Web browser privacy mode
 

Recent browsers such as Chrome and IE8 have a privacy mode, where the pages you view are not recorded in history lists etc. I realise for a personal device like an N900 this may not be as much of a concern, but I dare say everyone will be handing it around to show the device off in the first few months! Is this an option in the browser? If not, how is it at clearing browsing history?

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Someone is looking for "porn mode" on their browser! :)

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It's Firefox and has support for addons. Also there will be Fennec that also supports add-ons. There's a good change that you will have an add-on to keep your holiday shopping a secret.

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Good one. I've never heard it called that.

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I have a simple way of handling privacy...I just dont let anyone use my stuff. lol Hell, I even have a totally separate computer for anyone else thats at my apt can use other than me....the other 4 are for me and me alone. LOL

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Anyone besides me finding this topic to be a little "creepy"? *lol*

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That´s exactly what I though :cool:

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Its really not that surprising. Several reports have already shown that the greater majority of data traffic on mobile devices is porn related.

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http://imgkk.com/i/xX7XwS.png
;)

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I just use different firefox profiles. and there are other sensitive things such as saved password and what-not. I just create a new firefox profile anytime someone wants to borrow my computer. I haven't really tried this much with my N810 because people always get confused on how to use it so I just let them use my laptop.

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As far as i know the default MicroB (AKA Maemo Browser) doesn't use the XUL that Firefox does, making it incompatible with Firefox plugins without some work. If that has changed i'd be happy to know.

There was a project that ported some add-ons on OS2008, but i haven't seen any activity for Maemo 5.

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...Are you sure about that? Because first thing I install when I get my n900 is adblock plus. Because I can't help but notice that there are always quite a bit of ads on the demo videos of the device.

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On the N810 MicroB has a "Tools" sub-menu that along with "Settings", "Components" (plug-ins), and "Downloads" has a sub-sub-menu called "Clear".

You are then given the options to clear "Browsing history", "Cache", "Cookies", "Passwords", or "All personal data".
We will soon see and hear if the N900's file system and the components of core applications are substantially different from the N8**'s or even the 770 for that matter... However, I doubt that an update would take features away. :confused:

So I'm pretty sure you will be able to continue your "holiday shopping" in private, if you know what I mean. ;) ;) :eek:

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It takes five quick taps to clear your history (and return to browsing).

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No; as i said, i'm not sure about it on Maemo 5. They may have changed it.

In any case, there are other ways around ads, and other browsers.

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I simply don't log any history ever, and reduce the cache to nothing and so on :)

So if anyone looks there is nothing and never was anything there.

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OffTopic: http://wiki.maemo.org/Ad_blocking

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I realize that people wish to look at porn (also, or especially, in repressed societies) without leaving too many traces, although I'm not sure if tiny screens with expensive mobile plans are ideal for that purpose.

However there are many, many genuine reasons why people might not want to leave their browsing history behind so the pedantic shouts are a little over the top, IMO.

There are countries small and very large where simply being in possession of politically incorrect browsing history puts people in grave danger. :(

Secondly, a Linux computer without proper multi-user (and more recently Guest) feature?

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The private browsing mode in modern browsers is a bit different to just wiping history. It allows you to privately browse for just one session only, but still keep history prior to that, which is useful for address bar completion and so on. It would be nice if N900 had such a mode.

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Don't forget the N900 has TV-out. I used my N95 as my main video/pron player for months hooked to a big screen...

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and yeah, I watch it. With or without my lady. I'm grown... ;P

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But the best part of private mode is that you still have access to all the history which you want to remember and just lose the part which you dont want. This is different from clearing history where you lose the history you want to have.

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Not that I would dream of encouraging people to look at holiday shopping on their n900 (of course not!) but the comments about screen size and usability for err... 'leisure' purposes did cross my mind when I saw this video. A few nice other vids from the same source, too.

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Personally, I'm waiting for Truecrypt to be ported to Maemo 5, for offline holiday shopping purposes.

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Strange, how men want to be so secretive about something so natural. Don't worry, she knows. She has better intuition than you are able to gasp. Why not invite her over to watch with you? Provided you stay vendor neutral I bet she'll love it, feel inspired, open up to new dimensions, etc.

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Maemo 5:

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My girl's pretty gangsta then, because she watches it with me, and I rarely watch without her. Its her thing more than mine. ;)

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One of the top 3 things a woman can say to a man:

"Let's watch some pr0n."

For the life of me I can't think of the other 2.

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HA
I like that

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give me all ur wifes email addresses this is just.... *slams head against keyboard and walks away to another thread*

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Who said anything about wives? [My baby slams me against headboard, she then pours both of us some more champagne]

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Different strokes and all that. Looking at other people doing it never did it for me: same with Gilbert and Sullivan opera - more fun for the people taking part.

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Me either, but I think one is "Hey, Boobie, let's MAKE some pr0n!" :p

And RevdKathy, I'm sorta with you, but if my girl likes it, I'm all for it. Now I'll end that discussion. She might read this one day...