Firefox: Help keep me signed into a website

[mr.sly]

I recently made the switch to Firefox after using Opera for at least 2 years. But I keep coming across a weird bug (I hope).

When browsing the internet some sites will again me to sign in again, even though I've pressed "remember me". At first I thought Firefox was deleting my cookies, but I can go onto another site and still be signed in.

There doesn't seem to be any pattern, it happens at random times on random websites. Sometimes I'm asked to sign into Gmail again and sometimes OcUK.

Is there any settings I can check or settings to tweak in about:config to fix this?

 

[C64]

You sure it's not an app you are running that is deleting cookies such as spybot or ccleaner ? anyway the setting is in tools options privacy

 

[GhostlyPea]

Tools --> Options --> Privacy --> Private Data (at the bottom)

Either of those ticked?

- Pea0n

 

[mr.sly]

Don't run any programs like CCleaner or Spybot. I do have Defender but I don't think that deletes any data.

That's my settings in privacy. Everything looks okay to me. And I never clear the cache or private data.

 

[mrk]

You can also force sites that don't store passwords and usernames to do just that by creating a new bookmark and changing the URL to

javascript:(function(){var%20df=document.forms,dfe,i,j,x,y;df=document.forms;for(i=0;i<df.length;++i){x=df[i];dfe=x.elements;if(x.attributes['autocomplete']){x.attributes['autocomplete'].value='on';}for(j=0;j<dfe.length;++j){y=dfe[j];if(y.attributes['autocomplete']){y.attributes['autocomplete'].value='on';y.style.backgroundImage='url(http://thatha.qlabs.gr/res/smile.gif)';y.style.backgroundRepeat='no-repeat';y.style.backgroundPosition='center%20left';y.style.paddingLeft='22px';}}}})();

I use this to save various logons for sites that don't allow you to save passwords

 

[mr.sly]

Okay, it just happened for Google Reader, so I checked the cookies. Some are set to expire today while some are set to expire 2010. Is there anyway I can set the cookies to never expire, so I don't need to keep logging back in?

Edit[/]It seems if I reload the page, without trying to log back in. It'll take me into my account anyway. This is getting too confusing now.

 

[zzzJonny]

I use a Firefox extension called "Add N Edit Cookies" and amongst other things, you can change the expiration date.

Are you sure that the sites are making it remember you forever and not just for 2 weeks or something?

 

[mr.sly]

Cheers I'll take a look.

And Gmail, Reader, Last.FM only offer a "Remember Me" button which is always checked. Not sure why it's doing this.