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Seconding 2). Incognito is not just for porn, but very handy to check for cookie or session related troubles too. Chrome's implementation should be the default

by huskyr 14y ago

Seconding 2). Incognito is not just for porn, but very handy to check for cookie or session related troubles too. Chrome's implementation should be the default for all private browsing sessions in browsers.

nossralf 14y ago
Per-window private browsing is implemented and available in Nightly according to [1] (so, most likely in Aurora after the release shift this week). So hopefully it'll be in Firefox 20. Meta-bug for per-window private browsing in Bugzilla is [2]. [1] https://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/12/firefox-development-highlights-per-window-private-browsing-canvas-globalcompositeoperation-new-values/ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/12/firefox-development-highli... [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463027 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463027
- unicornporn 14y ago
  Great news!
rplnt 14y ago
> Chrome's implementation should be the default for all private browsing sessions in browsers I actually like to have an option to have a private tab. If it's just for a quick test then windows is fine, but if I want to continuously work with two logins on one page or something similar then I found the tab to be more appropriate.
ZoFreX 14y ago
There are UX problems with the Chrome style, though. Many, many times I've debugged issues developers are seeing because they thought they had closed their last incognito window and then opened a new one, but there was another one minimised in the background somewhere that persisted their cookies. Yes, the Firefox mode is far more awkward for quick testing, but it does have the advantage of making it explicitly clear when you start and end your private browsing session.
- unicornporn 14y ago
  So true. Took me a while before I realized each Incognito Window wasn't isolated (but shared cookies etc). A better behavior here would perhaps be that after having the first Incognito Window open, the next would be become "Incognito Window 2". The "detective icon" could have a number overlay and each window would isolated. If you want to share data between the open pages the natural thing to do would be opening a new tab.
  - idm 14y ago
    +1 to numbering the incognito sessions. Sometimes I need to simulate two user accounts polling some web service, or perhaps simulate a chat-like environment. Point is: I need two separate cookie jars. I've accomplished this using profiles, or by using my incognito window for "user A" and a profile window for "user B." However, there's less overhead with incognito windows and for development scenarios (which are inherently ad-hoc and temporary), overhead sometimes makes all the difference.

by huskyr 14y ago

nossralf 14y ago

Per-window private browsing is implemented and available in Nightly according to [1] (so, most likely in Aurora after the release shift this week). So hopefully it'll be in Firefox 20. Meta-bug for per-window private browsing in Bugzilla is [2]. [1] https://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/12/firefox-development-highlights-per-window-private-browsing-canvas-globalcompositeoperation-new-values/ https://hacks.mozilla.org/2012/12/firefox-development-highli... [2] https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463027 https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=463027

unicornporn 14y ago
Great news!

rplnt 14y ago

> Chrome's implementation should be the default for all private browsing sessions in browsers I actually like to have an option to have a private tab. If it's just for a quick test then windows is fine, but if I want to continuously work with two logins on one page or something similar then I found the tab to be more appropriate.

ZoFreX 14y ago

There are UX problems with the Chrome style, though. Many, many times I've debugged issues developers are seeing because they thought they had closed their last incognito window and then opened a new one, but there was another one minimised in the background somewhere that persisted their cookies. Yes, the Firefox mode is far more awkward for quick testing, but it does have the advantage of making it explicitly clear when you start and end your private browsing session.

unicornporn 14y ago
So true. Took me a while before I realized each Incognito Window wasn't isolated (but shared cookies etc). A better behavior here would perhaps be that after having the first Incognito Window open, the next would be become "Incognito Window 2". The "detective icon" could have a number overlay and each window would isolated. If you want to share data between the open pages the natural thing to do would be opening a new tab.
- idm 14y ago
  +1 to numbering the incognito sessions. Sometimes I need to simulate two user accounts polling some web service, or perhaps simulate a chat-like environment. Point is: I need two separate cookie jars. I've accomplished this using profiles, or by using my incognito window for "user A" and a profile window for "user B." However, there's less overhead with incognito windows and for development scenarios (which are inherently ad-hoc and temporary), overhead sometimes makes all the difference.