[plt-scheme] annoying cookies and doc search box

On Sat, 15 Nov 2008, Dimitris Vyzovitis wrote:

> The search box has started leaving cookies in the browser, which is 
> *extremely* annoying when searching the docs in local installation with 
> firefox 3.
>
> Specifically, when the browser option for asking before setting cookies is 
> enabled the damn thing will keep asking every time (even when you accept the 
> first time and ask it to stop asking!), presumably because there is no site. 
> The cookie disalog is presented as "the site file:// wants to set a cookie 
> blah blah blah".
>
> I don't know whether this is a bug in firefox or a bug in the generated docs, 
> but why is the search box setting cookies in the first place? At the very 
> least, when browsing locally from the file system it should not.
>
> firefox 3.0.3, GNU, plt-4.1.2.5 if you want to reproduce

Firefox bug apparently:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=430045

-- vyzo