These are great, Doc! Thank you! On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 5:16 AM, Zack (Doc) <[email protected]> wrote:
> A couple analogies that I hope will help. > > Cookies are like a valet ticket for your car. You hang onto the ticket > (cookie) which only the valet will ask for, so they remember something > about you (not to need 2-step). If you lose your ticket (clear cookies), > you'll have to do something extra to get your car back (perform 2-step). > > Cache is like short-term memory. I remember what the valet guy looks > like, so I can identify him on site. If I clear that memory, I will have > to recognize him again, which might take longer. > > Marko's answers are good, but I typically find analogies help people > understand better. > > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2015 at 3:02 AM, Marko Vukovic <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hey Diane >> >> Since you are having no problems, I would leave that alone. Don't clear >> anything. >> >> A cookie is simply a small file, left in your browser profile somewhere >> by a website that it can then read upon your return for purposes of >> recalling for example, a particular preference. >> In the case of Google, it will use that cookie to remember that you >> wanted to stay signed in, and trust that computer (browser) for 2-step. >> If you deleted the cookie, you would have to sign in again and provide a >> 2-step code. >> >> The browser cache is used to speed up browsing by storing images and >> other content. In the case of Gmail, it will use the cache to store >> contents relating to emails so that it does not have to reload everything >> every time you open the page. >> The suggestion you've seen to clear cache and cookies will purge both, >> forcing the user to sign in again, and clearing the cache of any possible >> corruption preventing the web app from functioning properly. >> >> Hope that helps! >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Gmail-Users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gmail-users. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
