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 == Motivation ==
-The primary purpose of this feature is to enable users to set preferences for certain core browser and content settings (f.e. text zoom, page style, and character encoding) on a site-specific rather than tab- or page-specific basis and to persist those preferences across page visits and browsing sessions.
+The purpose of this feature is to enable users to set preferences for browser and content settings (f.e. text zoom, page style, and character encoding) on a site-specific basis instead of just a tab- or page-specific basis, and to persist those preferences across page visits and browsing sessions, in order to improve the usefulness of those settings.
-A secondary purpose is to provide a site-specific persistent datastore for preferences provided by extensions.
 For this feature, the words <em>setting</em> and <em>preference</em> are used as follows:
-; setting : a runtime configuration option that affects Firefox's appearance or behavior
+; setting : a runtime configuration option that affects the browser's or a page's appearance or behavior
 ; preference: a user-defined value for a setting