Firefox team working on 'pron mode'

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Mozilla is jumping on the latest privacy bandwagon, with developers already working hard to ensure a new private browsing feature ships in Firefox 3.1, due to arrive at the end of 2008.

Private browsing, or “porn mode†as it’s often referred to, since that’s one of the more obvious uses, restricts the information that your browser gathers as you visit websites. Cookies are rejected, URLs are kept out of the browser history, forms are not auto-filled and pages are not cached.

Planned features:

* Any cookies acquired during the private session will be stored only in memory and flushed when the session ends.
* Visited sites will not be stored to the browser’s history and visited links will not be colored as such.
* Autofill features will be disabled and Firefox will not prompt you to save any new passwords.
* Any downloads will be flushed from browser’s download manager.
* All authenticated sessions will be logged out when you enter and leave private mode.

What FF users can do for now: Of course if you don’t want to wait for Firefox 3.1 to get your private browsing features, there are some Firefox add-ons that can handle the job in Firefox 3 right now. The Stealther add-on is one possibility, but Distrust offers some extra controls like per-session preferences.
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Firefox to Embrace Porn With New Private Browsing Mode - Webmonkey
 
Note that "porn mode" is just an unofficial term. The official selling point is for situations like checking your email/bank account at public terminals, friends computers etc :D
 
After reading through the uses of this mode of browsing from every developer, i have actually come to realise the the huge requirement for it.

Now i no longer have to delete all the cookies and history while browsing at the friends place or some random public computer. No chance for that nagging feeling after leaving the place that did i leave myself signed in and forgot to uncheck the "keep me signed in" on this computer.

Similarly, no more loosing your cookies when a friend surfs on your computer. You can simply start the browser in the "Soundproof" room.

But FF, adding this feature to your feature list midway just because chrome jumped on to the scene with this is like catching your team with their pants down. When your browser is supposed to be the revolutionary one, how come you did not think of it before, instead of following the market.
 
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