Macintosh version ゥ Copyright 1997 by Clynton Caines
cainesc@aspen.uml.edu
http://www.chelmsford.com/home/star/
ABOUT CookieCommander
CookieCommander is an application that cleans the Cookies file that a web browser maintains. Like its predecessor, NoMoreCookies, CCommander allows you to delete the file at once. With CCommander, a user can choose which cookies to keep and which to throw away. Cookies can be selected as "Gourmet" which will make CCommander skip over them when cleaning the file. Many options are customizable. For instance, you can choose to have CCommander simply delete the file when run or clean the file getting rid of non-gourmet cookies. In this case, the application would run in the background and not show the cookie window.
CookieCommander basically replaces NoMoreCookies. Navigator Cookie files and those of other Browsers are supported. At this time, Explorer Cookie files are not, since they seem to be either scattered all over or hidden from a plain text reader. The preferences menu item allows you to configure the application. Cookie files belonging to other applications can only be shown and deleted. This type of support was a conscious decision since there are so many Browsers out there.
CookieCommander was created to help users get some leverage in the privacy wars on the net. It is hoped that Browser vendors handle user information more carefully -- encrypting everything before saving it to disk if necessary.
CookieCommander is Shareware. To register, please send $10 and the application number to the address below. Also send contact information so that a registration number may be issued to you.
NOTES:
A small addition was made to version 1.0 to allow the user to toggle the DEFAULT action of the application (see preferences dialog). Just press the "Control" key while starting the application and if the preferences are set to handle the file without showing the cookies/cookie file dialog, the app will go ahead and show it. Also, a sure-fire way to find the cookie file on the main hard-drive was implemented.
If a cookie file is saved as a plain text form (html excluded), the dialog will shows that file will be edittable. If CCommander detects unexpected characters the file can only be deleted.
If you are not using Navigator (or any of it's sister applications) you will be required to selected the cookie file for the browser you use. Be careful here, because any file you select can later be deleted (CCommander will ask first).
REQUIREMENTS:
CookieCommander does not require AppleScript. It is a stand alone application. MacOS 7.0 and above are required, but OS 6 was not tested.
FUTURE WORK:
Perhaps in the furure, Navigator cookie and history files will be supported at the same time. Also, recent versions of Explorer have sufficiently obscured the cookie data. If that changes, CookieCommander might then support it.
DISCLAIMER:
This README file must be included in any distribution of CookieCommander. If a fee will be charged by any commercial entity for inclusion of this application in a distribution CD or the like, that entity must obtain prior written approval from the creator. A licensing fee of one distribution CD or $2 is requested, but not required.
This Application is Shareware : When the rules of Shareware are followed, other applications may become Freeware (like NoMoreCookies). So, please send the small fee of $10 if you find CookieCommander useful.
All versions of CookieCommander are distributed as is. There is no warranty expressed or implied regarding it's use or misuse. The user is expected to know the name or location of the Cookie file used by the web-browsing application if other than what CCommander expects. Caution should be used if this is not the case, because any file that is selected can potentially be reduced to nothing in seconds.
Please note that NoMoreCookies is no longer fully supported. If problems arise, use CookieCommander. If you desire CookieCommander to work exactly like NoMoreCookies, please send email to the address below. Thank you.
http://www.chelmsford.com/home/star/
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Please send Shareware fee to:
Clynton Caines
1 Universal Ave.
Lowell, MA 01854
Cainesc@aspen.uml.edu
Remember to include the application number (from the Register Menu) and information
on where to send the Registration Number (a simple email address will suffice).