- From: Stephen Farrell <stephen.farrell@cs.tcd.ie>
- Date: Mon, 08 Jan 2007 17:14:14 +0000
- To: Mary Ellen Zurko <Mary_Ellen_Zurko@notesdev.ibm.com>
- CC: public-wsc-wg@w3.org
Mary Ellen Zurko wrote: > > I blow hot and cold on the notion of a safe browsing mode being useful. Tend to agree. FWIW, I also occasionally need a "dangerous mode" where I use a separate browser for things I need to do, but where my preferred browser/settings just won't allow whatever it is (or changing 'em is too much hassle). Generally, this is for dealing with fairly dumb commerce sites (hotels, sometimes holidays) that are generally one-offs (so not worth the hassle of figuring out how to make it work without messing up normal operation). What I do is start another browser, only used for that purpose, with default/loose settings, do whatever I have to, and then wipe all the private data. If I could do that wipe selectively instead in my usual browser, that'd maybe be good (e.g. wipe the last N minutes of cookies/active-x/other-crap that's been deposited in my browser) that'd be nice. I guess you could call this a kind of attempted sandboxing or something, but, just like with a "safe mode," a "dangerous mode" could be fairly dodgy, so I'd also be luke-warm on this, S.
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