One of the most interesting feature that didn’t quite make it into the final release of Firefox 3 is “Private Browsing”, a.k.a. porn mode. The only other browser with this feature built-in today is Safari (another reason to try it in case you haven’t), however, Microsoft may also be building a similar feature into Internet Explorer 8 if two trademark filings are any indications.Although “private browsing” can be easily associated with viewing particular genres of media content, the Mozilla foundation argues “while viewing pornography may be a popular use case due to the nature of content on the Web, assuming that this is the only reason that users need private browsing trivializes the overall feature. For instance, users may wish to begin a private browsing session to research a medical condition, or plan a surprise vacation or birthday party for a loved one.”
If indeed Microsoft is rolling out such a feature in Internet Explorer 8, I can imagine it becoming very popular with surprise birthday planners across the world. Oh those birthday people are in for a treat.
View: Article @ istartedsomething.com
When its released a hack should be made so it can be renamed "Pr0n Mode" or something....
... What?
Actually that would be a good use. Searching for a job at work can be a problem. Don't want anyone to know you've been on dice all day for the last month.
The proxy would tell all. Do you really think IT departments view each PCs surfing history at the PC itself?
+1, cant get over the gui
Wait...what?
You're joking right?
You're joking right?
No, we're not joking. The IE7 GUI is very badly designed. A lot of us hate IE7 just because the GUI is so dam clunky.
You're joking right?
No, we're not joking. The IE7 GUI is very badly designed. A lot of us hate IE7 just because the GUI is so dam clunky.
lol at ur choice..hahaha. now u will say wanna back Windows 3 gui, Aero sucks..hahaha
stopped reading right here
that's all i need to know
That note is just awesome
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hmmm editing a reply makes the emoticons to fail?
hhmm2 now the emoticons in my reply seems to show again
weird...
Last edited by PROGAME on 20 Aug 2008 - 12:17
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hmmm editing a reply makes the emoticons to fail?
hhmm2 now the emoticons in my reply seems to show again
weird...
You have to refresh the page after editing it to show the emoticons.
+1
wtf?
I hope MS seriously doesn't put this in IE8.
I hope MS seriously doesn't put this in IE8.
Why not? you can still just not use it or probably turn it off.
And even now you can browse privately, just less confident: Clear all personal data (history, secured connections, etc...)
Glassed Silver:mac
your kidding right? majority of people have trouble using the control panel, like they know to clear all that crap...
Who are you to make value judgements over what someone does on their PC?
"The only other browser with this feature built-in today is Safari (another reason to try it in case you haven’t)". Hhmmm... So when you go into Firefox, turn off the history and set it to clear private data every time you exit, that's not the same? Hhmmm.... Fascinating.
And no, sorry Apple tool, there is nothing Safari can offer a PC user they don't already have. Except needless updates like Mobile Me
Apparently you don't realise istartedsomething is a blog that reports primarily on Microsoft news. I think Long Zheng would be quite humoured by that comment.
This is different from simply deleting history, cookies, etc. because the next user can see that everything has been cleaned and may be suspicious. Using Distrust, the next person to sit at the computer sees a browser that appears to have been in normal use, i.e. there is a history trail, back buttons on open browser windows will still work, previous cookies are still there, and so on.
Like virtually any tool, this can be used for good or bad (assuming porn is bad
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