quick speeds is to set the DNS to 4.2.2.2 something I picked up last year on apple support forums. As soon as these credentials are entered in my browsing speeds burst through the roof... Unsure if it'll help you but it always helps me.
     
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