[postfuturist]

Cookie handling needs to be visible, not just for devs, but normal users. Maybe a little bar that shows that first party and 3rd party domains are offering cookies and users can allow them as needed or set defaults they are happy with (like having to white-list third-party cookies on an as-needed basis instead of allowing everyone to track you by default). Not only would these cookie controls allow for easier development, but they would make it obvious that sending cookies back to a site is something that the browser (as an agent for the user) is doing voluntarily on behalf of the user, so we can do away with "cookie laws". The fact that cookie laws exist is related to the fact that nobody understands that accepting/using cookies is perfectly voluntary. Nobody knows this because cookies management is insanely obscure and difficult in all browsers Firefox inclusive.