Firefox 3.1 Private Browsing
The upcoming Firefox 3.1 release will have private browsing mode for users who do not want to leave traces of their online activity on their local computers. One caveat, it’s not a privacy tool to make you anonymous from websites or from your internet service provider. Others have coined private browsing mode as “porn mode.”
Nevertheless, its main function is to protect users from leaving cookies, cache pages, etc. on their local computers. It’s perfect tool for people who travel and use public computers, internet cafes or someone just borrowing a friend’s computer.
To begin a private session in Firefox 3.1, all you have to do is select private browsing from the browser’s tools menu. While in private browsing mode, there will be text notification added to the top of the address bar to indicate that you are in a private browsing mode.
To close the private session mode, all you have to do is is uncheck the same item in the tools menu and it will remove all the data in your private mode session.
Sounds pretty much like Incognito mode of Google Chrome. Or is there any difference?
John,
It is the same concept as Chrome’s Incognito and Safari’s Private Browsing. Firefox is a bit late in getting this feature implemented, but nevertheless it’s a welcome addition.