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:
private browsing os x

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.

Update 2007: Welcome diggrs. Check out our current coverage of Safari and the announcements from Apple's WWDC07.

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Source: http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/safari/

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Ms.Mac

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!

November 20 2005 at 10:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Ms.Mac

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Steven

Has anyone figured out how to have private browsing turned ON by default?

October 02 2005 at 12:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Paul

Is there a keyboard shortcut to activate private browsing ?

August 30 2005 at 9:36 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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..

May 03 2005 at 2:31 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Rohan

i meant all items in that category

May 02 2005 at 10:04 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Rohan

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.

May 02 2005 at 10:03 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Josh

Haha I'm honored :)

May 02 2005 at 9:49 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Laurie

I nominate Josh (and his trusty sidekick, Michael?) for TUAW Reader of the Day!

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Josh

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