If FF3 had this feature already, that w/e. But it doesn't and the existing Porn Mode add-ons are broken last time I checked.

If I had Windows, I'd use IE8 just for-no, forget that, then I'd have to put up with ads/

andrew_t29

I was hoping for the *real* "Porn Mode" which automatically download all the pics and video from the porn sites...

ninelife777

And Firefox REMOVED THIS FEATURE? No wonder Safari's user base is climbing!

dagamer34

It's a catch-22.
IE8 will allow you the secrecy you need to browse the porn sites you want to view.
However, it's also the browser you absolutely don't want to browse porn sites with, because it's the most susceptible to viruses.

Ad-hominem

I'm in...!!!

yoshi

anybody ever heard of heatseek? look it up. (probably NSFW, seeing as how it's a browser made for pr0n)

..oh, and you're welcome

wolfenstein-3d

i forgot to add:
on firefox

Yeebles

www.browzar.com, anyone?

c_green38

@leetXcore:

Stealther is a plug in which does "porn mode".

Yeebles

Internet Explorer was born in 1995.

Yeah. It should be in porn mode just about now...

scarbrtj

Here i thought it was a mode in which girls i want to see naked that are clothed would magically be removed.

Vesci

Ctrl Shft Del + Enter

Parker. A

If you want to browse pr0n with absolute safety, you have to use something like a knoppix boot disc, on a system with no hard drive (or other writable storage device) in it. When done, unplug (not turn off) the power to the system. Problem solved. IE can go piss up a rope.
-EF

El Frijole

@Parker. A: exe only firefox is the bees knees, plus it does not save a history :)

damnElantra

Nothing short of something new, amazing, and different would coax me back to IE.
Would you trade in your Camry for an oxcart? The oxcart was great until the automobiles came along.
IE of any ver. needs to be Old Yellered.

I hid Firefox away in a folder on my comp at work after my supervisor kept deleting it.

Parker. A

Do a google search for USB key browsers....ultimate porn mode, you plug the key in, do your thing, take it out........wait, that sounded bad.......

fussnfeathers

I spent about a half hour on the phone with a friend who wanted to hide all his actions from his work computer.
I told him, just download Safari OR stop doing "things"...

thomasav

But... Isn't my browser always in "porn" mode?

DustyButt

It's not porn mode.

Porn mode would intelligently identify porn sites, even differentiate between the real thing and parody porn sites with very few false results, and automatically filter them out of your history.

If Microsoft could give us that, my interest would be genuinely piqued. Otherwise, I feel it's a relatively worthless feature.

DisposableInterloper

It would be nice if Firefox had this feature.

I don't want people to see that I...download media from file-sharing websites? D:

leetXcore

Would be nice to have a "sandbox" mode where features are disabled but you know if you visit a site, you aren't going to end up with spyware or other stuff being launched from the browser. Maybe that's not possible?

bandit

'that would allow users to thoroughly cover up their smutty tracks from anyone who might be checking their browsing history.'

But does it also report anything illegal that might be looked at while in this mode? I could easily seen it been used the wrong way if it can cover up the tracks quite well.

Either way it wouldn't tempt me to use IE after using Firefox and Opera for quite a long time having to use IE really bugs me for not been as quick.

Emiat

And to answer the question: it's a non-issue. I am the only one that uses my computer and therefore can watch all the porn I want.

daftrok

Why would Firefox pull this feature?

daftrok

It's all a false sense of security anyway... no matter what browser...

xint

Can't you get a plugin for Firefox that does that... since forever?

Also, pretty weak for porn mode... what about proxy, emergency buttons, mass downloaders and stuff like that?

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

No need. My gf likes to watch porn with me.

Gann

oh man this is great... why didnt they come out with this like 10 years ago when i was in 8th grade and getting in trouble for looking at porn, and porn browsing in those days was way different

purple-pillows

it's a non-issue, BUT i might would switch if it actually was standards-compliant. and i didn't use a mac.

the_amazing_doug

I would try it out, especially here on Nudemodo.

AJ_Syrinx

@Gann:

Take your hand out of your pocket, will ya!?!

yoshi

I like it if I could come back and look at the history later. Sometimes I need to come back later and finish some business.

CYST!

I can't wait for IE to come out with this feature, so I can laugh at the folks who try using this feature at work :)

Sure, it's privacy mode...*wink*.

codemagic

you can just delete your history manually.

no big deal.

Neverkilled: zombiefied, in the summertime

Anyone can cover their tracks with a few simple edits in most of the browsers out there. Besides, if I did decide to use this, it would only be for porn, etc. and then I'd go back to FF right after.

Blah8

@Bokusatsu_Tenshi: why be Firefox exclusive? Download CCleaner and set it to "Secure file deletion" on the DoD or NSA settings. Hell 1 pass is probably fine.

Paradise

You COULD just set all private data to clear every time you close the browser or you could use a portable version.

Pi-face

Seriously, this was mentioned above but just use Sandboxie and you'll be perfectly fine. And with Sandboxie you can run ANY program, open any folder, basically anything in a safe way.

rockntrumpet

It's a non-issue. I use Firefox. I have two different profiles, one default, and an "extra" one that I keep hidden. No one knows how to access it, (run > firefox.exe -profilemanager), and I have a special easy shortcut to use that profile automatically (thanks Lifehacker!) Also, I always Clear Private Data on that profile after every session, while leaving my real browsing alone.

nintendude

I <3 Safari

kyel57

@rockntrumpet: The thing is the Safari porn setting does not stop info from your system from being xfered to the site like Sandboxie does. THe Safari porn setting clears temp files, history, dls and other client info. So its kinda to different things.

