Firefox gets an all-new private browsing mode

December 14, 2012

It was just a few weeks ago that Firefox got a fresh security boost on the eve of its eighth birthday, but this week Mozilla gave users of its popular browser a better way to protect their privacy as well. “One of the most often-requested features in the private browsing support for Firefox has been the ability to open a private window without closing the entire session,” wrote Firefox product manager Asa Dotzler in a Tuesday post on the Future of Firefox blog. “Over the past 19 months, we have been working on a plan to rewrite the private browsing code to do just that,” Dotzler added. “I’m happy to announce that the first experimental builds will soon be landing on the Firefox Nightly channel.” 'A huge project' To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here

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