Yeah Safari is already ahead in this area.

takashimiike Ultimate

I installed IE8...so far it doesn't really looks different than IE7 but i can now open tabs faster, thing that take years to IE7 at least on my case.

Mike918

about 12 years late.

nfs

Opera Portable One-time-Use
www.kejut.com/operaportable

overwrites every file/data it creates in the temp directory when u close the program....

always use it for my pr0n :P

taking_this_easy

@Mio: Thanks a lot for the clarification. That would come in handy for stuff like online banking as well. I've seen the option in safari, but never really cared to use it.

rndmideas

@OMG! Ponies!: Blink still works (sadly) in Firefox 3 here.

Also, I just installed IE8B2. It's actually really really nice. A leap ahead of other IE versions, for sure.

ejdmoo

Sounds cool but I like my Safari and/or Fire Fox better.

CrashOverride777

@doobiebros2two: But this does it without crashing or using a sneak-install.

OMG! Ponies!

@Mio: But...It does already do it....

doobiebros2two

@rndmideas: It never records it in the first place. Something like shadow volume copy might make a shadow copy of your history before you clear it.

Also, it has a number of clever anti-tracking cookie tricks, and per-site settings up its sleeve, which people seem to be ignoring, just so that they can yell "SAFARI ALREADY DOES IT!".

Mio

Can some one please explain to me how this is different than clearing your private browsing data when done?

rndmideas

InPrivate is "turned on". Heh.

marcee

Stealther firefox add-on does this nicely :)

LifesSweetDrug

There's porn on the internet?

Ruiner13

And what about blink? Will I be able to disable [blink] tags in IE8? Because it's really my favorite part of IE6.

OMG! Ponies!

See the shit that comes out of MS when Balmer gets a taste of power?

Carmen: Lean Mean A Mans Dream Sex Machine

Private browsing, the only reason safari is relevant on my Mac.

SgtToastie

Interesting Microsoft has raised the bar and offers some cool new features. I have downloaded the beta 2 and am liking what I see.

oneclick

And Safari has done this for how many years?! Just another MS fail at copying apple.

bdk185

Now you can have sex in the Champagne Room?

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

@Justifan, Justifan, and Justifan: That's some quality work there Sir.

92BuickLeSabre

blink failed:(

Justifan

ok i just blink failed:(

Justifan

[blink]b[/blink]l[blink]i[/blink]n[blink]k[/blink]
yay i learned something today:P

and i guess i have a reason to use ie as a secondary browser now.

Justifan

@92BuickLeSabre: poignant. :)

@Bokusatsu_Tenshi: "Somehow, I can't push myself to believe that a Microsoft product won't keep ANY records on what you're doing."

... which may explain why internally MS used the term "InAccurate" to describe the InPrivate feature during its development.

frigg

Somehow, I can't push myself to believe that a Microsoft product won't keep ANY records on what you're doing.

But whatever... Internet is for porn, and I don't have to keep that a secret to no one.

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

Private mode will be used for much more then porn. Porn = Home and who cares about cleaning up their home machine?

JEmlay

In a world of digital camera sex tapes, amateur webcam porn, myspace, facebook, flickr, personal blogging, and Benny's [edited.....], it's almost amazing that anyone keeps anything private enough anymore for this to even be relevant as a "technological innovation"

It feels like WebTV was for my parents in the 90's. Technology meant to keep old us folks happy and comfortable with the future, while the young folks have moved beyond the need for it before it even arrived.

92BuickLeSabre

@Justifan: blinking

Use instead of [ and ]

Aoi

Love to talk, but I have to "browse" now...

dc-united

@JEmlay: clearly, you live alone

bubba451

@Aoi: Suppose to say use > instead of ]

You never look as bad as you do when you screw up trying to correct someone.

Aoi

@tommo: @Aoi: @Justifan: Why don't you try hitting Alt+F4. It works wonders.

Groggy Banana

@Aoi: try the "preview checkbox" at the bottom of the comment box;
it's quite handy.

