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Firefox 3.5 Private Browsing

31 points by jv2222 17y ago

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ujjwalg 17y ago
awesome!!!!
- finger_pussy 17y ago
  i've upvoted ur comment ujjwalg. some perverts here think saying "awesome!" is bad. screw those bastards, they'll die licking the shit out their partner's anus.
  - jrockway 17y ago
    Pretty sure that you don't die from that.
    - v2interactive 17y ago
      if only...
  - quoderat 17y ago
    If it's Jessica Biel, where do I sign up?
- ujjwalg 17y ago
  Awesome!!! Now I can give my laptop to other people without the need to delete my browsing history ever. I wish iPhone add similar feature to mobile safari.
prodigal_erik 17y ago
Has anyone made a privacy mode that deals with local shared objects (flash cookies)? What would it take, sandboxing a process to run that plugin? http://epic.org/privacy/cookies/flash.html http://epic.org/privacy/cookies/flash.html
- gasull 17y ago
  Torbutton does, kind off. It deactivates plugins and JavaScript.
ujjwalg 17y ago
I am bit confused, since I am pretty new to this voting system at YC. Unless you have something useful to say for the topic, you just cannot leave a comment saying you like/dislike it?
- teej 17y ago
  The idea is that comments are for interesting and insightful discussion about the link/topic. From the guidelines: "Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did." http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
  - jdbeast00 17y ago
    Your quote does not support your claim that the comments are for interesting and insightful discussion only. in fact, there are some untold guidelines that you must abide by to not be voted into the grey oblivion. One, as the grandparent found out, is that you must only post things that others to deem beneficial. The only yc-sanctioned method of showing support is to vote up. Another strict one is no humor, even if it adds to the conversation.
    - scott_s 17y ago
      We've had the discussion before, but humor can get modded up. It just needs to actually funny, as opposed to just the poster thinking it's funny. (You're not as funny as you think you are.)
      - msg 17y ago
        We also associate off-color humor with Digg/Reddit trolling, and with people who like to hear the sound of their own voice. So another requirement is that humorous antics improve the signal to noise ratio.
vaksel 17y ago
I don't understand why the private browsing session needs to hide the public window. Wouldn't it make more sense to let the user be able to have both opened at the same time?
wvenable 17y ago
The private browsing mode is terrible! I've been using the Stealthier plugin for previous versions of Firefox and it works great. You activate it and from then on nothing you do gets stored in the history. You deactivate it, and history starts getting tracked again. It's simple and it works. Having private browsing mode close out all the other tabs is incredibly annoying! What purpose does it serve?
jv2222 17y ago
The title that I originally posted with this link seems to have changed. How does that happen? Thx in advance for answers
- prodigal_erik 17y ago
  The guidelines mention "You can make up a new title if you want, but if you put gratuitous editorial spin on it, the editors may rewrite it", which may be what happened. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

31 points by jv2222 17y ago

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ujjwalg 17y ago

awesome!!!!

finger_pussy 17y ago
i've upvoted ur comment ujjwalg. some perverts here think saying "awesome!" is bad. screw those bastards, they'll die licking the shit out their partner's anus.
- jrockway 17y ago
  Pretty sure that you don't die from that.
  - v2interactive 17y ago
    if only...
- quoderat 17y ago
  If it's Jessica Biel, where do I sign up?
ujjwalg 17y ago
Awesome!!! Now I can give my laptop to other people without the need to delete my browsing history ever. I wish iPhone add similar feature to mobile safari.

prodigal_erik 17y ago

Has anyone made a privacy mode that deals with local shared objects (flash cookies)? What would it take, sandboxing a process to run that plugin? http://epic.org/privacy/cookies/flash.html http://epic.org/privacy/cookies/flash.html

gasull 17y ago
Torbutton does, kind off. It deactivates plugins and JavaScript.

ujjwalg 17y ago

I am bit confused, since I am pretty new to this voting system at YC. Unless you have something useful to say for the topic, you just cannot leave a comment saying you like/dislike it?

teej 17y ago
The idea is that comments are for interesting and insightful discussion about the link/topic. From the guidelines: "Please don't submit comments complaining that a submission is inappropriate for the site. If you think something is spam or offtopic, flag it by going to its page and clicking on the "flag" link. (Not all users will see this; there is a karma threshold.) If you flag something, please don't also comment that you did." http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- jdbeast00 17y ago
  Your quote does not support your claim that the comments are for interesting and insightful discussion only. in fact, there are some untold guidelines that you must abide by to not be voted into the grey oblivion. One, as the grandparent found out, is that you must only post things that others to deem beneficial. The only yc-sanctioned method of showing support is to vote up. Another strict one is no humor, even if it adds to the conversation.
  - scott_s 17y ago
    We've had the discussion before, but humor can get modded up. It just needs to actually funny, as opposed to just the poster thinking it's funny. (You're not as funny as you think you are.)
    - msg 17y ago
      We also associate off-color humor with Digg/Reddit trolling, and with people who like to hear the sound of their own voice. So another requirement is that humorous antics improve the signal to noise ratio.

vaksel 17y ago

I don't understand why the private browsing session needs to hide the public window. Wouldn't it make more sense to let the user be able to have both opened at the same time?

wvenable 17y ago

The private browsing mode is terrible! I've been using the Stealthier plugin for previous versions of Firefox and it works great. You activate it and from then on nothing you do gets stored in the history. You deactivate it, and history starts getting tracked again. It's simple and it works. Having private browsing mode close out all the other tabs is incredibly annoying! What purpose does it serve?

jv2222 17y ago

The title that I originally posted with this link seems to have changed. How does that happen? Thx in advance for answers

prodigal_erik 17y ago
The guidelines mention "You can make up a new title if you want, but if you put gratuitous editorial spin on it, the editors may rewrite it", which may be what happened. http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html http://ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html