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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 31 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

This new dialog obfuscates what can be deleted.

The old dialog gave you check boxes for:

Browsing & Download History

Active Logins

Form & Search History

Cache

Site Settings

Offline Website Data

To see the difference, open about:config, search for privacy.sanitize.useOldClearHistoryDialog and set it to true

(Restart Firefox to see the difference)

Old dialog:

They could at least have a button/tab/something to enable seeing this view.

[–] Bitrot@lemmy.sdf.org 8 points 4 months ago

What’s the difference between active logins and cookies?

Are offline pages used much anymore?

I don’t think it obfuscates it, it describes each (most) of those items while grouping them more logically. It is just less granular.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

Personally, I feel like more advanced use-cases are better covered by extensions.