Tiger Bits: Safari's Private Browsing
Here's a bit I missed: Tiger's Safari has a new feature called "private browsing." Simply launch Safari, then click Safari-> Private Browsing, and you will be met with the following dialog:
Supposedly, it's for security when browsing in public areas.
My take: Browsing without any history or tracks of your browsing? Porn mode.
Good thing Tiger also has parental controls, otherwise, I could see this being abused by every hormonal teenager on the planet.
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Supposedly, it's for security when browsing in public areas.
My take: Browsing without any history or tracks of your browsing? Porn mode.
Update 2007: Welcome diggrs. Check out our current coverage of Safari and the announcements from Apple's WWDC07.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
Ms.Mac said 10:13PM on 11-20-2005
Is there ANY way to track/trace urls visited if user is browsing in private mode? Are files written to a cache folder or cookie temporarily but deleted when window closed? Obviously, this is a problem in my home!
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Ms.Mac said 11:32PM on 11-21-2005
Is there ANY way to track/trace urls visited if user is browsing in private mode? Are files written to a cache folder or cookie temporarily but deleted when window closed? Obviously, this is a problem in my home!
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josh said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
SCOTTY We need more PORN POWER
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Alan said 3:37PM on 7-01-2005
Well, these so-called "hormonal teenagers" are probably the offspring of PC users, and hence need porn because they can't get chicks (PCs suck, and teenage girls know this, which is why you always see iMacs in the bedrooms of teenage girls on TV). The children of Mac users will have no problems getting chicks, and hence do not need private browsing.
Wait, who am I kidding... THANK YOU, STEVIE J!
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Kevin said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
What about cookies?
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Durandal said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
thanks for telling me about porn mode! now i dont have to do all that myself.
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Mark said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
I was going to say, it is a nifty tool for adults. The kids had this one licked a long time ago. We're just too slow to notice.
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Dan F. said 4:56PM on 6-20-2005
CK, you didn't miss this; you just forgot it ;-) Last week you linked to Macworld's Tiger coverage, which talked about Private Browsing. I think you've reached Tiger information saturation ;-)
http://www.tuaw.com/2005/04/28/macworld-goes-tiger-crazy/
http://www.macworld.com/2005/04/features/tigersafari2/index.php
Relevant para:
Your browsing history, cookies, and cache files can contain information about where you’ve been, and even the content of those sites. Safari’s new Private Browsing feature, announced by Apple last year, disables these features while browsing—great for browsing on a public computer or even for the extra-cautious at home. (However, note that Private Browsing isn’t retroactive. If you’ve visited a site prior to enabling Private Browsing, remnants of that visit—cache files, cookies, and possibly even auto-fill values such as your name and password—may still be sitting around. So to fully benefit from Private Browsing, you’ll likely want to make sure that you don’t already have cookies and auto-fill data for “private” sites.)
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Josh said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
http://dev.voxxit.com/pornmode.png
Created by moi. :)
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C.K. Sample, III said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
Ah, Dan, you're right! Today was the first time I ever launched that dialog box myself tho, so it struck me as if it were new. ;-)
Plus, I don't think I thought of the whole insidious-Porn-mode idea until today when I saw the dialog, and that shocking realization pushed all prior knowledge of this feature straight out of my brain.
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C.K. Sample, III said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
Josh: LOL
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Laurie said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
Josh - you just made diet coke come out of my nose. Are you happy now? Are ya? Huh???
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Josh said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
Yes :) Glad you guys like it.
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Michael said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
Yeah, Josh... you did the work... but who do you think hit command-shift-4 and drew a box? Who sacrificed his Safari to the experiment? Who risked his life to deliver the screenshot to you? Hmmmm? ME!
lol ;-}
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Josh said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
:)
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Laurie said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
I nominate Josh (and his trusty sidekick, Michael?) for TUAW Reader of the Day!
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Josh said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
Haha I'm honored :)
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RP said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
I have a Tiger Bit:
When in either the SpotLight window or the Finder Spotlight View, Option-Clicking any info button (on the right side) will open all of the info buttons for all items on the list.
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RP said 4:17PM on 6-16-2005
i meant all items in that category
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Al said 12:28AM on 8-16-2005
thanks for the spotlight tip, i knew there had to be a way to do that, one at a time was annoying...
and i'm am for sure hacking my Safari as soon as i get it..lol....although, i don't know if i want to install xTools just to do that..
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