This practice can help advertisers serve up ads that are better-targeted to one's activities and interests, but can irritate those who are looking to keep their Web activities private. So, what does this all mean for a typical Firefox fan? In short, the patch (politely) sticks it to third-party advertisers who normally drop cookies on one's browsing experience in order to discern how users surf the Web. The patch will spend about 6 weeks each in the pre-alpha, alpha, and beta builds," he added. "Just to be sure, the Mozilla privacy team is closely monitoring the policy before final release. A few websites may require a tiny code change to accommodate Firefox in the same way as Safari," Mayer wrote on his website (Opens in a new window). Safari's cookie policy has been in place for over a decade, and it is included in both the desktop and iOS versions of the browser.
The patch, contributed by Stanford grad student Jonathan Mayer, is scheduled to hit Firefox version 22 we're currently on Firefox version 19. However, it's unclear exactly when the new feature might make its debut. In other words, the browser will mimic the functionality that fans of Apple's Safari have already been enjoying for some time now. You might be waiting a little bit for the privilege, but Mozilla will soon be implementing a new feature that will allow the Firefox browser to block cookies from third-party advertisers by default.
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