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Evostance · 08-20-08

Im pretty sure FireFox already has this.
Its called

Ctrl+Shift+Del

ElMikeTheMike · 08-20-08

Safari has this feature, although I never use it.

HomicidalTripod · 08-20-08

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Originally Posted by ElMikeTheMike

Safari has this feature, although I never use it.

You sure?

ChielScape · 08-20-08

Watching porn, watching porn!
It's the reason we were born!

HomicidalTripod · 08-20-08

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Originally Posted by ChielScape

Watching porn, watching porn!
It's the reason we were born!

LOL, you gonna write a whole song?

sabermetrics · 08-20-08

actually, this is a complete copy from safari...

HomicidalTripod · 08-20-08

Microsoft, SO unoriginal.

cgrado · 08-20-08

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Originally Posted by noobdown

One of the most interesting feature that didn’t quite make it into the final release of Firefox 3 is “Private Browsing”, a.k.a. porn mode. The only other browser with this feature built-in today is Safari (another reason to try it in case you haven’t), however, Microsoft may also be building a similar feature into Internet Explorer 8 if two trademark filings are any indications.

Although “private browsing” can be easily associated with viewing particular genres of media content, the Mozilla foundation argues “while viewing pornography may be a popular use case due to the nature of content on the Web, assuming that this is the only reason that users need private browsing trivializes the overall feature. For instance, users may wish to begin a private browsing session to research a medical condition, or plan a surprise vacation or birthday party for a loved one.”

If indeed Microsoft is rolling out such a feature in Internet Explorer 8, I can imagine it becoming very popular with surprise birthday planners across the world. Oh those birthday people are in for a treat.

Source

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Originally Posted by sabermetrics

actually, this is a complete copy from safari...

Yes, we know. It was stated in the article.

Licht · 08-20-08

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Originally Posted by pauldovi

Aside from the fact that UAC is one of the most successful security features ever to be introduced in Windows.

Seconded.

C-bro · 08-20-08

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Originally Posted by HomicidalTripod

No its M$ finally giving its users something useful. UAC was not it.

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Originally Posted by HomicidalTripod

And annoying.

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Originally Posted by HomicidalTripod

Microsoft, SO unoriginal.

When doing something right is still considered wrong, you know you're Microsoft...

I can't say I really need such a feature, but it's just one more way Microsoft seems to be listening (a little more closely) to what people want. How is this bad?

Considering they're somewhat of a reverse-underdog, I'm still kind of rooting for them. Over the past year or two I've really gained an appreciation as I've been thoroughly impressed with a number of new Microsoft products (Office 2007 suite, Vista, Xbox media capability upgrades, MS Game Studio titles) especially when compared to the plethora of alternative software offerings out there. There's still a lot more room for improvement, but hopefully they can make those strides in the face of such pessimism and undue hatred.

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