For the porn aficionados:
I believe this extension should work in Firefox 3.
"Close and forget": [site.voila.fr]

tommo

Hahaha "InPrivate". What's in my private? XD

nintendude

Blinks are annoying!

ten10

what is this internet explorer you speak of?

godwhacker

@nintendude:

HA HA! Funniest thing I've read all day.

sxr7171

@ten10: Not if you use IE6

As to IE8, it's a bit slower than IE7 and slower than Firefox 3 with a full set of the top extensions. I noticed this after only five minutes of use. I can't speak to crashiness as I've never experienced either a crash of Vista or a crash of IE7 under Vista.

If they can fix the speed issue, IE8 may be able to compete with Firefox. Which is Microsoft's (and Apple's) modus operandi: See what the other guy is doing right and integrate it while throwing in some new features here and there. Firefox brought tabs to the browser; Safari has Private Browsing; Microsoft had the Tab Gallery.

Before people start the piss parade, IE8 IS BETA. Microsoft isn't passing it off as anything but that. It's not beta in "Google Mail" sense of beta; it's not a release candidate. It's beta software. And it doesn't rely on sneak-installs either.

OMG! Ponies!

It's running pretty well for me, a lot better than bata 1.

wetworker

I think IE8 so far is pretty awesome. It didn't exactly come with so many whizbang features to pull over FF3 users, but I think it's good.

There's some pretty slick stuff like Accelerators (formerly Activities) and WebSlices. Not to mention the more deeply enhanced security and performance stuff. IE8 is a pretty good try, if you're using Windows Vista.

I still hope for maybe another feature before launch.

quikboy

I would imagine some one is eventually going to come up with a crack to this and leave you in a situation that was worse than when you started. I would hate to have all of my recent websites posted directly on my background in big bold letters :P

YourHero

Awesome. Might now uninstall Safari and it's Private Mode.

I know it's a dumb reason to keep a browser, but I liked it.

.endejas.

Well I always use IE when browsing pr0n. Then delete all tracks after. THen goes back to firefox for normal browsing.

But this is interesting.. gonna try it out later.

xCruciaLx

Someone should make a FF extension that randomly ADDS traces of pornsite visits, fake cookies and inserted history, that way any evidence becomes null and void and you can contest any business firing you etcetera.

Wwhat

@Wwhat: That doesn't address the Websense and server logs. You're fired.

OMG! Ponies!

@JEmlay:

My wife cares, though she doesn't know it.

Murph1908

@OMG! Ponies!: Firefox still supports the blink tag and the marquee tag. You can even have a blinking marquee.

Captain Angry

Hmmm... I never knew about this blink stuff before...

Maksimir

Everybode is blinking fighting!!!!! just as fast as lighting

Man, gotta lova html tags

KristenBal

I find it funny that so many people seem to have no idea the blink tag exists. Way back when I started learning how to do webpages (1994), the blink tag was openly hated by my friends. One of them posted this weird 3 paragraph rant on his webpage about how much he hated it.

Anyway, privacy mode seems interesting, I douubt I'd use it. Anyone who has access to my computer knows there's porn everywhere.

falandil

@bubba451:
Clearly my comment is in regards to those who are safe within the privacy of their own home. If you are married AND need to hide porn from the wife, then you CLEARLY have other more pressing issues.

JEmlay

It's lame to have to make up excuses why privacy is important. It really is no one's business what you do on your computer. I stress the word your here because a work PC is somewhat different.

Further software like this already exists in at least three places that I know of. Each one of the products below protects people's privacy and goes beyond what IE 8 will offer. HeatSeek is purely designed for Porn. Safari is a full featured browser. PrivacyView has both privacy software and an anonymous proxy.

1. Safari by Apple
2. Anonymous Surfing by PrivacyView
3. Porn Browser by HeatSeek

Even if people are surfing for porn with the new IE 8, do we really think they weren't doing it before?

HappyBilEd

I laughed. I just can't see something like this coming from Microsoft.

lond0n

1st, and oh noes, is MS promoting this stuff? Its like they are telling people to use this mode.

lond0n