Modifying 'Privacy' setting quickly

[pbdb]

I don't like to accept served cookies so normally leave my setting at 'Block
All'. But some sites require them and so I have to get into Tools, Options,
Privacy, adjust the 'privacy' setting, Apply, log into the site, readjust my
'privacy' setting, apply, General tab, eliminate the cookie I was just
served, then 'OK' out of Tools. A lot of keystrokes and time just to
preserve my privacy and keep unwanted nastiness off my machine.

So, is there a way to do this with much less effort?

Thanks much.

Mike

 

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

When you visit a site with blocked cookies, there should be an icon in
the status bar that looks like a cookie or perhaps the bell of a tuba
and a red circle with a white line through it. If you dubble-click on
this and then click on the site, you can quickly set that particular web
site to "always allow" cookies, while leaving your defaults at "always
block".

 

[pbdb]

Hey Kent,

That speeds things up a bit. It'd still be nice to have software to have a
privacy report "slide bar" available all the time for changes, for folks
like me who care about these things. But I didn't know about this icon.
Thanks so much.

Mike