ubuntu + firefox 3.0 + http://localhost = cookies won’t work

If you are a web-developer who recently switched to linux, you are likely to encounter this bug sooner rather than later. In summary, when using firefox on ubuntu to test against local web-app, be ware that this bug prevents cookies from being saved and send back to server properly. The work-around is to use 127.0.0.1 instead of localhost.

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  1. That’s only the tip of the iceberg when trying to use linux for web development. My advice is devlop in whatever you like, but test in Windows and OSX virtual machines.

    Comment by Jamie Thompson, Sunday, March 8, 2009 @ 10:07 am

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