Comments on: Firefox 3.1 pre-release gets private browsing feature

By: Yeah

Yeah — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 22:21:29 +0000

This article is about Firefox 3.1. Distrust is not compatible with 3.1.

By: Sleepydude

Sleepydude — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 22:49:42 +0000

Sysadmin is right. Don’t think you can get away with anything. Nothing is private at work. The writer must be talking about working at a very small company. Definitely not a decent sized corporation like I work for. Also, what companies (I guess small ones) have Firefox installed? Mine doesn’t. I assume due to the intranet being made to work with IE. That’s probabaly why they still run IE 6 and not IE 7.

By: CMDAUser

CMDAUser — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:15:31 +0000

While Safari has had this implemented for a while now, I ask you to check your cookies after a private session. You’ll be surprised to find tracks from everywhere you’ve visited even with privacy mode off.

By: nick

nick — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:14:28 +0000

agreed, why is this an “upcoming” feature coming from IE, when safari (as much as I hate that browser), already has it? BG, give proper credit.

More on-topic. Distrust, the extension, offers this:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1559

By: Zach Epstein

Zach Epstein — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:55:22 +0000

Fixed, thanks Drew

By: Drew

Drew — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:48:36 +0000

Cues.

A queue is a line you wait in.

By: sysadmin

sysadmin — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:42:32 +0000

Hopefully, would be porn seekers understand employers often use web proxies, firewalls, etc., and can easily detect inappropriate activity regardless of which web browser they use.

By: mr. Hi-Definition

mr. Hi-Definition — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:28:47 +0000

Yeah, IE 8 Beta and Safari had this a while ago. But still it is good that Firefox has it now.

By: Dahk

Dahk — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:28:16 +0000

Eh it’s probably more due to the Incognito mode in Google Chrome… and it’s really well implemented.

*ahem* not… that I use it a lot…

By: Allen

Allen — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:11:11 +0000

Likely taking some queues from the upcoming Internet Explorer revamp equipped with what we affectionately refer to as porn mode, Mozilla…

I just happened to find today on the windows version of safari, a private mode as well. So most likely it’s “taking queues from the already implemented Safari browser…”

By: Dtest54

Dtest54 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:10:43 +0000

yeah this is great, almost as good as it was first put into safari in 2003.

meh.

By: tigerlily9

tigerlily9 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:55:52 +0000

Hehe, nice. Course the first use that comes to my mind is for kids who are not supposed to be using the net. Just say your typing up a paper, turn on private browsing, and you’re set!