Browse board with cookies?

[Sharg]

'Browse board with cookies?
Clicking yes will use cookies to keep your id for this session. Clicking no will send it through the links. (Selecting no may cause problems with proxies)'

What would be the interest for anyone to set "no" there ?
I don't get the pros and cons of this. Could someone explain please ?

Thanks,

[Chris Schreiber]

This was done so that multiple people using the same Proxy server (ie, the same IP address) could use cookies to track who they are.

[Sharg]

What would you recommend as the default setting Chris ?

[Mike Sullivan]

Yes.

[Mike Sullivan]

Also, selecting no allows you to browse without cookies to manage your login.

[bira]

Ed, the BB cookies are very important for me as I use them for other new functions I am adding to the site. Can you please tell me what to expect now with the new vB version? Will cookies be eliminated? Or how will it work?

Sorry, the sessionhash confuses the hell out of me

[Wayne Luke]

With sessions and the sessionhash you now have two different types of Cookies.

1) Session Cookies - These hold information that is only valid until the current session expires or the browser is closed. This is where the sessionhash gets stored as it will change everytime you visit a community. Most browsers store session cookies in memory and never right them to disk.

2) Browser Cookies - These are the small files that are written to your diskdrive. With vBulletin, this file will contain userid, password, lastvisitdate, etc...

What the sessionhash does is enable people who prefer not to use cookies to still only log in once per visit. This makes a better experience for them. Basically think of it like a cookie passed in the URL of the page instead of hidden by the browser. Currently in vBulletin, you log in behind the scenes every time you access a page and the valid cookie isn't there. The sessionhash will prevent a disk read on the client machine and improve performance for the end user.

[Edited by wluke on 01-22-2001 at 11:15 PM]

[bira]

Wluke, thanks for the explanation. I appreciate it.

[Wayne Luke]

You are Welcome. :)

[YellowKard]

Will this new version be able to track what posts you've read? (such as displaying them as read after you read them...)

[Joe]

Yup.