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NunyaBuzzness
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Status: New idea

    First I'm really pleased with Firefox in general. It's fast and runs well on my newish M2 MacBook Pro. Regular updates.  Most of the extensions I like.  It's clear the Mozilla crew is working hard. Thank You!

    Now, in the 'Privacy & Security' / 'Browsing data' settings selecting the option 'Clear data for specific sites' opens a popup titled 'Manage Cookies & Site Data' so right off bat I'm unclear. Reading the text below that makes matters worse. 'The following websites store cookies and site data on your computer.' What!?  Isn't 'clear' the opposite of 'store'?  So the sentence is in direct conflict with 'Clear data for specific sites'.  In the next sentence it defines what persistent storage is but it does not address whether the the sites added to the list have persistent or non-persistent storage. Ok, but irrelevant. Please try to make sense and change that title to something more specific.  How about 'Clear cookies & data for these specific sites'?  Words have meaning!

   I recently switched from Google Chrome version 114 until this old ass version that has excellent website data/cookie control became unusable. I like the layout. Later versions removed almost cookie control. Firefox has all of this control as far as I know but I like Google's v114 layout.  Here's the basic rundown and options:

Block or allow cookies and third party cookies, clear cookies and site data when windows are closed. You can override these. 
See all site data and permissions. Firefox has all this but google gives access all in one place. Subdomains are grouped together with the main domain. You can delete individual domain and subdomain data. And control permissions (camera, microphone, notifications,etc.)
These Lists:
Sites that can always use cookies (whitelist)
Always clear cookies when windows are closed
Sites that can never use cookies (blacklist)

    One more thing more platform related. At the bottom of the browsing data section selecting 'Clear cookies and site data every time you close Firefox'. I believe that on a Windows machine closing a website window effectively quits that instance of the web browser app and data for that site will be deleted. But, on my Mac it doesn't work that way.  With most apps including Firefox closing a window, indeed, closing all website windows does not quit the app and any data will persist until you actually quit Firefox. So beware.  Mozilla; please replace 'close' with 'quit' and everyone will understand.