Sandboxie makes it so the web server does not know who you are.
Safari porn makes it so your mom/wife/boyfriend/or anyone else, dose not know you are surfing porn.

JackMatt

Oh yes, it is that time on a Tuesday evening when I type in "porn mode" in the Google Intrawebs and see what lovely ladies await me. The first link sent right back to Gizmodo on this link.

I am pretty sure my wife is behind this somehow.

And, just so I make the 'on topic' gods happy -- I am not interested in any web browser that makes surfing for porn easy. I have always enjoyed the challenge, and have only been caught a half dozen times.

Monty

I don't give a shit who sees porn on my laptop.
When they see that I've been looking at porn, they think "Awh, Carmens exploring her sexuality again."

I NEVER stop educating myself :D

Carmen: Lean Mean A Mans Dream Sex Machine

Or you could let your girlfriend use one of your laptops while you use another. Girlie uses my MacBook. It has a glowing piece of fruit on it. She shows no interest in my VAIO or the old, nasty, beaten up humungoid external drive enclosure that looks like it should have died 4 years ago.

The way of the bat is misdirection. Rely less on crude technological fixes like Pr0n Mode and more on psychological warfare against your significant other.

OMG! Ponies!

@jkr's bold comment: But I DON'T CARE who sees my porn. Maybe they shouldn't be so damn nosey.

Carmen: Lean Mean A Mans Dream Sex Machine

@Carmen: Lean Mean A Mans Dream Sex Machine: Firefox has plugins for this.

jkr's bold comment

there is a firefox add-on for this its called stealther

mastaassmasta

It's my laptop and I'm the only one using it, also I'm running linux and I don't want to bother using Wine just so I can browse the internet IE 8 Porn mode style
I'll stick with Firefox thank you very much

zyberteq

@Carmen: Lean Mean A Mans Dream Sex Machine: I'll show you my pr0n if you show me yours.

OMG! Ponies!

Everyone knows I browse for porn like...85% of my online time.

SewerShark

Im not sure why everyone is so embarrassed at the fact they look at porn. Everyone does it. And if its part of your life and you're with someone who has a problem with it, maybe it's time to re-evaluate your relationship.

Then again, it's probably because all you sick freaks look at is bestiality.

bobojuice

The majority of my porn doesn't come through a browser, it comes via the little green "u".

The_Archon

@Carmen: Lean Mean A Mans Dream Sex Machine: You misunderstand, they have plug-ins to let everybody see your porn.?

jkr's bold comment

This is a double standard. It's considered hot if chicks look at porn but desperate if guys do.

rockntrumpet

Why not just install a second browser? Firefox for normal use, Opera for your, eh, other stuff?

edmicman

ATTN ALL IT DEPTs: IE8 lets users hide porn use!

Firefox wins browser wars!

Seriously though, if clearing your history won't hide whatever you're doing from your IT dept well enough, then they're probably checking router logs and you're boned anyways.

If you need to hide your porn use from your girlfriend, well, its time to either break it to her and get her involved, or move on.

Confuzius

At work, we just log it at the Websense server. Doesn't matter what you erase on your computer, because it's all stored on the main server for your bosses review. Happy browsing.

whatnot22

I have Firefox automatically delete private data when I close it. And I don't have it save history. Doesn't that do the same thing?

lastpulse

Browsing history isn't really the dead giveaway so much as all the download/torrent history, stored files, etc., AFTER the fact. But yeah, we should all start to come out with our preferences because it's lame it's like a big ass stupid fucking secret. I'll start: I <3 threeway naked cowboys on haystacks, twinks, and Jack Napier's gigantic cock, aiight?

There. It's out. ; )

HYPHY like I'm Dolemite

Private browsing does not directly translate to PORN MODE. Children would think as such.....

JEmlay

Anyone heard of HeatSeek? The cool thing about HeatSeek is that it not only hides your browsing history, but it also encrypts and hides your "stash", so nobody else knows it exists. Plus it comes with a bunch of other features geared for porn, like Flash downloading, adult search, and a directory of free content.

SmilingYak

The cool thing about HeatSeek is that it not only hides your browsing history, but it also encrypts and hides your "stash", so nobody else knows it exists. Plus it comes with a bunch of other features geared for porn, like Flash downloading, adult search, and directory of free content.

SmilingYak

The cool thing about Heatseek is that it not only protects your browsing history, but also encrypts your "stash" so nobody even knows it exists. Plus it has many other features geared for porn, like Flash downloading, video DVD burning etc.

SmilingYak

@daftrok: on Firefox's lack of private browsing: [news.cnet.com]

Zlevee

Wow just the answer to a browser that is too "heavy" already... add a bunch more shit so it take a longer than my girlfriend in the bathroom to load. Their junk is just that junk, its worthless, I wouldnt buy a new Microsoft product if a Genie popped out and offered me three wishes while blowing me.

VideoVampire

@VideoVampire: IE7 is plenty fast. Actually it was beating Firefox 2 in speed tests (don't know about vs. firefox 3). And this feature shouldn't require any real processing power - it's just a matter of not tracking data. But, you know, troll on.

Zlevee

How about a "Render a website more like other browsers" mode.

Gautch